Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

The Life of Paddy Reilly

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1971

Artist
  
Paddy Reilly

Label
  
Dolphin Records

Genre
  
Irish Folk

Release date
  
1971

The Life of Paddy Reilly httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumbc

Producer
  
Paddy Reilly & Darby Carroll

People also search for
  
Paddy Reilly Live, Live

vintage vinyl series the life of paddy reilly full album paddy reilly


The Life of Paddy Reilly, Irish folk singer Paddy Reilly's debut album, was released in 1971 on the Dolphin label. The album introduced some of the singer's most popular songs, including "James Larkin", "Matt Hyland", and "Spancil Hill". It was produced by Reilly and Darby Carroll. The title of the album is a play on the name of a popular radio and television show, The Life of Riley.

Contents

Track listing

All traditional except as noted.

Side one
  1. "Spancil Hill"
  2. "Coming of the Road" (Billy Edd Wheeler)
  3. "Sam Hall"
  4. "Come to the Bower"
  5. "Deportees" (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman)
  6. "Dollymount Strand"
Side two
  1. "Irish Soldier Boy"
  2. "Matt Hyland"
  3. "The Orange and the Green" (Anthony Murphy; traditional)
  4. "James Larkin"
  5. "James Connolly" (Liam McGowan)
  6. "The Lark in the Morning"

Songs

1Spancil Hill3:17
2Coming of the Road3:38
3Sam Hall3:54

References

The Life of Paddy Reilly Wikipedia
(Text) CC BY-SA