Subtitle on container: Fiddle tunes from County Sligo, Ireland. Originally issued by Meadowlands Records in 1973. Program notes in English by Don Meade and biographical notes on the performer (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container. Kevin Burke, fiddle ; with assisting musicians.
Contents:
Coleman's cross John McGrath's reel (3:14). The humours of Lissadell ; Sweeney's dream (2:09) -- Murphy's hornpipe (2:44) -- The Sligo maid ; The woman of the house ; The sailor's bonnet (3:27) -- The strayaway child (3:04) -- The college groves (2:01) -- Toss the feathers (2:51) -- The king of the fairies (2:43) -- The mason's apron ; Laington's reel (2:33) -- The bunch of keys ; The girl that broke my heart (3:01) -- Bonnie Kate ; Jennie's chickens (3:03) -- Rise a mile (ride a mile, ride a mule) (1:47) -- Brendan McGlinchey's reel (splendid isolation) ; Sweeney's buttermilk (2:26) -- Tuttle's reel ; The chicken in the saucepan (The maids of Mitchelstown) (2:27) -- The kid on the mountain (2:38) -- The Killarney wonder schottisches : Gurren castle and the Finnea lasses ; The long note (3:14) -- George White's favourite ; The happy days of youth ; Coleman's cross (3:14).
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