Album Contents: First Steps by The Jig Is Up!

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Artist Name	The Jig Is Up!
Album Title	First Steps
Musicians	Judd Heartsill (accordion, flute), Larry Mallette (flute, whistle), Diehl Moran (fiddle, banjo), Matthew Lewis (guitar, flute, whistle), Robert Shaddox (bodhrán, vocals), with Therese Honey (harp), Kendall Rogers (keyboard)
Source and other information	The Jig Is Up!, 2011. Recorded in Houston, Texas between 2 April and 20 August 2011. Complete liner notes were published only online, at <http://thejigisupband.com/FirstSteps/linerNotes.pdf> and were viewed 5 December 2012. Additional recording-date information was e-mailed to me by Larry Mallette 6 December 2012. Not indexed here: track 14 (The Lighthouse's Tale).

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	Reel	Man of the House	Man of the House
	2	Reel	Speed the Plough	O'Keeffe's Speed the Plow / Speed da Plough / Paddy Cronin's Reel
2	1	Polka	Taureen Derby Polka	There's Worse than that Around / The Taureen Derby
	2	Polka	Knocknagoshel	Polka Niall
	3	Polka	Derrygallen Bridge	John Walsh / The Derrygallen Bridge
3	1	Song	Willy Reilly	Willy Reilly Performer: Robert Shaddox (vocals)
	2	Reel	Coal Miner's Reel	Coalminer's / More Power to Your Elbow
	3	Reel	Hare's Paw	The Hare's Paw / The Hare's Foot / Kennedy's Favorite
4	1	JigSl	Land's End	Land's End Performer: with Therese Honey (harp)
	2	JigSl	Brings a Smile	Brings a Smile Performer: with Therese Honey (harp)
5	1	Reel	Drunken Landlady	The Drunken Landlady Performer: 1st time Diehl Moran (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Rookery	The Rookery
6	1	Song	West Awake	The West Awake
7	1	JigD	Haunted House	Haunted House Performer: 1st time (flute)
	2	JigD	Billy McCormick	Billy McCormick / Paddy Cronin's Jig
	3	JigD	Battering Ram	The Battering Ram
8	1	Song	Rocks of Bawn	The Rocks of Bawn
9	1	Reel	MacArthur Road	McArthur Road Performer: Diehl Moran (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Cathal McConnell's	Cathal McConnell's Performer: Larry Mallette (whistle)
	3	Reel	Congress Reel	The Congress Performer: 1st time Judd Heartsill (accordion)
10	1	Song	Parting Glass	The Parting Glass Performer: Matthew Lewis (flute)
11	1	Reel	Major Moran's	Major Moran's #1 Performer: Larry Mallette (flute), Matthew Lewis (flute)
	2	Reel	Big Pat's Reel	Big Pat's
	3	Reel	Gargoyle	The Gargoyle
12	1	Song	County Down	The County Down
13	1	Slide	Brosna Slide	The Lonesome Road to Dingle / Trip to the Jacks
	2	Slide	Star above the Garter	Star above the Garter
	3	Polka	Newmarket	Newmarket Polka
15	1	Mzrka	Sonny's Mazurka	Sonny's Mazourka [sic]
	2	Reel	Miss Lyon's Fancy	Miss Lyon's / Up Against the Boughalauns
	3	Reel	New-Mown Meadows	New Mown Meadows

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