Definitely not the Highland Fling we know from Scottish Games. The first tune is Love Will Ye Marry Me/Some say the Divil is Dead, which seems to be a variant of the 4-part strathspey/fling Braes of Mar, which is also used for the Scottish Highland Fling...
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One of the most poignant ones I've heard is John Doyle's "Duffy's Cut, Mile 59" (It's on the recent Liag album with Eamonn Coyne and Dermot Byrne). I heard John sing this before he had recorded it, and he went through the story before he sang it. It's w...
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