The Very Best of the Original Dubliners

~ Release by The Dubliners (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

℗ 2010
Printed in the EU.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1Seven Drunken Nights3:47
2The Black Velvet Band
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
The Black Velvet Band (Dubliners arrangement)
additional writer:
Ciarán Bourke, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and John Sheahan
composer:
[traditional]
arrangement of:
The Black Velvet Band (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
4:30
3I'm a Rover4:54
4Whiskey in the Jar
recording of:
Whiskey in the Jar (traditional)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 533)
3:02
5Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
An Old Man Came Courting Me (Maids When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 210)
3:31
6Seven Deadly Sins
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
Seven Deadly Sins
lyricist and composer:
Jim McLean
2:46
7A Pub With No Beer
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
cover recording of:
A Pub With No Beer
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Parsons
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing
2:29
8Paddy on the Railway
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 2003)
recording of:
Poor Paddy Works on the Railway (variable tempo; “corduroy britches, digging ditches”)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
2:53
9The Rising of the Moon
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
Rising of the Moon
lyricist:
John Keegan Casey
composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9634)
2:40
10All for Me Grog
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
All for Me Grog
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 475)
3:03
11Nancy Whiskey
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
cover recording of:
Nancy Whiskey
lyricist and composer:
Ewan MacColl
2:40
12The Auld Triangle
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
cover recording of:
The Auld Triangle
lyricist and composer:
Brendan Behan
2:03
13I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool4:03
14Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 2003)
recording of:
Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
2:05
15A Nation Once Again
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
cover recording of:
A Nation Once Again
lyricist:
Thomas Osborne Davis
composer:
Dominic Behan
2:45
16The Galway Races
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
The Galway Races
composer:
[traditional]
3:20
17Weila Waile
recording of:
Weila Waile
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1967)
3:31
18The Irish Navy
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
The Irish Navy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
2:28
19Tibby Dunbar
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 2003)
recording of:
Tibby Dunbar
lyricist:
Robert Burns
composer:
Jim McLean
1:47
20Colonel Fraser & O'Rourke's Reel
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
medley including a cover recording of:
Colonel Fraser’s (Colonel Fraser, reel)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional]
medley including a cover recording of:
O’Rourke’s (reel)
composed in:
Ireland
composer:
[traditional]
2:39
21The Parting Glass
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
The Parting Glass
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
[traditional] (until 1605)
publisher:
Fearing and Loathing Music and Mummy Dust Music Ltd
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3004)
2:28
22Rattling Roaring Willie
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie
lyricist:
Robert Burns
composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6192)
1:51
23The Zoological Gardens
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1967)
recording of:
The Zoological Gardens
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Records Ltd. (in 1967)
2:15
24The Inniskillen Dragoons
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
The Inniskillen Dragoons
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
3:44
25Dicey Reilly
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1993)
cover recording of:
Dicey Reilly
lyricist:
Brendan Behan
composer:
[traditional]
1:42
26Drink It Up Men2:05
27Dirty Old Town
publisher:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 2003)
cover recording of:
Dirty Old Town
lyricist and composer:
Ewan MacColl (in 1949)
publisher:
Albert Music Publishing, Cooking Vinyl Ltd., Copyright Control, Francis, Day & Hunter and Robbins Music
2:53