30 Years A-Greying
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30 Years A-Greying is a double album by The Dubliners
The Dubliners
The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...

, again produced by Eamonn Campbell
Eamonn Campbell
Eamonn Campbell in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, has been a member of The Dubliners since 1987. He was also in the Dubliners when they recorded their 25th anniversary show on The Late Late Show hosted by Gay Byrne. He is known as a guitarist and has a very rough voice very similar to the former...

. 30 Years A-Greying is similar to 25 Years Celebration
25 Years Celebration
25 Years Celebration is a double album by The Dubliners. Recorded in 1987 and released following a special Late Late Show appearance by the group, 25 Years Celebration featured a number of special guests and featured "The Irish Rover", a collaboration with The Pogues, which returned The Dubliners...

in that it also featurs a number of special guests. The Pogues
The Pogues
The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

 featured again, this time on a version of "Whiskey In The Jar". Other special guests are Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...

, De Dannan
De Dannan
De Dannan was an Irish folk music group. They were formed by Frankie Gavin , Alec Finn , Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh and Charlie Piggott as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, subsequently inviting Dolores Keane to join the band...

, Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher
William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

 and the Hothouse Flowers
Hothouse Flowers
The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock.-Career:The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin began performing as street musicians, or buskers, on the streets of Dublin,Ireland as "The...

.

Track listing

CD One:
  1. "The Rose" (with Hothouse Flowers
    Hothouse Flowers
    The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock.-Career:The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin began performing as street musicians, or buskers, on the streets of Dublin,Ireland as "The...

    )
  2. "Eileen Óg"
  3. "Jigs – The Fisherman's Lilt/Tobin's Fancy/Peggy's Jig"
  4. "The Death of the Bear"
  5. "The Galway Shawl
    The Galway Shawl
    "The Galway Shawl" is a traditional Irish folk song, concerning a rural courtship in the West of Ireland. The first known version was collected by Sam Henry from Bridget Kealey in Dungiven in 1936...

    "
  6. "Jockey to the Fair"
  7. "The Pool Song"
  8. "Barley and Grape Rag" (with Rory Gallagher
    Rory Gallagher
    William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

    )
  9. "I'm Asking You Sergeant, Where's Mine
    I'm Asking You Sergeant, Where's Mine
    "'" is a folk song written and first performed in the mid-1970s by Scottish comedian, actor and singer Billy Connolly. It was later popularized by The Dubliners...

    " (with Billy Connolly
    Billy Connolly
    William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...

    )
  10. "The Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door"
  11. "Flowers of Normandy"
  12. "Phil the Fluter's Ball"
  13. "Bantry Girl's Lament"
  14. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
    Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
    "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" is a popular Christian hymn written by Ada R. Habershon with music by Charles H. Gabriel. The song is often recorded unattributed.-Lyrics:...

    "
  15. "The Auld Triangle
    The Auld Triangle
    "The Auld Triangle" is a song written by Dominic Behan for his brother Brendan Behan and is featured in Brendan's play The Quare Fellow. It is used to introduce the play, a story about the occurrences in a prison the day a convict is set to be executed...

    "


CD Two:
  1. "Sands of Sudan"
  2. "The Manchester Rambler"
  3. "Drag That Fiddle"
  4. "The Call and the Answer" (Phil Colclough
    Phil Colclough
    Phil Colclough is an English contemporary folk singer and songwriter. His best known works, cowritten with his wife, June Colclough , are "Song for Ireland" and "The Call and the Answer"....

    )
  5. "Boots of Spanish Leather
    Boots of Spanish Leather
    "Boots of Spanish Leather" is a song performed by Bob Dylan, released in 1964 on his album The Times They Are A-Changin.Dylan's recording features the artist solo on the acoustic guitar, playing the song fingerpicking....

    " (with De Dannan
    De Dannan
    De Dannan was an Irish folk music group. They were formed by Frankie Gavin , Alec Finn , Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh and Charlie Piggott as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, subsequently inviting Dolores Keane to join the band...

    )
  6. "Hornpipes – The Tailor's Twist/Ryan's Hornpipe"
  7. "I'll Tell Me Ma
    I'll Tell Me Ma
    "I'll Tell Me Ma" is a well known children's song. It was collected in various parts of England in the 19th century and again appears in collections from shortly after the turn of the 20th century...

    "
  8. "Sweet Thames Flow Softly"
  9. "Whiskey in the Jar
    Whiskey in the Jar
    "Whiskey in the Jar" is a famous Irish traditional song, set in the southern mountains of Ireland, with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry, as well as Fenit, a village in county Kerry. It is about a Rapparee , who is betrayed by his wife or lover, and is one of the most widely performed...

    " (with The Pogues
    The Pogues
    The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

    )
  10. "Deportees" (Woody Guthrie)
  11. "Nora"
  12. "Reels – Love at the Endings/The Old Bush/The Maids of Castlebar"
  13. "Liverpool Lou" (Dominic Behan)
  14. "What Will We Tell the Children"
  15. "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
    I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
    "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" is a traditional Irish song written from the point of view of a rich landowner telling the story of his day while buying drinks at a public house.Various versions of the song exist...

    "
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