Album Contents: The Best of the Bothy Band by The Bothy Band

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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.

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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
	3	Reel	Sailor's Bonnet	The Sailor's Bonnet
2	1	Song	Pretty Peg	Pretty Peg
	2	Reel	Craig's Pipes	Craig's Pipes
3	1	Air	Blackbird	[1st tune in a set titled:] The Blackbird
	2	SetD	Blackbird	[2nd tune in a set titled:] The Blackbird
	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
	3	Reel	Otter's Holt	The Otter's Holt
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
9	1	Song	Do You Love an Apple	Do You Love an Apple?
10	1	JigD	Leitrim Fancy	Leitrim Fancy
	2	Reel	Around the World for Sport	Round the World for Sport
	3	Reel	Tear the Calico	Rip the Calico
	4	Reel	Martin Wynne's	Martin Wynne's
	5	Reel	Enchanted Lady	The Enchanted Lady
	6	Reel	Holy Land	The Holy Land
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

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