The Flax In Bloom: Traditional songs, airs & dance music in Ulster ~ CD: 2 of 3

By Various Artists


  1. The Basket Of Oysters
    Jackson’s Rum Punch
  2. Green Grow The Rushes O
    Love, Will You Marry Me ?
  3. Biddy The Bowl Wife
    I Lost My Love And I Care Not
    King Of The Cannibal Islands
  4. Gan Ainm
    Gan Ainm
    Jenny Lind
  5. The First Of May
  6. Gan Ainm
    Gan Ainm
    Gan Ainm
  7. Monymusk
    Kafoozalum
    Maggie Pickens
  8. Tatter Jack Walsh
  9. The Princess Royal
  10. The Man From Newry
    The Barndance
  11. Jockey To The Fair
  12. The Orange Rogue
  13. McKenna’s
    The Tinker’s Apron
    The Antrim
  14. The Sweets Of May
  15. The Gosson That Beat His Father
  16. The First House In Connaught
  17. Lovely Nancy
  18. The Maid Of The House
  19. The Boys Of Leefive
  20. The Cuckoo’s Nest
  21. All The Way To Galway
  22. Napoleon Crossing The Alps
  23. The Cuckoo’s Nest
  24. The Ewe With The Crooked Horn
  25. Coming Home From Reilly’s Party
  26. The Clap Dance
    The Soldier’s Joy
  27. Gan Ainm
    Monymusk
  28. Woodland Whispers
  29. The Flax In Bloom
    The Dairymaid
    The Galway Rambler
  30. The Sailor’s Bonnet
    Kiss The Bride
    Roaring Mary
  31. The Flax In Bloom
    The Millstone
    The Dairymaid

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"The Flax In Bloom: Traditional ~ dance music in Ulster ~ CD: 2 of 3

CD 2: “‘Dance Music’ presents a varied selection of fiddle, tin whistle and ceili band music from the McCusker Brothers and Johnny Pickering from Armagh, Sean Maguire and his father John from Belfast, and a number of other musicians, including the unique (as far as existing recording is concerned) old fiddle style of Paddy McCluskey from Antrim.”

CD 2 ~ Dance Music: tracks, musician(s), instrument(s)

1 & 2 ~ Johnny Pickering - fiddle

3 & 4 & 7 & 10 & 13 & 14 ~ McCusker Brothers Ceili Band

5 - 9 ~ Vincent & John McCusker - fiddles

11 ~ Vincent, John - fiddles, & Benignus McCusker - accordion

12 ~ John McCusker - fiddle

15 - 20 ~ John Maguire - tin whistle

21 - 24 ~ Paddy McLuskey - fiddle

25 ~ Danny McNiff - flute

26 ~ Eddie Moor - fiddle

27 - 29 ~ Philip Breen - fiddle

30 ~ Sean Maguire, Liam Donnelly, Tom Turkington, Bill Montgomery - fiddles, & John Maguire - tin whistle

31 ~ Sean Maguire & Bill Montgomery - fiddles