Album Contents: The Old Fireside Music by Mike and Mary Rafferty

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Artist Name	Mike and Mary Rafferty
Album Title	The Old Fireside Music
Musicians	Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle), with Donal Clancy (guitar, bouzouki), Gabriel Donohue (guitar, bass, percussion), Paddy Rafferty (lilting)
Source and other information	Larraga LR093098, 1998.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	Reel	Follow Me Down to Galway	Follow Me Down to Galway Performer: Mike (flute), Mary (accordion)
	2	Reel	Follow Me Down to Carlow	Follow Me Down to Carlow Performer: Mike (flute), Mary (accordion)
2	1	Hpipe	Dinny Delaney's	Dinny Delaney's Performer: 1st time Mike (flute), then with Mary (whistle)
	2	Reel	Follow Me Down to Carlow	[2nd tune in a set titled:] Dinny Delaney's Performer: 1st time Mike (flute), then with Mary (whistle)
3	1	Fling	Louden's Bonnie Braes	Bonnie Scotland Performer: Mary (accordion)
	2	Hpipe	Midnight Hornpipe	The Midnight Hornpipe Performer: Mary (accordion)
4	1	Reel	Tap Room	The Hard Road to Travel Performer: Mike (flute)
	2	Reel	Shanks Mare	Shanks Mare Performer: Mike (flute)
5	1	JigD	Tynagh Jig	The Leitrim Jig Performer: Paddy Rafferty (lilting)
6	1	Reel	McGovern's Favourite	Mike Flynn's Performer: Mike (F flute)
	2	Reel	Bonny Bunch of Ferns	The Private Ass and Cart Performer: Mike (F flute)
7	1	JigD	Millpond	The Millpond Performer: Mike (flute)
	2	JigD	Leitrim Jig	Andy McGann's Fancy Performer: Mike (flute)
8	1	Reel	Ash Plant	Ashplant Performer: Mary (accordion)
	2	Reel	Merry Harriers	The Merry Harriers Performer: Mary (accordion)
9	1	Song	May Morning Dew	May Morning Dew Performer: Kathleen Glynn (vocals)
10	1	Reel	Tip Toe Home	Tip Toe Home Performer: Mike (flute)
	2	Reel	Eddie Moloney's	Eddie Maloney's Performer: Mike (flute), Mary (accordion)
11	1	Reel	Killarney Boys of Pleasure	Doherty's Performer: Mary (whistle)
	2	Reel	Dunmore Lasses	The Dunmore Lasses Performer: Mary (whistle)
12	1	JigD	Jim Conroy's Jig	Jack Coen's Performer: Mary (flute), Mike (flute)
	2	JigD	Swans among the Rushes	[liner notes:] The Swan's Among the Rushes [tray label:] The Swans Among the Rushes Performer: Mary (accordion), Mike (flute)
13	1	Hpipe	Stack of Wheat	The Stack of Wheat Performer: 1st time Paddy Rafferty (lilting), then with Mike (flute)
14	1	Air	Trip We Took over the Mountain	Mairtin O'Grady's Air Performer: Mike (pipes)
	2	JigD	Brendan Tonra's	Brendan Tonra's Jig Performer: Mike (pipes)
15	1	Reel	Larkin's Beehives	Dominick Rooney's Performer: Mary (accordion)
	2	Reel	Tinker's Stick	The Reel of Rio Performer: Mary (accordion), Mike (flute)
16	1	Reel	Barrel Rafferty's	Barrel Rafferty's Performer: Mike (flute)
	2	Reel	Templeglantine Reel	Paddy Murphy's Performer: Mike (flute)
17	1	Reel	Sandmount	Sandy Mount Performer: Mary (accordion)
	2	Reel	Star of Munster	Star Of Munster [sic] Performer: Mary (accordion), Mike (flute)

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