* Jimmy Ward’s Jig

Actually a set of jigs consisting of some common session tunes.

*Whup Jamboree

A sea shanty with roots as an American Cotton screwing song. It was probably picked up and adapted by Irish Sailors working in cotton mills during the off-season or it was learned from ex slaves turned sailors.

* The Leaving of Liverpool

Liverpool was the main jumping off spot for many Irish immigrants.

*Sligo Stabbing

Two jigs, Trip to Sligo and Pull the Knife and Stick it in Again. The second tune title refers to the proper way of killing a witch in Irish legend. The crumbling ruins of Sligo Abbey and the haunted tales associated with it were a major influence on Bram Stoker whose mother was from the region.

*The Rights of Man

An Irish tune inspired by the writings of Thomas Paine.

* Muirsheen Durkin

An Irish pub song inspired by the California Gold Rush.

* Cold Frosty Morn

There are many versions of this. There is an Irish version, a Scottish version and a version played in Appalachia.  According to a couple of sources it was written to commemorate the cold frosty morning of April 16^th, 1745, the battle of Culloden Moor and the defeat of the Jacobites.

* A Whaling Song

The lyrics to this song were found in a log book belonging to Captain Charles Robertson who commanded whaling expeditions to the Arctic in the middle of the 19th century. The original is 18 verses long and is one of the most complete and accurate accounts of a whaling voyage given in verse.

* Coast of New South Wales

No one likes killing whales anymore but Goddamn it they wrote some good songs about it!

*  Fisherman’s Hornpipe

Irish tune popular in Appalachia

* Bulgine Run

This is another sea shanty with roots in the African culture of early America. Bulgine is a slang term used by black sailors for a steam engine.

* Congo River

Another sea shanty.

* Polka in the Eye

A couple of Irish polka’s. The Finnish Polka and Walsh’s

*Polka in the Other Eye

Sean Ryans, Balleydesmond and Egan's Polka

*Polka in the Eyes

Britches full of Stitches, Sullivan's and  Maggie in the Wood Pile

* Oh California