Album Contents: Sweet Rural Shade by Boys of the Lough

Basic album data
Artist Name	Boys of the Lough
Album Title	Sweet Rural Shade
Musicians	Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathall McConnell (flute, whistle, vocals), Dave Richardson (concertina, mandolin, cittern), Christy O'Leary (pipes, whistle, vocals), John Coakley (guitar, piano), with Ed Littlefield (pedal steel, Highland pipes), Ron Shaw (cello)
Source and other information	Shanachie SH 79068, 1988. Recorded 1987-88.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	JigD	Out on the Ocean	Out on the Ocean Performer: Christy (pipes)
	2	JigD	An Fathach Éireannach	Mooney's Jig
	3	JigD	Isabelle Blackley	Isabelle Blackley
2	1	Song	Todd's Sweet Rural Shade	Todd's Sweet Rural Shade Performer: Cathal (vocal)
3	1	Waltz	Forest Flower	Forest Flower Performer: 1st time Cathal (Bb whistle)
	2 (3:11)	Reel	Leslie's	Kitty the Hare Performer: Cathal (Eb whistle)
	3	Reel	Jenny Dang the Weaver	Jenny Dang the Weaver Performer: (Eb whistles)
4	1	Song	Once I Loved	Once I Loved Performer: Christy (vocal)
5	1	JigD	Maho Snaps	Maho Snaps
	2	JigD	Charlie Hunter's Jig	Charlie Hunter
	3	JigD	Mouse in the Cupboard	The Mouse in the Cupboard
	4	JigD	Rosewood	The Rosewood
6	1	Piece	Humours of Flinn	The Humours of Flinn Performer: (C pipes)
	2	Waltz	Tim O'Leary's Waltz	Tim O'Leary's Waltz Performer: (C pipes)
7	1	Song	Hills of Donegal	The Hills of Donegal Performer: Christy (vocal)
8	1	March	Captain Carswell	Captain Carswell
	2	Reel	The Green Hills of Tyrol	The Green Hills of Tyrol Performer: Aly (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Trip to Windsor	The Trip to Windsor

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