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Edward Corcoran / Black Joke

[Turlough O’Carolan arr. Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr / trad. arr. Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr]

Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr played the tunes Edward Corcoran and Black Joke in 1995 on their album Shape of Scrape. Eliza Carthy commented in the sleeve notes:

The first tune comes from Turlough O’Carolan’s book. The second is a Bucknall version of a Morris tune.

A 1994 live concert recording of these tunes was included in 2020 on Eliza Carthy’s CD Live to Air.