Album Contents: Words and Music by Planxty

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Artist Name	Planxty
Album Title	Words and Music
Musicians	Christy Moore (guitar, vocals, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals, harmonica), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Donal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, bowed psaltery, spinet, dulcimer, bodhrán, synthesizer), with Bill Whelan (keyboards), James Kelly (fiddle), Nollaig Casey (fiddle), Eoghan O'Neill (bass guitar)
Source and other information	Shanachie 79035, 1991. Reissue of what? Recorded Dec. 1982 in Dublin. Not indexed here: tracks 4, 5, 7, 8.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	JigD	Queen of the Rushes	The Queen of the Rushes Performer: Liam (pipes)
	2	JigD	Paddy Fahy's	Paddy Fays Jig [sic] Performer: Liam (pipes), possibly with (fiddle)
2	1	Song	Thousands Are Sailing	Thousands Are Sailing Performer: Andy Irvine
3	1	Song	Táimse im' Chodladh	Táimse Im' Chodladh Performer: Liam (pipes)
6	1	Reel	Achonry Lasses	The Aconry Lasses Performer: Liam (pipes), with James Kelly? (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Mountain Lark	The Old Wheels of the World Performer: Liam (pipes), with James Kelly? (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Spike Island Lassies	The Spike Island Lasses Performer: Liam (pipes), with James Kelly? (fiddle)

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