Album Contents: A Thousand Farewells by Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule

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Artist Name	Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule
Album Title	A Thousand Farewells
Musicians	Martin Dowling (fiddle), Christine Dowling (flute, vocals), Daithi Sproule (guitar)
Source and other information	Cottage Music CM 001, 1997. Recorded 20–21 Aug. 1996 in Madison, Wisconsin. Notes by Martin Dowling. Note that tunes on track 10 are in opposite order from liner notes.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	Hpipe	Smoky Chimney	The Smokey Chimney
	2	Hpipe	Frisco	The Frisco
2	1	JigD	A Thousand Farewells	A Thousand Farewells
	2	JigD	Brendan Tonra's	Brendan Tonra's
3	1	Reel	Gap in the Clouds	The Gap in the Clouds Performer: Martin (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Beauty Spot	The Beauty Spot Performer: Martin (fiddle)
4	1	Song	Open the Door	Open the Door
5	1	Air	Dark Is the Color of My True Love's Hair	Dark Is the Color of My True Love's Hair Performer: Martin (fiddle)
	2	Hpipe	Caisleán an Óir	Caislean an Oir Performer: Martin (fiddle)
6	1	Reel	Mullin's Fancy	The Boys of Ballynahinch
	2	Reel	Dick Gossip's	Dicky Gossip's
	3	Reel	Old Woman of the House	The Old Woman of the House
7	1	Song	Federal Soldier	Federal Soldier
8	1	Polka	Fred Finn's	Fred Finn's
	2	Polka	Mountain Pathway	Peter Horan's
9	1	Reel	Hegel Helman's	Hegel Helman's Performer: Martin (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Head First into the Furze	Head First into the Furze Performer: Martin (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Bee in the Bottle	The Bee in the Bottle Performer: Martin (fiddle)
10	1	Hpipe	Cuil Aodha	[presumably mistakenly transposed titles, since this is the 1st tune in a set titled:] "The Fairy Queen / [title given for this particular tune:] The Cuil Aodha"
	2	Hpipe	Fairy Queen	[presumably mistakenly transposed titles, since this is the 2nd tune in a set titled:] "The Fairy Queen / [title given for this particular tune:] The Cuil Aodha"
11	1	Song	Banks of the River	The Banks of the River
12	1	Reel	Martin Ainsboro's	Martin Ansboro's Reel
	2	Reel	Girl that Broke My Heart	The Girl that Broke My Heart
	3	Reel	Charlie Lennon's No. 4	Charlie Lennon's No. 4
13	1	Waltz	New Year's Day	New Year's Day

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