The Unicorn is the second album by Irish

Music of Ireland

Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century, despite globalizing cultural forces...

 folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 group The Irish Rovers

The Irish Rovers

The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". The group is best known for their international television series, and renditions of traditional Irish drinking songs, as well as early hits, Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn",...

, released in 1967.

The title track The Unicorn

The Unicorn (song)

The Unicorn is a 1968 hit song by Canadian band The Irish Rovers from their album of the same name. It was written by Shel Silverstein and remains one of the best-known songs of the band's long career. It sold 8 million copies worldwide and reached #7 on the US charts and can still be heard...

, a recording of Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein , was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children's books...

's poem, reached #7 in the U.S. Despite having virtually nothing to do with Ireland or Irish culture, the song remains popular in Irish pubs to this day.

The Unicorn

The Unicorn (song)

The Unicorn is a 1968 hit song by Canadian band The Irish Rovers from their album of the same name. It was written by Shel Silverstein and remains one of the best-known songs of the band's long career. It sold 8 million copies worldwide and reached #7 on the US charts and can still be heard...

song is also included on "The Irish Rovers

The Irish Rovers

The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". The group is best known for their international television series, and renditions of traditional Irish drinking songs, as well as early hits, Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn",...

 Gems" double disk (1996), and on their 40th Anniversary CD, "40 Years A-Rovin'" (Rover Records, 2005).

Track listing

1. The Unicorn
   The Unicorn (song)
   The Unicorn is a 1968 hit song by Canadian band The Irish Rovers from their album of the same name. It was written by Shel Silverstein and remains one of the best-known songs of the band's long career. It sold 8 million copies worldwide and reached #7 on the US charts and can still be heard...
   
    – 3:18
2. Bonnie Kellswater – 2:39
3. The Orange and the Green
   The Orange And The Green
   "The Orange And The Green" is an Irish folk song about a man whose father was a Protestant and his mother was a Catholic . It follows the man's trials as the product of religious intermarriage and how mixed up he turned out to be from such an upbringing.This song was written by Anthony Murphy of...
   
    – 2:37
4. Hiring Fair – 2:28
5. Bridgit Flynn – 1:58
6. Come In – 1:46
7. Goodbye Mrs. Durkin – 2:34
8. Pat of Millingar – 2:34
9. The Wind that Shakes the Corn
   The Wind That Shakes the Barley (song)
   "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce , a Limerick-born poet and professor of English literature. The song is written from the perspective of a doomed young Wexford rebel who is about to sacrifice his relationship with his loved one and plunge into the...
   
    – 3:03
10. The First Love in Life – 2:50
11. The Black Velvet Band
    The Black Velvet Band
    "The Black Velvet Band" is a traditional English and Irish folk song describing transportation to Australia, a common punishment in 19th century Britain and Ireland. The song tells the story of a tradesman who meets a young woman who has stolen an item and passed it on to him...
    
    – 3:43

External links

• The Irish Rovers Official Website