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Thread #36538   Message #506380
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
14-Jul-01 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: At the Cutting of the Hay
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: AT THE CUTTING OF THE HAY
There seem to be two Revival recordings available, both by American performers:

Sounds of McDermott's Handy  They credit Kennedy's book as their source, having learnt the song "from their Irish teacher".

Celtic Voices: Women of Song  Brief sound clip of an arrangement by Connie Dover, which seems to appear on a number of "Celtic" compilations.  No indication that I can find as to her source, though apparantly she and Phil Cunningham wrote a new tune for it.

Sheila Gallagher's singing of the song can be had on two recordings available from Peter Kennedy's  FolkTrax:

SONGS IN IRISH GAELIC: CONAL O DONNELL & OTHER SINGERS
BUNDLE AND GO: SHEILA GALLAGHER of Donegal

Be warned; his website doesn't work in Netscape.