Various - The Flax In Bloom. Traditional Songs, Airs & Dance Music In Ulster.
| Genre: | Folk, World, & Country |
| Singer: | Various |
| Title: | The Flax In Bloom. Traditional Songs, Airs & Dance Music In Ulster. |
| Short-info: | Label:
Topic Records – TSCD677T
Series: The Voice Of The People. – Volume 27. Type: 3 x CD, Compilation, Gatefold Sleeve, Card Slip Case Country: UK Date of released: 28 Apr 2014 Category: Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1841 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1331 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC AIFF TTA RA AU ADX APE AHX |
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Tracklist
| CD 1. Fermanagh & Donegal | |||
| 1-1 | –Paddy Tunney | Lough Erne Shore | 2:04 |
| 1-2 | –Brigid Tunney | The Mountain Streams Where The Moorcocks Crow | 3:54 |
| 1-3 | –Joe Tunney | Polka - Untitled | 1:04 |
| 1-4 | –Joe Tunney | Single Jig - Pat Hart's | 1:06 |
| 1-5 | –Joe Tunney | Reels - Miss Monaghan / The Green Mountain / The Scholar | 0:38 |
| 1-6 | –Annie Lunny | My Charming Buachaill Roe | 1:54 |
| 1-7 | –Annie Lunny | Dearthairin O Mo Chroi | 2:36 |
| 1-8 | –John Doherty | Single Jig - Bundle And Go | 0:43 |
| 1-9 | –John Doherty | Reel - Miss McLeod's | 1:14 |
| 1-10 | –John Doherty | Slip Jig - Gurty's Frolics | 1:13 |
| 1-11 | –John Doherty | Moorlough Mary | 4:27 |
| 1-12 | –John Doherty | Reel - Marry When You're Young | 1:06 |
| 1-13 | –John Doherty | Boney Crossing The Alps | 1:10 |
| 1-14 | –John Doherty | The Last Figure Of The Lancers | 0:58 |
| 1-15 | –Mick Gallagher | The Rollicking Boys Around Tandragee | 2:25 |
| 1-16 | –Maureen Melly | Buachaillin Donn | 2:04 |
| 1-17 | –Maureen Melly | Paddy Shinahan's Cow | 1:32 |
| 1-18 | –Maureen Melly | Farewell Green Erin | 1:04 |
| 1-19 | –Paddy Tunney | The Blackbird | 3:39 |
| 1-20 | –Neillidh Boyle | Reel - The Loughanure Tune | 2:25 |
| 1-21 | –Neillidh Boyle | Reel - Sean Sa Cheo | 1:32 |
| 1-22 | –Neillidh Boyle | Pleoid Ar An Fharraige Is I Ata Mor! | 1:51 |
| 1-23 | –Neillidh Boyle | Verse And Air - Sraid Na mBurcach | 1:21 |
| 1-24 | –Sheila Gallagher | An Seanduine Doite | 1:54 |
| 1-25 | –Sheila Gallagher | In Aimsir Bhaint An Fheir | 0:34 |
| 1-26 | –Pat Bell Keown | The Wearing Of The Britches | 2:08 |
| 1-27 | –Maureen Melly | The Blackbird Of Avondale | 2:13 |
| 1-28 | –Maureen Melly | My Dark Slender Boy | 1:20 |
| 1-29 | –Simie Doherty | Reel - Bonnie Kate | 0:53 |
| 1-30 | –Simie Doherty | Reel - Cuffe Street | 0:39 |
| 1-31 | –Simie Doherty | Reel - The Pigeon On The Gate | 1:11 |
| 1-32 | –Simie Doherty | Reel - The Tullaghan Lasses | 0:57 |
| 1-33 | –Simie Doherty | Reel - Mooney's Favourite | 0:58 |
| 1-34 | –Brigid Tunney | The Heathery Hills | 3:07 |
| 1-35 | –Brigid Tunney | The Soldier & The Sailor | 1:22 |
| 1-36 | –Brigid Tunney | Wee Paddy Molloy | 1:33 |
| 1-37 | –John Doherty | Hornpipe - The Atlantic Roar | 1:07 |
| 1-38 | –John Doherty | Rocking The Cradle | 3:26 |
| CD 2. Dance Music | |||
| 2-1 | –Johnny Pickering | Highland - The Basket Of Oysters / Jig - Jackson's Rum Punch | 1:44 |
| 2-2 | –Johnny Pickering, Jimmy Pickering | Highlands - Green Grow The Rushes Oh / Love, Will You Marry Me | 1:24 |
| 2-3 | –McCusker Brothers Ceili Band | Jigs - Biddy The Bowl Wife / I Lost My Love And I Care Not / King Of The Cannibal Islands | 3:10 |
| 2-4 | –McCusker Brothers Ceili Band | Polkas - Untitled / Untitled / Jenny Lind | 3:19 |
| 2-5 | –Vincent McCusker , John McCusker | Reel - The First Of May | 1:03 |
| 2-6 | –Vincent McCusker , John McCusker | 3 Untitled Mazurkas | 1:36 |
| 2-7 | –McCusker Brothers Ceili Band | Highlands - Monymusk / Kafoozalum / Maggie Pickens | 3:10 |
