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Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Best of the Bothy Band by The Bothy Band
| Artist Name | The Bothy Band |
| Album Title | The Best of the Bothy Band |
| Source and other information | Green Linnet GLCD 3001, 1988. A compilation of tracks from their preceding four albums. Notes by Colin Irwin. Musicians are not listed: see the respective irishtune.info Album Pages for the original sources for each track. Tracks 1, 2 and 9 are from BB 1. Tracks 6, 7, and 8 are from BB 2. Tracks 3, 4, and 10 are from BB 3. Track 5, 11, and 12 are from BB 4. |
What Does this Page Tell You?
Each Irish tune on this album was identified after a careful, expert comparison of this recorded performance against all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index. The blue column shows just the most established tune title. Follow the links for complete tune info.Click 
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to hear the first 12 seconds| Track | Tune | ? Rhythm |
Link to verified tune identity | Titles as listed on this album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Reel | Salamanca |
The Salamanca |
| 2 | Reel | Banshee |
The Banshee |
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| 3 | Reel | Sailor's Bonnet |
The Sailor's Bonnet |
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| 2 | 1 | Song | Pretty Peg |
Pretty Peg |
| 2 | Reel | Craig's Pipes |
Craig's Pipes |
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| 3 | 1 | Air | Blackbird |
[1st tune in a set titled:] The Blackbird |
| 2 | SetD | Blackbird |
[2nd tune in a set titled:] The Blackbird |
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| 3 | Hpipe | Blackbird |
[3rd tune in a set titled:] The Blackbird |
|
| 4 | 1 (0:48) |
Reel | Maids of Mitchelstown |
The Maids of Mitchelstown |
| 5 | 1 | Song | Casadh an tSúgáin |
Casadh an tSúgáin |
| 6 | 1 | Reel | Music in the Glen |
Music in the Glen |
| 2 | Reel | Humours of Scarriff |
The Humours of Scariff |
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| 3 | Reel | Otter's Holt |
The Otter's Holt |
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| 7 | 1 | Song | Fionnghuala |
Fionnghuala |
| 8 | 1 | JigD | Old Hag You Have Killed Me |
[1st tune in a set titled:] Old Hag You Have Killed Me |
| 2 | SgJig | Dinny Delaney's |
[2nd tune in a set titled:] Old Hag You Have Killed Me |
|
| 3 | JigD | Morrison's Jig |
[3rd tune in a set titled:] Old Hag You Have Killed Me |
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| 9 | 1 | Song | Do You Love an Apple |
Do You Love an Apple? |
| 10 | 1 | JigD | Leitrim Fancy |
Leitrim Fancy |
| 2 | Reel | Sword in Hand |
Round the World for Sport |
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| 3 | Reel | Tear the Calico |
Rip the Calico |
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| 4 | Reel | Martin Wynne's |
Martin Wynne's |
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| 5 | Reel | Enchanted Lady |
The Enchanted Lady |
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| 6 | Reel | Holy Land |
The Holy Land |
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| 11 | 1 | Song | Death of Queen Jane |
The Death of Queen Jane |
| 12 | 1 | Reel | Green Groves of Erin |
The Green Groves of Erin |
| 2 | Reel | Flowers of Red Hill |
The Flowers of Red Hill |