Recorded by Bill Leader and TPA Studios in a two-day session in 1967

Musicians

Frank Harte: vocals;
Alf Edwards: concertina [2-4, 7]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Traveller All Over the World
2. The Shamrock Shore (Roud 2287; Henry H20a)
3. The Ragman’s Ball (Roud 3006)
4. Henry My Son (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
5. The Bold Belfast Shoemaker (Roud 982/3022; Laws J15; G/D 1:82)

Side 2

6. The Night Before Larry Was Stretched (Roud V1212)
7. The Twangman
8. The Finding of Moses
9. Father Murphy (Roud 3020)

Recorded by Bill Leader and TPA Studios in a two-day session in 1967;
Notes by Frank Harte;
Sleeve design by Ken Lees

Musicians

Frank Harte: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Rosemary Fair (Roud 1; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
2. Johnny Doyle (Roud 455; Laws M2; G/D 5:1020; Henry H137)
3. Dunlavin Green (Roud 3010)
4. The Spanish Lady (Roud 542; G/D 4:746; Henry H532)
5. The Flower of Magherally (Roud 3009; Henry H220)
6. James Connolly (Roud 12495)

Side 2

7. The Ship Carpenter’s Wife (Roud 2898; Henry H226)
8. The Connerys
9. Three Weeks We Are Wed
10. Matt Hyland (Roud 2880)
11. The Row in the Town
12. He Rolled Her to the Wall (Roud 36; Child 46; G/D 4:842; Henry H681)

All tracks trad.

Notes by Frank Harte

Musical Traditions review

Musicians

Frank Harte: vocals,
Dónal Lunny: bouzouki, guitar

Tracks

CD 1

1. The Isle of St Helena (Roud 349) (4:50)
2. The Nightingale (Roud 32290; Henry H75b) (2:45)
3. The Bonny Light Horseman (Roud 1185; G/D 8:1584; Henry H122a) (4:55)
4. Sweet Laurel Hill (Roud 2917; Henry H8) (6:30)
5. My Son Tim (Roud 678; Henry H131) (2:25)
6. Napoleon’s Farewell to Paris (Roud 1626) (5:15)
7. King’s Shilling (3:50)
8. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (5:30)
9. The Eighteenth of June (Roud 2539) (3:50)
10. The Grand Conversation on Napoleon (Roud 1189) (5:00)
11. Lonely Waterloo (Roud 622; Laws N31) (3:50)
12. The Green Linnet (Roud 1619) (4:55)
13. The Wounded Hussar (Roud 2699) (3:50)

CD 2

14. The Mantle of Green (Roud 714; Laws N38; G/D 5:1033; Henry H76) (4:55)
15. The Love Token (Roud 604; Laws N29; Henry H581) (4:50)
16. My Love at Waterloo (Roud 622) (4:05)
17. Armagh Volunteer (Roud 9046, 2784; Henry H724) (4:45)
18. Plains of Waterloo (Roud 960; Laws N32) (4:40)
19. Deartháirín Ó Mo Chroí (Roud 2360) (4:20)
20. Napoleon’s Lamentation (Roud 2547) (2:45)
21. Welcome Napoleon to Erin the Green (Roud 5329) (2:30)
22. Granuaile (Roud 3034) (5:00)
23. You Sons of Old Ireland (Roud 2357) (2:00)
24. Napoleon Bonaparte (Roud 3084) (3:55)
25. Whiskey in the Jar (Roud 533; Laws L13A; Henry H792) (2:40)
26. Saxon’s Shilling (3:50)

All tracks trad. except
Track 7 Ian Sinclair;
Track 26 Kevin T. Buggy (1842)