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Willie Clancy: The Minstrel From Clare

The Minstrel From Clare Willie Clancy (1918-1973) Topic Records 12T175 (LP, UK, 1967) Green Linnet GLCD 3091 (CD, USA, 1994) Topic Records TSDL175 (digital download, UK, December 2009)

Recorded by Bill Leader in a pub in Carraroe, Co. Clare, 1967;
Notes by Brendan Brathnath

Musicians

Willie Clancy: uilleann pipes [1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 14], whistle [2, 5, 8, 11], vocals [4, 6, 10, 13]

Tracks

Side 1

1. Langstern Pony (1.44)
2. The Templehouse / Over the Moor to Maggie (2.49)
3. Bruachna Carraige Báine (The Brink of the White Rock) (2.27)
4. Erin’s Lovely Lea (Roud 5327) (4.16)
5. The Killavel Fancy / The Dogs Among the Bushes (2.43)
6. The Family Ointment (Roud 5326) (2.15)
7. The Dear Irish Boy (3.30)

Side 2

8. Caoineadh an Spailpín (The Spalpeen’s Lament) / The Cuckoo’s Nest (5.06)
9. The Pipe on the Hob (2.31)
10. The Gander (Roud 5328) (2.35)
11. The Legacy Jig (1.32)
12. The Flogging Reel (2.00)
13. The Song of the Riddles (Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship) (Roud 36; Child 46; G/D 4:842; Henry H681) (3.47)
14. Spailpín a Rúin (Spalpeen, My Love) (3.06)