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Broadside Electric - Mark I

   Rachel Hall / Tom Rhoads / Jim Speer / Helene Zisook
   
   Title
   Type of Piece (Included pieces for medleys & tune sets)
   Authorship
   Nationality
   Notes
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   Barrett's Privateers
   Song
   Stan Rogers
   Canada
   arr. Rhoads (a capella), based loosely on Rogers' arrangement.
   
   Blackleg Miner
   Song (Pigs in Space)
   Trad.
   Scotland
   Accompanying reel "Pigs in Space" by Hall.
   
   Bonnie Susie Clelland
   Song
   Trad.
   Britain
   Based on arrangement by the Oyster Band.
   
   Coleman's Favorite
   Slip jig
   Trad.
   Ireland
   In "Resurrection Jigs."
   
   Dark Eyed Sailor
   Song
   Trad.
   England
   
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   The Deserter
   Song
   John Richards
   England
   From Simon Nicol's album Before Your Time...
   
   Donald McGillavry
   Song (O'Neill's Cavalry March)
   Trad.
   Scotland
   Based on arrangement by Silly Wizard.
   
   Drive the Cold Winter Away
   Playford dance
   Trad.
   England
   Also the tune of an English spring carol. In medley with "Wild
   Mountain Thyme" (2nd lineup).
   
   Eppie Morrie
   Song
   Trad.
   Scotland
   One-off for 1991 Bryn Mawr May Day.
   
   Flowers of Bermuda
   Song
   Stan Rogers
   Canada
   The first song we ever rehearsed. Based on Rogers' arrangement.
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   Greenland Whale Fisheries
   Song
   Trad.
   Anglo-American
   
   
   Growling Old Man & Cackling Old Woman
   Reel
   Trad.
   Quebecois
   In "40 Lbs. of Yarn."
   
   Hal-an-Tow
   Song
   Trad.
   Cornwall
   arr. Hall (a capella), later additions Rhoads.
   
   Here Comes the Flood
   Song
   Peter Gabriel
   England
   Loosely based on the version on Robert Fripp's album Exposure.
   
   Horse's Branle
   Branle
   Trad.
   France
   An instrument-switching festival.
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   If I Was A Blackbird
   Song
   Trad., adapted by Andy M. Stewart
   Ireland
   Based on arrangement by Silly Wizard.
   
   The Internationale
   Song
   Eugene Pottier & Pierre Degeyter
   France
   One-off for 1991 Bryn Mawr May Day - sung in 4 languages.
   
   Jack Hall
   Song
   Trad.
   England
   Based on arrangement by Steeleye Span.
   
   Jenny Lind
   Polka
   Trad.
   England
   In first version of "New York Girls."
   
   Kitchen Girl
   Reel
   Trad.
   USA
   In "40 Lbs. of Yarn."
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   Little Sir Hugh
   Song
   Trad., adapted by Steeleye Span
   England
   Based on arrangement by Steeleye Span.
   
   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.
   
   Mynah Bird
   Tune
   Cliff Stapleton
   England
   From a Blowzabella collection.
   
   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.
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   O'Neill's Cavalry March
   March
   Trad.
   Ireland
   In "Donald MacGillavry."
   
   Original Reels
   Reel set (Dancing Centipede / Top of the Head Reel / Irrational
   Expectations / Eat Your Lawyer)
   Broadside Electric
   USA
   A (not very successful) attempt to assemble a set from tunes composed
   by the band members.
   
   Por La Tu Puerta
   Song [Ladino/Turkish]
   Trad.
   Sephardic Jewish (Turkey)
   Found on an album by Voice of the Turtle.
   
   The Queen of Argyll
   Song
   Andy M. Stewart
   Scotland
   Based on arrangement by Silly Wizard.
   
   Random Jig
   Jig
   Trad.
   Unknown
   Title uncertain. Part of "Resurrection Jigs."
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   Red-Haired Boy
   Reel
   Trad.
   USA
   American version; originally probably from Ireland. In "40 Lbs. of
   Yarn." Reels (untitled set)
   
   Resurrection Jigs
   Jig set (Random Jig / Swallowtail Jig / Coleman's Favorite)
   Trad.
   Various
   
   
   Sailors' Hornpipe
   Hornpipe/reel
   Trad.
   USA
   Probably derived from a British tune.
   
   Six Grey Men
   Song
   Alan Prosser, Ian Telfer & John L. Jones
   Britain
   From the Oyster Band album Liberty Hall.
   
   Skating Away (On The Thin Ice of the New Day)
   Song
   Ian Anderson
   England
   From the Jethro Tull album Warchild.
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   The Snow it Melts the Soonest
   Song
   Trad.
   England
   Based on arrangement by Horslips.
   
   Staines Morris
   Song
   Trad.
   England
   Loosely based on an arrangement by Fairport Convention.
   
   The Summer Before the War
   Song
   Huw Williams
   England
   Based on an arrangement by Fairport Convention.
   
   Swallowtail Jig
   Jig
   Trad.
   Ireland
   In "Resurrection Jigs."
   
   Time to Ring Some Changes
   Song
   Richard Thompson
   England
   arr. Rhoads (a capella).
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   The Weaver and the Factory Maid
   Song (When I Was a Weaver)
   Trad., adapted by Steeleye Span
   England
   Based on arrangement by Steeleye Span.
   
   Yoshke
   Klezmer song/tune
   Trad.
   Jewish
   In some earlier versions of "New York Girls."
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