Track listing

1. 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...
   
    (Traditional)
2. Waxie's Dargle/The Rare Old Mountain Dew
   The Rare Old Mountain Dew
   -History:It was written by Edward Harrigan with music by Dave Braham, from the Irish drama The Blackbird. It was printed in "Irish street Ballads", 1916. It was later recorded under the title The Rare Old Mountain Dew. It is about the intoxicating properties of Irish moonshine, or Poitín...
   
    (Traditional)
3. My Love's in Germany
   My Love's in Germany
   "My Love’s in Germany" is a poem written by Scottish poet Hector Macneill. It was first printed in 1794 and is the lament of a Scottish woman for her lover....
   
    (Traditional)
4. I Ain't Marching Anymore
   I Ain't Marching Anymore (song)
   "I Ain't Marching Anymore" is an anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military industrial complex...
   
    (Ochs
   Phil Ochs
   Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
   
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5. The Hills of Connemara
   The Hills of Connemara
   The Hills of Connemara is a traditional Irish folk song about Irish moonshine, or Poitín. In the song, the drink is referred to as "mountain tea" .- Recordings :* Four to the Bar on their live album Craic on the Road....
   
    (Traditional)
6. A Taste of the Reel World (Traditional)
7. The Black Velvet Band
   The Black Velvet Band
   "The Black Velvet Band" is a traditional English and Irish folk song describing transportation to Australia, a common punishment in 19th century Britain and Ireland. The song tells the story of a tradesman who meets a young woman who has stolen an item and passed it on to him...
   
   /The Wild Rover
   The Wild Rover
   The Wild Rover is a popular folk song whose origins are contested.According to Professor T. M. Devine in his book The Scottish Nation 1700 - 2000 the song was written as a temperance song. The song is found printed in a book, The American Songster, printed in the USA by W.A...
   
   /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...
   
    (Traditional)
8. The Ferryman (St. John
   Pete St. John
   Pete St. John is an Irish folk singer-songwriter, most notable for composing Fields of Athenry.St. John is a prolific composer of widely sung modern ballads; his other most famous song is "The Rare Ould Times"...
   
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9. Mick Maguire
   Mick Maguire
   "Mick McGuire" is a traditional Irish folk song about courtship. It tells the story of a young man who courts a woman named Kate or Katie.He is initially well received by her mother because he owns a farm, and he is given a seat of honor in the house...
   
    (Traditional)
10. Muirsheen Durkin (Traditional)
11. Jenny's and Out! (Traditional)

Personnel

• David Yeates: Vocals, bodhrán, flute, tin whistle
• Martin Kelleher: Vocals, guitar
• Patrick Clifford
  Patrick Clifford
  Patrick Clifford is a musician, songwriter, and producer of Irish and folk music, best known as a key member of Four to the Bar--a mainstay of the 1990s New York Irish music scene....
  
  : Bass
• Keith O'Neill: Fiddle
• Seamus Casey: Djembe, congas, percussion
• Tony McQuillan: Accordion

Production

• Produced by Four to the Bar
  Four to the Bar
  Four to the Bar was an Irish band in New York City during the early to mid 1990s.From its beginnings as one more hard-drinking pub band from the boroughs, it ventured into a neotraditional fusion of pop, rock, and Irish and American folk....
  
   with Kevin Coleman
• Recorded live on June 16, 1994 at Sam Maguire's Pub, Bronx NY, by Boulevard Studios, New Milford NJ
• Crew chiefs: Mike Marri, Anthony Cioffi
• Assistant recording engineer: Gene Porfedo
• Stage engineer: Mark "Doc" Doratto
• Mixed at World Studio, New York NY
• Mastered at Steller Productions and Studio 900, New York NY
• Mixing and mastering engineer: Tim Hatfield

Trivia

• One of the album's outtakes was a spontaneous version of "Who the F*** Is Alice"
• This version of "I'll Tell Me Ma" appears in iTunes' "Essential St. Patrick's Day Music" collection.
• David Yeates does an impersonization of Beavis and Butthead during "Black Velvet Band."
• "Mr. Maguire" appeared previously on the band's 1993 EP
  Four to the Bar (EP)
  Four to the Bar was the first commercial release by the band of that name. A four-cut EP, it was released on cassette in 1993.- Track listing :#St. Brendan's Voyage #Raglan Road #Mr...
  
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• The sidewalk graffiti in the cover art was done by the band; the photographer had to stand on the tour van to get the proper angle.