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FOLKTRAX 273 - THE SAILOR'S TRIP

JOHN & SIMON DOHERTY

FIDDLE TUNES & STORIES
(not on FTX 073-5)

More fiddle tunes from the Donegal pedlar who, when he was recorded in the early 1950s, never repeated himself and came up with a limitless repertoire of airs and old-time dance tunes. Not only did we record his brother, Mickey, the tinsmith, whose style was perhaps more rhythmic and danceable than Johnny's and whose main achievement were the stories that went with the tunes played with a more lyrical treatment, but there was yet another brother, Johnny Simie, who can best be described as having more of the older country style of Irish fiddle-playing.
 
Johnny "Simie" signs a clearance form for Sean O Boyle (Photo: Peter Kennedy)

THE SAILOR'S TRIP TO LIVERPOOL - THE ROSE IN THE GARDEN - STORMY WEATHER - WHISTLE O'ER THE LAVE O'T - HIGHLAND DONALD KISSED KITTY - THE KITCHEN MAID - MUINEAL A' BHARDAIL (THE DRAKE'S NECK) - Lancers: PLEASE GIVE A PENNY - THE BROKEN BANN BRIDGE - Mrs McLEOD'S - NANNY, WILT THOU GANG ALONG WI' ME? - HARVEST HOME & CLIFF - GUSTY'S FROLIC - THE FLOGGIN' REEL - BUNDLE AND GO - CAILIN DEAS CRUIDTHE NA mBO (THE PRETTY MAID MILKING HER COW) - Ghost Story: THE YANKEE FARMER'S TREASURE - Parable: St Colmkille and the boy with the rope - THE HEATHER BREEZE - THE PIGEON ON THE GATE - TULLAHAD LASSES - MOONEY'S FAVOURITE - CUFFE STREET - BONNY KATE - THE HOOK AND THE STRAW

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