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Paddy Tunney: A Wild Bee's Nest

A Wild Bee's Nest (Topic 12T139)

A Wild Bee's Nest
Irish Traditional Ballads
Paddy Tunney (1921-2002)

Topic Records 12T139 (LP, UK, 1965)
Topic Records TSDL139 (digital download, UK, October 2009)

Recorded by Bill Leader in his own home, Camden Town, London, 1965;
Notes by Sean O'Boyle;
Photograph by Duglas Baton

Musicians

Paddy Tunney, vocals

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Rollicking Boys Around Tandaragee (Roud 3106) (2.30)
  2. The Colleen Rue (An Cailin Rua) (Roud 2365) (2.57)
  3. The Flower of Sweet Strabane (Roud 2745) (2.15)
  4. The Waterford Boys (Roud 3107) (3.41)
  5. Easter Snow (Roud 2122) (2.25)
  6. I Once Had a True Love (Roud 170) (2.42)
  1. Sheela Nee Eyre (Sile Ni Ghaidhere) (Roud 3108) (1.44)
  2. When a Man's in Love (Roud 990; Laws O20) (3.30)
  3. The Banks of Dunmore (Roud 3109) (6.04)
  4. Bonny Tavern Green (Roud 3110) (2.56)
  5. Castlehyde (Roud 2364) (4.00)

> Folk Music > Records > Paddy Tunney: Ireland Her Own

Paddy Tunney: Ireland Her Own

Ireland Her Own (Topic 12T153)

Ireland Her Own
Paddy Tunney, Arthur Kearney, Frank Kelly, Joe Tunney

Topic Records 12T153 (LP, UK, 1966)

Recorded by Bill Leader in Letterkenny, Donegal, in 1966.

Musicians

Paddy Tunney, vocals [2, 5, 8-9, 13-15];
Arthur Kearney, vocals [1, 3, 6, 10, 12];
Frank Kelly, violin [4, 7, 11];
Joe Tunney, melodeon [4, 7, 11]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2

Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth and after

  1. [AK] Follow Me up to Carlow
  2. [PT] Sean O'Dwyer a Gleanna
  3. [AK] Jackets Green (Roud 9520)
  4. [FK, JT] The Battle of Aughrim

The United Irishmen and the Rebellion of 1798

  1. [PT] The Ribbon Blade (Roud 9650)
  2. [AK] General Munro (Roud 1166)
  3. [FK, JT] The Memory of the Dead

The Young Ireland Movement and the Fenians

  1. [PT] The Bold Fenian Men (Roud 9266)
  2. [PT] John Mitchel (Roud 5163)
  3. [AK] The Felons of our Land

The Sinn Fein and the War of Independence

  1. [FK, JT] The Dawning of the Day (Roud 370; Laws P16)
  2. [AK] The Song of the Dawn
  3. [PT] The Valley of Knockanure (Roud 9761)
  4. [PT] The Grand Oul' Dame Britannia
  5. [PT] Kevin Barry (Roud 3014)

> Folk Music > Records > Paddy Tunney: The Irish Edge

Paddy Tunney: The Irish Edge

The Irish Edge (Topic 12T165)

The Irish Edge
Paddy Tunney (1921-2002)

Topic Records 12T165 (LP, UK, 1966)

Recorded by Bill Leader in his own home, Camden Town, London, 1965 and by Dick Swettenham and Bill Leader at Olympic Studios, London, 1965;
Notes by Sean O'Boyle;
Photograph by Duglas Baton

Musicians

Paddy Tunney, vocals

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Craigie Hill (Roud 5165) (4.25)
  2. The Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) (1.04)
  3. Johnny, Lovely Johnny (Roud 6168) (2.22)
  4. The Cow that Drunk the Poteen (Roud 5170) (2.59)
  5. Blackwater Side (Roud 312; Laws O1) (2.35)
  6. Out of the Window (Roud 861)
  7. The Month of January (Roud 175; Laws P20) (3.07)
  1. The Rambling Boys of Pleasure (Roud 386)
  2. The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; Child 92) (3.31)
  3. The Wearing of the Britches (Roud 1588) (2.06)
  4. The Old Man Rocking the Cradle (Roud 357)
  5. She’s a Gay Old Hag (Roud 5167)
  6. St. Peters Day Was A-Dawning (Roud 5166)

> Folk Music > Records > Paddy Tunney: The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow

Paddy Tunney: The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow

The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (Topic 12TS264)

The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow
Paddy Tunney (1921-2002)

Topic Records 12TS264 (LP, UK, 1975)

