# Tommy Makem | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 10:05 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Tommy Makem
- Visible lyric pages: 27

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `tommy-makem`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 10:05 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-1e7f9e5a9ed1fdf8
- Visible lyric pages: 27
- Pages with stored lyric text: 27
- Video-backed song pages: 25
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 31656
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Apples In The Basket, As I Roved Out, Away To Mary Ann, Blow Ye Winds, Blue Eyed Mary, Bold O'donoghue, Bonny Laddie, Hieland Laddie, and Bread And Fishes
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Tommy Makem came from Armagh in Northern Ireland, where he grew up around traditional Irish music. He learned to play uilleann pipes, guitar, and banjo, drawing from local musicians like Sean O'Boyle and Francis McPeake. In the early 1960s, he started performing with the Clancy Brothers, and their albums together included "The Rising of the Moon" and "The Boys of Wexford." Makem went solo in the 1970s and put out...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Apples In The Basket — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/apples-in-the-basket
2. As I Roved Out — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/as-i-roved-out
3. Away To Mary Ann — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/away-to-mary-ann
4. Blow Ye Winds — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/blow-ye-winds
5. Blue Eyed Mary — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/blue-eyed-mary
6. Bold O'donoghue — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/bold-o-donoghue
7. Bonny Laddie, Hieland Laddie — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/bonny-laddie-hieland-laddie
8. Bread And Fishes — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/bread-and-fishes
9. Cas'nt Kill Cooch — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/cas-nt-kill-cooch
10. Come By The Hills — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/come-by-the-hills
11. Derby Ram — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/derby-ram
12. Drink Up Thy Zider — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/drink-up-thy-zider
13. Erie Canal — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/erie-canal
14. Farewell To Carlingford — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/farewell-to-carlingford
15. Farewell To Nova Scotia — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/farewell-to-nova-scotia
16. Four Green Fields — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/four-green-fields
17. Galloway Hills — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/galloway-hills
18. Ge Mig Ett Skl — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/ge-mig-ett-skl
19. Gentle Annie — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/gentle-annie
20. Henry Joy — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/henry-joy
21. I'll Tell My Ma — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/i-ll-tell-my-ma
22. Johnny I Hardly Knew You — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/johnny-i-hardly-knew-you
23. Johnny Mceldoo — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/johnny-mceldoo
24. Killyburn Brae — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/killyburn-brae
25. Kra Frken — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/kra-frken
26. September — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/september
27. Winds Of Morning (air: 'dumbarton's Drums') — https://lyroverse.com/tommy-makem/winds-of-morning-air-dumbarton-s-drums-