The Very Best of Irish Ballads - John Faulkner - Bríd Ní Chatháin - John Beag, Ann Mulqueen
[EUCD2041]

CD Information • CD Title: The Very Best of Irish Ballads • Artist(s): John Faulkner, John Beag, Ann Mulqueen, Tim Dennehy… • CD Code: EUCD2041 • Tracks: 20 • Playing Time: 78:36 min • Booklet Info in: English, Spanish, French, German

A beautiful and varied selection of Irish ballads sung by John Faulkner, Bríd Ní Chatháin, John Beag, Ann Mulqueen, Tim Dennehy, Iorras Aithneach, Mairéad Taggart, Joe McDonagh, Sinéad Murray, Fred Johnston. Lyrics and guitar chords are included in the CD booklet.

Track Listing:

1. Child Owlet - John Faulkner (trad., arr. John Faulkner) / Erskine's Folly - Brendan O'Regan (O'Regan [MÓC Music]) - 3:30

2. 'Si do Mhamó - Bríd Ní Chatháin (Parsons Hat) (trad., arr. Ní Chatháin) [MÓC Music] - 1:29

3. Matt Hyland - John Beag (trad., arr. John Beag) [MÓC Music] - 4:38

4. A Chomaraigh Aoibhinn Ó - Ann Mulqueen (Muiris Ó Faoláin) [MÓC Music] - 3:29

5. The Bodhrán Song - Tim Dennehy (Brian O'Rourke) [MÓC Music] - 4:01

6. An Hunter - Iorras Aithneach (Seán Cheoinín) [MÓC Music] - 5:08

7. I Loved a Lass - John Faulkner (trad., arr. John Faulkner, O'Regan) [MÓC Music] - 5:21

8. Galtee Mountain Boy - John Beag (Patsy O'Halloran; Verse 4 by Christy Moore) - 3:40

9. Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir - Bríd Ní Chatháin (Parsons Hat) (trad., arr. Ní Chatháin) [MÓC Music] - 2:37

10. Óró 'Sé do Bheatha Bhaile - John Beag (Pádraig Mac Piarais) [MÓC Music] / Hornpipe: Cearta an Duine - Johnny Óg Connolly - 4:04

11. The Workin' Man - Mairead Taggart (Rita McNeil - Cop. con.) - 4:10

12. A Winter's Tear - Tim Dennehy (Tim Dennehy) [MÓC Music] - 4:56

13. Peigín Leitir Móir - Joe McDonagh (trad., arr. Joe McDonagh) [MÓC Music] - 1:56

14. The Jolly Bold Robber - John Faulkner (trad., arr. John Faulkner, O'Regan) [MÓC Music] - 2:52

15. Dun Drumuilliún - Bríd Ní Chatháin (trad., arr. Ní Chatháin) [MÓC Music] - 3:16

16. The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale - John Beag (Seán Cheoinín) - 4:41

17. Casting my Shadow on the Road - Sinead Murray (Rushing / Scruggs) - 2:45

18. The Flower of Finae - John Faulkner (Thomas Davis, arr. John Faulkner) [MÓC Music] - 6:25

19. Lord Franklin - Fred Johnston (Parsons Hat) (trad., arr. Fred Johnston) [MÓC Music] - 3:24

20. The Carmagnole - Tim Dennehy (trad., arr. Tim Dennehy, P. J. Curtis) [MÓC Music] - 5:14