Recorded by Tony Engle and Tony Russell in the crypt of St John the Baptist, Kensington, London, February 1975;
Production and sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Sleeve notes by Cathal O'Baoill

Musicians

Paddy Tunney, vocals

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (Roud 2124) (5.05)
  2. The Wee Weaver (Roud 3378) (1.49)
  3. The Boys of Mullabawn (Roud 2362)
  4. The Old Petticoat (Roud 12940) (1.27)
  5. Coinleach Glas an Fhomhair
  6. Donall Og (Roud 3379)
  7. The Reaping of the Rushes Green (Roud 3380)
  8. One Morning in June (Roud 3381)
  1. Lady Margaret (Roud 50; Child 77) (4.57)
  2. Inis Dhun Ramha
  3. The Old Oak Tree (Roud 569)
  4. Drinking Good Whiskey (Roud 3382)
  5. Sweet Omagh Town (Roud 3383)
  6. The Green Fields of Canada (Roud 2290; Laws M6) (3.38)

> Folk Music > Records > Paddy Tunney: The Flowery Vale

Paddy Tunney: The Flowery Vale

The Flowery Vale (Topic 12TS289)

The Flowery Vale
Paddy Tunney (1921-2002)

Topic Records 12TS289 (LP, UK, 1976)

Recorded by Tony Engle and Tony Russell in the crypt of St John the Baptist, Kensington, London, February 1975;
Production and sleeve design by Tony Engle;
Sleeve notes by Cathal O'Baoill

Musicians

Paddy Tunney, vocals

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. 'Tis Pretty to Be in Ballinderry (Roud 2983) (3.02)
  2. Captain Coulson (Roud 1695) (3.52)
  3. Ta Me Mo Shui (1.37)
  4. What Brought the Blood? (Roud 200; Child 13) (3.50)
  5. The Blighted Lover (Roud 2986) (2.55)
  6. The Twisting of the Rope (Roud 2985) (4.25)
  1. The Blackbird (Roud 2375) (6.03)
  2. Old Ardboe (Roud 2984) (3.12)
  3. The Old Man Rocking the Cradle (Roud 357) (3.03)
  4. Siubhan Ni Dhuibhir (1.52)
  5. Dobbin’s Flowery Vale (Roud 999) (3.33)
  6. Going to Mass Last Sunday (Roud 454) (2.42)

All tracks trad.

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Various Artists, Songs of Courtship (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 1), LP, Topic 12T157, 1968

Various Artists, The Child Ballads 1 (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 4), LP, Topic 12T160, 1968

Various Artists, From Erin's Green Shore: Songs, Pipes & Fiddle Tunes in the Irish Tradition (Topic Sampler No. 4), LP, Topic TPS168, 1966

Various Artists, Sailormen and Servingmaids (The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 6), LP, Topic 12T194, 1970

Various Artists, Celtic Voices / Bards & Ballads, CD, Topic TSCD701, 1995

Various Artists, Irish Voices, CD, Topic TSCD702, 1996

Various Artists, Ancient Celtic Roots, CD, Topic TSCD704, 1996

Various Artists, Come Let Us Buy the Licence (The Voice of the People Vol. 1), CD, Topic TSCD651, 1998

Various Artists, My Ship Shall Sail the Ocean (The Voice of the People Vol. 2), CD, Topic TSCD652, 1998

Various Artists, O'er His Grave the Grass Grew Green (The Voice of the People Vol. 3), CD, Topic TSCD653, 1998

Various Artists, Farewell, My Own Dear Native Land (The Voice of the People Vol. 4), CD, Topic TSCD654, 1998

Various Artists, Come All My Lads That Follow the Plough (The Voice of the People Vol. 5), CD, Topic TSCD655, 1998

Various Artists, Tonight I'll Make You My Bride (The Voice of the People Vol. 6), CD, Topic TSCD656, 1998

Various Artists, Who's That at My Bed Window? (The Voice of the People Vol. 10), CD, Topic TSCD660, 1998

Various Artists, We've Received Orders to Sail (The Voice of the People Vol. 12), CD, Topic TSCD662, 1998

Various Artists, They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Bottles of Sherry (The Voice of the People Vol. 13), CD, Topic TSCD663, 1998

Various Artists, As Me and My Love Sat Courting (The Voice of the People Vol. 15), CD, Topic TSCD665, 1998

Various Artists, There Is a Man Upon the Farm (The Voice of the People Vol. 20), CD, Topic TSCD670, 1998

Various Artists, Three Score and Ten: 70 Years of Topic Records, 7 CD, Topic TOPIC70, 2009