Some of Ireland’s finest fiddle and accordion players are featured on this album of historic solo and ceilidh band tracks. Recorded by Peter Kennedy in the 1960s.
1 Reels: Sally Gardens: Mason’s Apron
2 Triple (Or Slip) Jig: Gurty’s Frolic
3 Clog Hornpipe: Louis Quinn’s
4 Reel: David’s Delight
5 Hornipipe: The Sweep’s or the Royal Belfast
6 Reels: Bunker Hill; Tommy Whelan’s
7 Last Figure of the Lancers (Quadrille): Please Give a Penny to the
8 Reel; Stormy Weather
9 Reel; the Gosson That Bate His Father
10 Reels; the Cooperplate; the Boys of the Spuds (Or Bunch of Keys)
11 Reel: Carracastle Lasses (Or George Whites)
12 Biddy the Bowl Wife/I Lost My Love and I Care Not/King of the Cannibal
13 Reel: New Lough Isle Castle (Bagpipe Style)
14 Reel: Marry When You’re Young
15 Reel: Lords Gordons
16 Reels: The Boys of the Ough; the Lark
17 Reel or Hornpipe: Down the Glen
18 Hare Among the Heather; the Woman of the House
19 Hornpipes: Paddy O’Brien’s (The Second Known As Cooley’s)
20 Reels: McKenna’s; Tinker’s Apron & Antrim Reel
21 Reel or Hornpipe: The Red-Haired Boy (The Old Rigadoo or the…)
22 Jigs: O’Malley’s; the Luck Penny
23 Reel: The Salamanca
24 Reel: The First of May
25 Hornpipes: The Trumpet; the Locomotive
26 Reel: The Banks of the Ilen
27 Polka: The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue
28 Reel: The Flogin
29 Hornpipes: Johnson’s; the Golden Eagle
30 Reel: The Mason’s Apron
31 Hornpipe: The Independent
32 Jigs: Paddy’s Own; the Launch (Or Off She Goes)
33 Reel: Music at the Gate
34 Reel: The Basket of Oysters; Jig: Jackson’s Rum Punch
35 Jigs for the Trip to Athlone: O’Brien’s Fancy; Garret Barry’s
36 Reel: The Boys of Ballisadare (Or Dublin Lasses)
37 Hornpipes: The Passing Cloud & Ryan’s