Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/2/2/4/E
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date1974
DescriptionRecording of a number of Irish folk songs, possibly performed by Joe Heaney, while in conversation with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

Track 1: silence .042 mins
Track 2: Joe Heaney, introduces and performs a ballad about a man who had emigrated to New York beginning 'At the setting of the sun, when my daily work was done' 5.36 mins
Track 3: he introduces and sings 'Patsy McCann' 3.13 mins
Track 4: he introduces and sings 'The Harp Without the Crown' 2.02 mins
Track 5: he discusses the meaning of the lyrics of the previous song and introduces and sings 'The Tennis Right (Captain Coulston)' 4.28 mins
Track 6: he discusses the tradition of the previous song which he learnt from a Gaelic speaker and sings 'The Maid of Sweet Gurteen' 1.34 mins
Track 7: he tells a story about a group of people in Galway who were drowned on their way to a fair 2.19 mins
Track 8: he sings 'Eanach Cuain (Annaghdown)' in Gaelic 5.24 mins
Track 9: he talks about the previous song and sings 'My Bonny Boy is Young' 6.33 mins
Track 10: he introduces and sings 'The Valley of Knockanure' 8.50 mins
Track 11: he sings 'The Jolly Tinker' 4.24 mins
Track 12: he sings 'Whiskey Ó Roudeldum-Row' in Gaelic 4.07 mins
Track 13: he sings another song in Gaelic 2.47 mins
Track 14: he sings 'The Queen of Connemara' 2.45 mins
Track 15: he sings 'Captain Wedderburn' 5.18 mins
Track 16: he sings 'The Old Man Rocking the Cradle' 3.08 mins

Total: 1.03.16 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA 3 of 3 KF534B0271580
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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