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Apr 06, 2007 12:08

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mandolinjen April 12 2007, 03:03:37 UTC
These are the songs (and in some cases the particular versions) that came up:

1. The plooman he's a bonny lad, his mind is ever true, jo
Jim and Susie Malcolm, "The Ploughman" from Jim's cd Acquaintance

2. Say it when you're ready!
Emile Benoit, "Christina's Dream/Tootsie Wootsie," from his album Vive la Rose

3. Mon père a fait bâtir maison
Genticorum, "Genticorum," from their album Le Galarneau

4. There lived a lady by the North Sea shore, lay the bairn tae the bonny broom
Old Blind Dogs, "The Cruel Sister," from their cd Close to the Bone

5. Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road, Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal
Stan Rogers, "The Giant," from his album Home in Halifax

6. As Jack went walking in London city, all the people thought Jack wasn't witty
I think this one was the Punters, "Jolly Jack" from their album Said She Couldn't Dance (I have it on a couple other cds, but I think this was the one that came up)

7. Oh, I got a bonnet trimmed in blue, I like to wear it oh I do, I do wear it when I can, when I go to meet my man
Nellie Musseau, "I Got a Bonnet Trimmed in Blue," from the album Close to the Floor

8. Miss Gilhooly, she gave a great party, and all of the gentry was there
The Mahers Bahers, "Miss Gilhooley's Party" from Frank Maher's 70th birthday party broadcast but also on his cd Mahervelous

9. Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Evita

10. You've heard of the miners who tunnel for coal, the tale of their valor has often been told
Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne, "Cape Breton Silver," from their cd Wave Over Wave

11. Fareweil tae a' our Scottish fame, fareweil our ancient glory
Old Blind Dogs, "A Parcel o Rogues" from their cd Five

12. It's now I'm going to take my leave, my friends and parents against their will
Jean Hewson & Christina Smith with Greg Walsh, "The Privateer," from their August Gale

13. Sonny lives on a farm, on a wide open space, you could take off your shoes, give up the race
Ron Hynes, "Sonny's Dream," from his cd Face to the Gale

14. Well you can wait by the railroad track, won't be no trains coming and going
David Francey, "St. John's Train," from his cd Torn Screen Door

15. She is waiting in the rain, she is taking a commuter train
Susan Werner, "Last of the Good Straight Girls," from either that album or Live at Tin Angel

16. Taxied up and down this town since 1954, wore out ten or a dozen cars over thirty years or more
Ron Hynes, "Killer Cab," from Face to the Gale

17. God forbid you ever mention that you're looking for love
Susan Werner, "Shade of Grey," from her cd New Non-Fiction

18. From Harvey's I'll start and to Bowring's I'll go, I'll name all the ships and their captains also
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen, "Captains and Ships" from their eponymous cd

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mandolinjen April 12 2007, 03:03:48 UTC

19. Flyin' cross the desert in the TWA, seen a woman walkin cross the sand
The Punters cover of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" from their cd Fisherman's Blues

20. I, said the little brown leatherwing bat, I'll tell you the reason that
The Duhks, "Leatherwing Bat," from their cd Your Daughters and Your Sons

And the last one? Dougie MacLean, "This Love Will Carry" from his live cd.

Whew! Hope all those tags are right ...

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mandolinjen April 13 2007, 21:34:25 UTC
Thanks for the list. I actually have 11 of 21 but only identified 6, so so much for braggers' rights :)

Now I have to go and listen to the 11, and find the others.

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