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Music From The Glen
Sunday March 15th, 2020 with Colin Henein
St. Patrick's Day

Top o' the morning to you, it's my all-Irish show on Music from the Glen today. Enjoy a loose chronological ordering of Irish material in four sets: classic Irish American songs, 70s-90s, more contemporary irish trad and then new releases. This was the last broadcast of Music from the Glen from the CKCU studio prior to home studio broadcasts.
When Irish eyes are smiling
John McCormack - My wild Irish rose - Victrola, 1914
The wearin' of the green
Denis O'Sullivan - Singer of Ireland
MacNamara's band
Bing Crosby - MacNamara's band - Decca, 1946
Galway races
The Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - Isn't it grand boys - Columbia, 1966
The foggy dew
The Dubliners - Parcel of rogues - Polydor, 1976
An comhra donn / Murphy's hornpipe
The Chieftains - The Chieftains - Claddagh, 1964
Johnny I hardly knew you
The Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - The Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem - Tradition, 1961
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms
Michael O'Duffy - The songs of Thomas Moore - Mace, 1963
The black velvet band
The Irish Rovers - The unicorn - Decca, 1967 Canadian
Farewell to Tarwathie
Ryan's fancy - Songs from the shows - Avondale, 2001 Canadian
The cocks are crowing
The voice squad - Good people all - Shanachie, 1993
Miss Monaghan / The flags of Dublin / Hand me down the tackle
Arty McGlynn - McGlynn's fancy - Emerald gem, 1980
The rambling Irishman
The green fields of America - The green fields of America - Compass, 2009
Jug of punch set
Mick McAuley / Winnifred Horan - Serenade - Compass, 2005
Jack Dolan
John Doyle - Wayward son - Compass, 2005
The lass of Ballintra / The Bragan lasses / Devanny's goat
Craobh Rua - I'd understand you if I knew what you meant - Self, 2014
Too much tea / Killygally
Frank Cassidy - Tin air - Self, 2000 Canadian
Hurry the jug / The pullet
Leonard Barry / Declan Folan / Shane McGowan - Hurry the jug - Self, 2019 New
The dog reels
Goitse - Úr - Self, 2019 New
Ellie goes west
Flook - Ancora - Flatfish, 2019
The parting glass (live)
The voice squad - An Irish holiday [VA] - Eagle Rock, 2002
Interactive CKCU
John, Pippa, & Bruce
Hi Colin, Great to hear your show again. Please add another COVID-19 cancelation to your list: The Lost For Words concert scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, March 16th at Pressed has been cancelled.

11:46 AM, March 15th, 2020
Kringen
Great selections, Colin. I'm really enjoying your choices. I'd forgotten there were actually verses to When Irish Eyes are Smiling!

12:20 PM, March 15th, 2020
Colin Henein (host)
Thanks Mum!

12:50 PM, March 15th, 2020
Gordon
Very enjoyable!

5:23 PM, March 15th, 2020