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Broadside Electric - Mark III

Tom Rhoads / Jim Speer / Helene Zisook

Title	Type of Piece (Included pieces for medleys & tune sets)	Authorship	Nationality
	Notes

Acano Mlada Nevesto	Dance in 11/8	Trad.	Macedonia
	Played by itself and in medley with "Gas-Nign" and "New York Girls."
As I Roved Out	Song	Trad.	Ireland
	Occasionally included "Stairway to Heaven" quote (see "Matty Groves").
Babylon	Song	Trad.	Newfoundland
	Originally British (probably from Scotland).
The Bank of Ireland	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Spinning Wheel..."
Barham Down	Playford dance	Trad.	England
	In "Clyde's Water."

Belasicko Oro	Dance in 2/4	Trad.	Macedonia
	In "Lord Bateman."
Black & Grey / Coleraine	Tune set (Black & Grey / Coleraine)	Trad.	Various

Black & Grey	Playford dance	Trad.	England
	Originally played in medley with "Coleraine," later by itself.
Blackleg Miner	Song (Pigs in Space)	Trad.	Scotland
	Accompanying reel "Pigs in Space" by Hall.
Bonny Portmore	Song (Caidé Sin Don té Sin)	Trad.	Ireland
	Inspired by a version by Bert Jansch.

Bruton Town	Song (Final Advance on Reykjavik)	Trad.	England
	"Reykjavik" by Speer.
Bucimis	Bucimis [dance in 15/16]	Trad.	Bulgaria
	Title unknown.
Caidé Sin Don té Sin	Irish air	Trad.	Ireland
	Tune of an Irish song.
Clyde's Water	Song (Barham Down)	Trad.	Scotland

Cold Frosty Morning	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "15 Bricks..."

Coleraine	Jig	Trad.	Ireland
	In medley with "Black and Grey."
Cruel Mother	Song	Trad.	Britain
	"Looping" arrangement.
Different Germany	Song	Ian Anderson	England
	From Ian Anderson's album Walk Into Light.
Donald McGillavry	Song (O'Neill's Cavalry March)	Trad.	Scotland
	Based on arrangement by Silly Wizard.
Easter Eve	Playford dance	Trad.	England
	A one-off for a concert the night before Easter...

Extra Spray Gun	Jig set (Larry O'Gaff / Cliffs of Moher / Connaughtman's Rambles)	Trad.	Ireland
	The jigs from "Town of Ballybay" turned into an instrumental set.
Eyli	Song [Hebrew]	w: Hannah Senesh / m:David Zehavi	Israel
	A one-off for a Rosh Hashanah concert.
15 Bricks at the Bottom of the Pond	Reel set (Old Grey Cat / Oyster Wives' Rant / Miner's Night Out / Cold Frosty Morning)	Various	Various
	Title by audience competition.
The First House in Connaught	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Spinning Wheel..."
Flowers of Bermuda	Song	Stan Rogers	Canada
	The first song we ever rehearsed. Based on Rogers' arrangement.

Frejlex	Klezmer tune	Trad.	Jewish
	In later versions of "New York Girls."
Galitzianer Tansel	Klezmer tune	Trad.	Jewish
	Usually played at the end of "New York Girls."
Gas-Nign	Klezmer tune (Gas-Nign)	Trad.	Jewish (Ukraine)
	Title unknown. Played in medley with "Makedonsko Devojce" or (recently) "Acano Mlada Nevesto."
Golden Vanity	Song (King of the Fairies)	Trad.	Anglo-American

J'ai Vû Le Loup	Song [French] (J'ai Vû Le Loup / J'ai Vû Le Loup, le Rénard et la Bellette)	Trad.	France
	Two variations of the same song, the second played as an instrumental.