| 2-8 | –Vincent McCusker , John McCusker | Jig - Tatter Jack Walsh | 1:00 |
| 2-9 | –Vincent McCusker , John McCusker | Set Dance - The Princess Royal | 1:55 |
| 2-10 | –McCusker Brothers Ceili Band | Hornpipe - The Man From Newry / Barndance - The Barndance | 3:10 |
| 2-11 | –Vincent McCusker , John McCusker , Benignus McCusker | Set Dance - Jockey To The Fair | 2:05 |
| 2-12 | –John McCusker | Set Dance - The Orange Rogue | 1:53 |
| 2-13 | –McCusker Brothers Ceili Band | Reels - McKenna's / The Tinker's Apron / The Antrim | |
| 2-14 | –McCusker Brothers Ceili Band | Single Jig - The Sweets Of May | |
| 2-15 | –John Maguire | Reel - The Gosson That Beat His Father | 1:13 |
| 2-16 | –John Maguire | Reel - The First House In Connaught | 1:21 |
| 2-17 | –John Maguire | Jig - Lovely Nancy | 1:09 |
| 2-18 | –John Maguire | Reel - The Maid Of The House | 1:11 |
| 2-19 | –John Maguire | Reel - The Boys Of Leefive | 1:20 |
| 2-20 | –John Maguire | Hornpipe - The Cuckoo's Nest | 1:21 |
| 2-21 | –Paddy McLuskey | Polka - All The Way To Galway | 0:41 |
| 2-22 | –Paddy McLuskey | March - Napoleon Crossing The Alps | 0:39 |
| 2-23 | –Paddy McLuskey | Hornpipe - The Cuckoo's Nest | 0:52 |
| 2-24 | –Paddy McLuskey | Reel - The Ewe With The Crooked Horn | 1:06 |
| 2-25 | –Danny McNiff | Jig - Coming Home From Reilly's Party | 1:22 |
| 2-26 | –Eddie Moor | The Clap Dance - The Soldier's Joy | 1:00 |
| 2-27 | –Philip Breen | Highlands - Unidentified / Monymusk | 1:41 |
| 2-28 | –Philip Breen | Waltz - Woodland Whispers | 1:00 |
| 2-29 | –Philip Breen | Reels - The Flax In Bloom / The Dairymaid / The Galway Rambler | 3:09 |
| 2-30 | –Sean Maguire*, Liam Donnelly , Tom Turkington, Bill Montgomery & John Maguire | Reels - The Sailor's Bonnet / Kiss The Bride / Roaring Mary | 3:05 |
| 2-31 | –Sean Maguire* & Bill Montgomery | Reels - The Flax In Bloom / The Millstone / The Dairymaid | 4:28 |
| CD 3. Travellers | |||
| 3-1 | –Christy Purcell | The Dark-Eyed Gypsy | 2:14 |
| 3-2 | –Mary Connors | What Brought The Blood? | 3:04 |
| 3-3 | –Lal Smith | I Am A Maid That's Deep In Love | 3:16 |
| 3-4 | –Mary Doran | Here's A Health Unto All Travellers | 4:06 |
| 3-5 | –Paddy Doran | Three Old Jolly Sportsmen | 2:06 |
| 3-6 | –Mary Connors | The Lovely Banks Of Lea | 4:05 |
| 3-7 | –Christy Purcell | The Bandy-Legged Mule | |
| 3-8 | –Mary Connors & Paddy Doran | Marrow Bones (The Blind Man He Can See No. 1) | |
| 3-9 | –Lal Smith | Early, Early On The Month Of Spring | |
| 3-10 | –Christy Purcell | The Lodging-House In Carrick-On-Suir | |
| 3-11 | –Mary Doran | The Rambling Irishman | |
| 3-12 | –Paddy Doran | Dungarvan | |
| 3-13 | –Lal Smith | The Bold English Navvy | 3:04 |
| 3-14 | –Paddy Doran | Hornpipe - The Little Beggar Man | 0:40 |
| 3-15 | –Winnie Ryan | Going To Mass Last Sunday | 2:10 |
| 3-16 | –Paddy Doran | Kate From Ballinamore | 1:38 |
| 3-17 | –Mary Connors & Paddy Doran | 'Tis Miles I Have Travelled (The Blind Man He Can See No.2) | 1:05 |
| 3-18 | –Christy Purcell | The Fair At Spancil Hill | 1:28 |
| 3-19 | –Mary Connors | Come All You Loyal Lovers | 4:54 |
| 3-20 | –Winnie Ryan | Early, Early All In The Spring | 3:45 |
| 3-21 | –Paddy Doran | Blackwaterside | 2:23 |
| 3-22 | –Mary Connors | I Wish I Was In Newross Town | 2:54 |
| 3-23 | –Lal Smith | Nancy Hogan's Goose | 2:02 |
| 3-24 | –Winnie Ryan | I Am A Poor Girl And My Life It Is Sad | 3:51 |
Credits
- Co-producer – Reg Hall, Tony Engle
- Edited By – Reg Hall
Notes
Field recordings from 1952 and 1953 made by Peter Kennedy and Sean O'Boyle.The CD's come with a 100 page booklet of lyrics, notes and biographical details of many of the performers.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 7 14822 06772 0











