SWEET INNISCARRA
(Play with Songs)
Composer: Chauncey
Olcott
Lyricist: Chauncey Olcott
Opened: January 25, 1897, 14th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.,
and closed on April 10, 1897; reopened on April 19, 1897 with a
new third act and closed on May 8, 1897
Performances: 104
Sweet Inniscarra:
1. 78/Columbia
A-1309 (Chauncey Olcott with orchestral accompaniment) [also
78/Columbia 33022F; reissued on Music From The New York Stage
Vol. 1: 1890-1908, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9050-2]
2. 78/Victor 17676 (Reed Miller with orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 35537 (Victor Mixed Chorus with orchestra)
4. Heart’s Desire, CD/Green Linnet 1219 (Niamh Parsons)
5. A Man And His Guitar: Selected Sides 1927, CD/JSP 77158
(Bradley Kincaid)
6. The Green House, CD/Orchard 801059 (Grey Larsen and Paddy
League)
7. A Little Bit Of Heaven: Three Tenors Sing Songs Of Erin,
CD/Flare ROYCD 273 (Felix Knight)
Unrecorded Material:
The Fly Song (Olcott’s
Fly Song)
Kate O’Donoghue
The Old Fashioned Mother
Only To Love Her (M/L: Charles Santley) (added after
opening)
Songs Of Araby (M/L: James Frederic Clay) (cut after opening)