Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Words and Music by Planxty

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Artist NamePlanxty
Album TitleWords and Music
MusiciansChristy Moore (guitar, vocals, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals, harmonica), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Donal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, bowed psaltery, spinet, dulcimer, bodhrán, synthesizer), with Bill Whelan (keyboards), James Kelly (fiddle), Nollaig Casey (fiddle), Eoghan O'Neill (bass guitar).
Source and
other information		Shanachie 79035, 1991. Reissue of what? Recorded Dec. 1982 in Dublin. Not indexed here: tracks 4, 5, 7, 8.

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Use the "Tune Info" links below to see details for each tune.

Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
1625		 JigD Queen of the Rushes, The / Banríon na Luachra / The Chorus Jig / The Battering Ram / The Ladies March to the Ballroom / Bridging the Gap (mislabeled on MRaf as The Bower) (also in C or G; compare 3rd part with 2nd part of Paddy Doory's Fancy #4740)
2 Tune Info
1498		 JigD Paddy Fahey's Jig / [misspelled as:] Paddy Fays Jig / Port Phádraig Uí Fhathaigh (2nd in set Paddy Fahy's Jigs on MaRaf) (compare #1505) (composed by Paddy Fahy)
21 Tune Info
3468		 Song Thousands Are Sailing (compare same text for #3346) (composed by Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny (music only))
31 Tune Info
3109		 Song Táimse im Chodladh / Táimse im' Chodladh / Táimse im' Chodhladh / Taímse im' Chodhladh/ I Am Asleep (also as air, also in Mixolydian)
61 Tune Info
3469		 Reel Achonry Lasses, The / The Aconry Lasses / The Anchonry Lasses / Gearrchailiú Achadh Conaire
2 Tune Info
3267		 Reel Old Wheels of the World, The / The Old 'Wheels of the World' / The Wheels of the World (mislabeled on Plx 5 as Lord McDonald) (also singled) (compare St. Ruth's Bush #1822)
3 Tune Info
1807		 Reel Spike Island Lassies, The / The Spike Island Lasses / Gearrchaile Oileán Píce / Gearrchaillí Oileán Píce / Cloichíní Beaga na Farraige / The Small Stones of the Sea (1st in set The Hillsbrook Reels on MMcG 3) (also without 3rd and 4th parts, also in A) (compare Bank of Ireland #114 and Reidy's Reel)
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