SCS 64
Anne Mason Annex
The fiddler and the fairy : Irish folk tales and fiddle tunes
/ John Doherty, Michael
- Folktracks [Folktrax], 1975.
- 1 audiocassette : analog
Cassette. Musical instruments: Fiddle.
Side 1: Michael Doherty: 1. The Girl Too Smart for the Fiddler (Twisting the Hayrope) -- 2. The Fiddler and the Fairy Wedding 4'43", [tune], 0'48" -- 3. St. Colmkille and the Rope of Hay [story], 3'58" -- 4. Peter Street [reel], 1'52" -- 5. St. Colmkille and the Three Week Sleep [story], 3'25" -- 6. (a) The Hare and Hounds, (b) The Foxhunter's Jig [descriptive piece], 3'53" -- 7. St. Colmkille's Two Curses [stories], 1'20" -- 8. (a) Mrs McLeod'S, (b) The Broken Bridge [reels], 2'48" -- Side 2: Johnny Doherty : 1. The Flowers of Edinburgh [hornpipe, talk] 1.47 [tune], 1'47" -- 2. An Muiltin (The Little Sheep) [talk] 0.12 [tune], 1'.38" -- 3. Paddy's Rambles [talk] 0.55 [tune], 1'05" -- 4. Easter Snow [talk] 0.37 [tune], 1'45" -- 5. Seilg A' Mhadaiaidh Ruaidh (The Fox Chase), [talk] 0'30", [tune], 1'15" -- 6. The Wee Weaver [talk] 0'38", air sung 1'04", [tune], 1'37" -- 7. Biddy From Muckros [march, hornpipe, talk] 3'07", [tunes], 2'07". Michael Doherty: -- 8. The Poor Boy and Millionaire's Daughter [story], 8'26".
Michael Doherty was recorded by Alan Lomax in 1951 & his brother, Johnny, by Peter Kennedy in 1953. Recorded & edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.