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Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs of the Sea

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Thanks Dan for preserving these songs! The album is fantastic! As you are listening, you can just imagine men on a ship a "hundred years ago" working the sails and ropes...you just want to sing along with every song! I gave my first album away to someone in Salem, MA celebrating Nathaniel Bowditch's anniversary. (Nathaniel invented the sextant and was author of "The New American Practical Navigator.")Now I must buy a second!

Renowned New York Irish instrumentalists Billy McComiskey and Brian Conway, 1986 All-Ireland Champions on accordion and fiddle, respectively, joind with Dan, Lou Killin, Andy O'Brien, and a group of veterna performers from the South Street Seaport.

With Louis Kilen, Mic Moloney, Andy O'Brien, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, Brian Conway, Bon Conroy, Frank Woerner, Jan Christensen and Liam Milner. Contains Paddy West, The Banks of Newfoundland, Billy O'Shea, The Loss of the Ship Jane Maria, The Harp Without The Crown, The Nightingale, Rosemary Lane, Poor Old Horse, Lovely Ann, Row Bullies Row, Yellow Meal, Lord Bateman, The Girls of Valparaiso, The Lily of the West, Leave Her Johnny Leave Her.

Saw this in Smithsonian magazine-of course it was much cheaper on Amazon and if you love Irish ballad music, you'll love this CD. It is fun to hear.

Being a pirate reenactor I love this album. I would love to get the lyrics though. It would be great to sing , "The Flying Cloud" At the end of the Pirate Gathering in ST Augustine last weekend of Oct. Hope to see you all there

It's ok. Just like most cd's one doesn't like ALL the songs. Some I like and others are so-so.