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Rose Murphy: Milltown Lass

Milltown Lass Old Time Irish Fiddle and Accordion Rose Murphy (1900-19xx) Topic Records 12TS316 (LP, UK, 1977) Topic Records TSDL316 (digital download, UK, June 2010)

Recorded and produced by John Leonard and David Baker
for Radio Sheffield in Maltby near Rotherham, Yorkshire, 1976;
Notes by Paddy Ryan;
Photography by David Baker;
Sleeve design by Tony Engle

Musicians

Rose Murphy: fiddle [1, 3, 5-6, 9, 11, 14-15, 19-20], accordion [2, 4, 7-8, 10, 12-13, 16-18, 21]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Salamanca / The Milltown Lasses reels (3.09)
2. Trim the Velvet reel (2.06)
3. The Silver Tip / The Frog in the Well jigs (1.46)
4. The Lark in the Clear Air air (2.23)
5. The First of May / The Last of June (Jenny Lind) polkas (3.09)
6. Paddy in London / Over the Garden Wall jigs (3.27)
7. Road to Ballysodare hornpipe (1.33)
8. The Teetotaller / The Bunch of Keys reels (2.41)
9. The Whistler and His Dog reel (1.23)
10. The Flax in Bloom / The College Grove / The Maid on the Mountain reels (2.26)

Side 2

11. Ladybower’s Reel / The Sister Reel reels (3.24)
12. Drowsy Maggie reel (2.28)
13. The Harvest Home / The Londonderry hornpipes (2.55)
14. The Frost Is All Over / The Goose in the Bog jigs (2.13)
15. The Lonely Maid reel (1.20)
16. The Coolin air (1.29)
17. Turkey in the Straw barn dance (1.22)
18. Mother I’m Up in the Roost (What Are You Doing, You Divil You!) slip jig (1.10)
19. Miss Monahan’s / Miss Gallagher’s reels (3.21)
20. Rakish Paddy reel (1.58)
21. The Belfast (or Sweep’s) Hornpipe hornpipe (1.53)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 11a, 15 Rose Murphy