King of the Fairies	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Golden Vanity."
Larry O'Gaff	Jig	Trad.	Ireland
	In later versions of "Town of Ballybay."
Lord Bateman	Song (Belasicko Oro)	Trad.	USA
	Appalachian version of an English ballad.
Magellan	Song (Snow on the Hills)	Music: Trad.; lyrics: Paul Rugg & John P. McCann	USA
	From the Animaniacs.
Makedonsko Devojce	Dance/song in 7/8	Trad.	Macedonia
	Also a song, but we don't sing it.

The Mason's Apron	Reel	Trad.	Ireland

Matty Groves	Song (Stairway to Heaven)	Trad.	Britain
	"Stairway to Heaven" (by J. Page & R. Plant) quoted at the end of later versions of the arrangement.
Miner's Night Out	Reel	John McEuen	USA
	In "15 Bricks..."
Mosé Salió de Misrayim	Song [Ladino & Hebrew]	Trad.	Sephardic Jewish (Morocco)
	Found on an album by Voice of the Turtle.
My Dungannon Sweetheart	Jig	Graham Townsend	Unknown
	In medley with "Snow on the Hills."

New Nign	Nign	Trad.	Jewish
	Klezmer tune - title unknown.
The New St. George	Song	Richard Thompson	England
	arr. Rhoads (a capella).
New York Girls	Song (Yoshke / "James Bond" Theme / Rainbow Connection / Sailors' Hornpipe / Acano Mlada Nevesto / Frejlex)	Trad.	England
	Usually closes our concerts.
O'Neill's Cavalry March	March	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Donald MacGillavry."
Old Grey Cat	Reel	Trad.	England
	In "15 Bricks..."

Oot Be Est da Vong	Reel	Trad.	Shetland
	In "Spinning Wheel..."
The Oyster Wives' Rant	Reel	Trad.	Scotland
	In "15 Bricks..."
Pastures of Plenty	Song	Woody Guthrie	USA

Por La Tu Puerta	Song [Ladino/Turkish]	Trad.	Sephardic Jewish (Turkey)
	Found on an album by Voice of the Turtle.
Querpfeifer	Marches	Unknown	Switzerland
	Carnival marches from Basel.

Rambling Irishman	Song	Trad.	Ireland

Sheath and Knife	Song	Trad.	Britain
	First live arrangement was bluegrass style; now played in a rock arrangement resembling the version on our album More Bad News.
Silkie	Song	Tom Rhoads	Based on Scottish ballad

Sleep Soond ida Moarnin'	Reel	Trad.	Shetland
	In "Spinning Wheel..."
Snow on the Hills	Jig	Aina Egan	USA
	In medley with "My Dungannon Sweetheart" and "Magellan."

Snow on the Hills / My Dungannon Sweetheart	Jig set (Snow on the Hills / My Dungannon Sweetheart)	Various	Various
	"My Dungannon Sweetheart" is by Graham Townsend.
The Spinning Wheel and the Bronze Axe	Reel set (First House in Connaught / Oot Be Est da Vong / Sleep Soond ida Moarnin' / Bank of Ireland)	Trad.	Various

Sugar Trade	Song	James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett & Tim Mayer	USA
	arr. Rhoads (a capella).
Terk in Amerika	Klezmer tune	Trad.	Jewish
	Based on an older Greek/Turkish melody. In "Wake of the Medusa."
There But For Fortune	Song	Phil Ochs	USA
	After a disastrous first outing the arrangement was swiftly canned.

Wake of the Medusa	Song (Terk in Amerika)	Jem Finer	Ireland
	A song by a London/Irish band, with a Klezmerish feel, about a French painting... From the Pogues' album Hell's Ditch.
Wheel of Jigs	Jig set (Bride's Favorite / Cliffs Of Moher / Clumsy Lover / Coleraine / Connaughtman's Rambles / Dr. Norman Carpet / Haste To The Wedding)	Various	Various
	One-off gag for a St. Patrick's Day show - spin the wheel and play the tune...
The World Turned Upside-Down [The Diggers]	Song	Leon Rosselson	England
	Inspired by Dick Gaughan's rendition.