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Released
  
1987

Length
  
38:55

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Folk music

Recorded
  
Rel Studios, Edinburgh

Artist
  
The Boys of the Lough

Label
  
Shanachie Records

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Boys of the lough farewell and remember me


Farewell and Remember Me is an album by The Boys of the Lough, released in 1987.

Contents

There are 4 songs and 6 instrumental tracks on the album which is unusual in giving so much prominence to the uilleann bagpipes. It is sometimes considered to be the best album by The Boys of the Lough. The tunes are mainly sourced from Irish and Scottish traditions, some of them never previously recorded.

Track listing

  1. "Sean But/ Tommy People's/ The Lark in the Morning" (jigs) (All traditional)
  2. "The Leitrim Queen" (song) (Ian Burns)
  3. "Lucky Can Du Link Ony/ Pottinger's/ Billy Nicholson" (reels) (Trad/ Tom Anderson/ Trad)
  4. "Farewell and Remember Me" (song) (J Chalmers)
  5. "Angus Polka no 1/ Angus Polka No 2/ Donegal Barn Dance" (All trad)
  6. "An Spailpin Fanach (sung in Gaelic)/ The One-Horned Buck" (reel) (Trad/ Trad)
  7. "Valentia Harbour (air)/ The Jug of Punch (reel)/ MacArthur Road" (reel) (All trad)
  8. "Lovely Ann" (unaccompanied song) (Trad)
  9. "The Holly Bush/ The New Ships Are Sailing" (reels) (All trad)
  10. "The Waterford Waltz/ The Stronsay Waltz" (Trad/ Trad)

The listing above is as printed on the album package. Compare: a more complete and correct track listing at irishtune.info.

Personnel

  • Aly Bain - fiddle
  • Cathal McConnell - flute, whistle, vocals
  • Dave Richardson - concertina, mandolin, cittern
  • Christy O'Leary - uilleann pipes, whistle, vocals
  • John Coakley - guitar, piano, bodhran, mandoline, fiddle
  • Guest: Ron Shaw - cello on "Farewell and Remember Me"
  • Engineered by Alistair George

    • Songs

    1Sean Bui / Tommy People's / The Lark in the Morning4:10
    2The Leitrim Queen4:07
    3Lucky Can Du Link Ony / Pottinger's / Billy Nicholson3:33

    References

    Farewell and Remember Me Wikipedia
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