Boys Of The Lough

By Boys Of The Lough

Added by Kenny .
  1. Boys Of The Lough
    Slanty Gart
  2. In Praise Of John Magee
  3. Wedding March From Unst
    The Bride’s A Bonny Thing
    Sleep Soond I’ Da Moarnin
  4. Farewell To Whisky (Song)
  5. Old Joe’s
    Last Night’s Joy
    The Granny In The Corner
  6. The Old Oak Tree
  7. Caoineadh Eoghain Rua
    The Nine Points Of Roguery
  8. Killarney Boys Of Pleasure
    The Flowing Tide
  9. Andrew Lammie
  10. Sheebeg And Sheemore
    The Boy In The Gap
    McMahon’s
  11. Jackson And Jane
  12. The Shaalds O’ Foula
    Garster’s Dream
    Da Brig

Five comments

Boys Of The Lough first LP

This recording had a huge impact on those of us in Scotland learning traditional music in the early 1970s. I believe this may have been the first recording of tunes such as "McMahon’s"[aka the "Banshee"]and the "Nine Points Of Roguery". Great singing from Dick Gaughan, too, the only recording he made with them, unfortunately. A real classic, never released on CD, and quite hard to find on vinyl.

# Posted by Kenny .

No CD?!

Is this still not on CD?! Dalmation! This would be a classic if it consisted only of the two songs from Dick Gaughan. Doubly so with the tunes.

It is out on CD now.

# Posted by Kenny .

Alternative release

This album together with the second album were released in 1978 as a double album on the continent as "Boys of the Lough - Gaelic Folk Volume 1". I suspect they were just as influential there as in Scotland. A "Boys of the Lough - Gaelic Folk Volume 2", was also released but I don’t know it’s contents, anyone out there know ?

“The Nine Points of Roguery”

I’ve found an earlier recording of "The Nine Points Of Roguery" -
[ see comment above ]. Mick Moloney, of "The Johnstons" recorded it in 1969, about 3 years before this recording.

# Posted by Kenny .