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Artist Name | Dan Herlihy and John Drew |
Album Title | The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew |
Musicians | Dan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello) |
Source and other information | DHJDCD001, no date. Notes by Dan Herlihy and John Drew. No other source information published with this album. I have estimated the release date at around 2000. Track 6 ("The French Waltz") not indexed here. |
Track | Tune | ? Rhythm |
Link to verified tune identity | Titles as listed on this album |
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1 | 1 | JigD | Farewell to Ballinahulla |
Farewell to Ballinahulla |
2 | JigD | Kilkenny Jig |
The Kilkenny Jig |
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2 | 1 | Polka | Eileen's Polka |
Eileen O'Keeffe's |
2 | Polka | Ballydesmond Polka |
The Ballydesmond Polka |
|
3 | 1 | Reel | Blackwater Banks |
The Blackwater Banks |
2 | Reel | Pay the Girl Her Fourpence |
Pay the Girl Her Fourpence |
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4 | 1 | Hpipe | Friendly Visit |
The Friendly Visit |
2 | Hpipe | Cuckoo |
The Cuckoo |
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5 | 1 | Slide | Abbeyfeale |
Behind the Bush in the Garden |
2 | Slide | Padraig O'Keefe's Favourite |
Patsy Healy's |
|
3 | Slide | Nelly Mahony's |
Tom Carroll's |
|
7 | 1 | Reel | Old Pensioner |
Hickey's |
2 | Reel | Flower of the Flock |
The Flower of the Flock |
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8 | 1 | Polka | Top of Maol |
The Groves of Gneeveguilla |
2 | Polka | Humours of Ballydesmond |
The Knocknaboul #1 |
|
3 | Polka | Knocknaboul Polka |
The Knocknaboul #2 |
|
4 | Polka | As I Went Out upon the Ice |
As I Went Out upon the Ice |
|
9 | 1 | Slide | Barna Slide |
Bridgie the Weaver's |
2 | Slide | If I Had a Wife |
The Next Wan |
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10 | 1 | JigD | Luachrachán's Jig |
Crehan's |
2 | JigD | Sweet Biddy Daly |
Sweet Biddy Daly |
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11 | 1 | Hpipe | Galway Hornpipe |
[1st tune in a set titled:] McDermott's / [title given for this particular tune:] The Galway Hornpipe |
2 | Hpipe | McDermott's |
[2nd tune in a set titled:] McDermott's / [title given for this particular tune:] The Flowers of Antrim |
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12 | 1 | Mzrka | Sonny's Mazurka |
Sonny's Mazurka |
2 | Mzrka | Shoe the Donkey |
Fr. Halpin's Top Coat / Fr.Halpin's TopCoat / Shoe the Donkey |
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13 | 1 | Polka | Sonny Sweeney's |
The Glencollins Polka |
2 | Polka | Tom Billy's |
Jack O'Connell's |
|
14 | 1 | JigSl | Little Fair Cannavans |
An Ceannabhán Bán |
2 | JigSl | Whinny Hills of Leitrim |
Larry Redican's |