On the Shores of Americay
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Track listing
- Side One:
- Shores of AmericayThe Shores of Amerikay"The Shores of Amerikay", also known as "The Shores of America", is a traditional Irish song. The song's narrator is emigrating from Ireland to America, and the song is both a meditation on this and a statement of purpose....
- Lament for the Molly Maguires
- Fiddler's GreenFiddler's GreenFiddler's Green is a legendary imagined afterlife, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire...
- Marika's Lullaby
- Mountain Tay (The Hills of Connemara)The Hills of ConnemaraThe Hills of Connemara is a traditional Irish folk song about Irish moonshine, or Poitín. In the song, the drink is referred to as "mountain tea" .- Recordings :* Four to the Bar on their live album Craic on the Road....
- The Marvelous Toy
- Side Two:
- Rhymes and Reasons
- Goodbye Mick and Goodbye Pat
- Years May Come, Years May Go
- Bonnie Woodgreen
- Farewell to Nova ScotiaFarewell to Nova Scotia"Farewell to Nova Scotia" is a popular folk song from Nova Scotia of unknown authorship, collected by folklorist Helen Creighton. It is believed to have been written just prior to or during the First World War. "Farewell to Nova Scotia" brings the listener back to an age when Nova Scotia was...