Live is an album by The Dubliners

The Dubliners

The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...

 recorded live in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 and released on the Polydor label in 1974. This was to be Ronnie Drew

Ronnie Drew

Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew was an Irish singer and folk musician who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He was born in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin...

's last recording with The Dubliners for five years as he left to pursue a solo career. Also following this album, Ciaran Bourke

Ciaran Bourke

Ciarán Bourke was an Irish musician and one of the original founding members of the Irish folk band The Dubliners.-Early life:...

 ceased to be a full-time member of the group when he suffered a brain hemorrhage. He sings "All for Me Grog" here. The reels that open this album (and which first were released on the group's 1967 studio album A Drop of the Hard Stuff

A Drop of the Hard Stuff

A Drop of the Hard Stuff is an album by The Dubliners. It was originally released in 1967 on Major Minor Records . When it was reissued, it was renamed Seven Drunken Nights because the first track became a hit single. The album cover provides biographical sketches of the band line-up: Ronnie Drew,...

) have become the opening instrumental medley at most of their concerts since.

Track listing

Side One:

1. "Fairmoye Lasses and Sporting Paddy"
2. "Black Velvet Band"
3. "Whiskey in the Jar
   Whiskey in the Jar
   "Whiskey in the Jar" is a famous Irish traditional song, set in the southern mountains of Ireland, with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry, as well as Fenit, a village in county Kerry. It is about a Rapparee , who is betrayed by his wife or lover, and is one of the most widely performed...
   
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4. "All for the Grog"
5. "The Belfast Hornpipe/Tim Maloney"
6. "The Four Poster Bed/Colonel Rodney"
7. "Finnegan's Wake
   Finnegan's Wake
   "Finnegan's Wake" is a ballad that arose in the 1850s in the music-hall tradition of comical Irish songs. The song is a staple of the Irish folk-music group, The Dubliners, who have played it on many occasions and included it on several albums, and is especially well known to fans of The Clancy...
   
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8. "McAlpine's Fusiliers"

Side Two:

1. "Seven Drunken Nights
   Seven Drunken Nights
   "Seven Drunken Nights" is a humorous folk Irish song, most famously performed by The Dubliners and others. The Dubliners version reached number 7 in the UK charts in 1967, thanks to its diffusion on Radio Caroline, though it was banned from the national broadcasting station...
   
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2. "Reels - Scholar/Teetotaller/The High Reel"
3. "Home Boys Home"
4. "Dirty Old Town
   Dirty Old Town
   "Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by The Dubliners and has been recorded by many others since.-History:...
   
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5. "Blue Mountain Rag"
6. "The Wild Rover
   The Wild Rover
   The Wild Rover is a popular folk song whose origins are contested.According to Professor T. M. Devine in his book The Scottish Nation 1700 - 2000 the song was written as a temperance song. The song is found printed in a book, The American Songster, printed in the USA by W.A...
   
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7. "Weile Waile
   The River Saile
   The River Saile is a children's nursery rhyme from Ireland. This type of song is also known as a murder ballad or Child ballad, named for Francis James Child who was the first person to catalogue them before his death in 1896...
   
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8. "The Holy Ground
   The Holy Ground
   The Holy Ground is a local place name in the town of Cobh, County Cork, on the southern coast of Ireland. The song "The Holy Ground" is named after this area...
   
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