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    Decca 78rpm Recordings
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    Decca 78rpm Recordings

    78 rpm New York recordings on the Decca Record label, transferred by Alan Morrisroe at the speed at which they were originally recorded. From the Alan Morrisroe Collection.

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    Miss Kenny's, waltz ; The men of the west, waltz / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Michael Andrews, guitar

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    • Miss Kenny's, waltz ; The men of the west, waltz / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Michael Andrews, guitar

    • Medley of jigs  / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Michael Andrews, guitar

    • The Liffey banks ; The Shaskeen, reel / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Kathleen Andrews, piano

    • Paddy Clancy's jig; Trip to the cottage, jig / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Kathleen Andrews, piano

    • The night cap, jig ; The mysteries of Knock, jig / Michael Gaffney, banjo ; Della McMahon, piano

    • Master Crowley's reels  / Hugh Gillespie, fiddle ; Mark Callaghan, guitar

    • Sweeps hornpipe ; Heirloom, hornpipe / Paddy Killoran's Pride Of Erin Orchestra [incl. James Ryan, saxophone]

    • Roaring Mary, reel ; The maids of Castlebar, reel / Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; unidentified, guitar

    • O' Dwyer's favorite, reel ; The star of Munster, reel / Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; unidentified, piano

    • The lass from the County Mayo, waltz / Killoran's Irish-American Serenader's [incl. Jack Healy, singing in English]

    • Slievenamon, waltz / Killoran's Irish-American Serenader's [incl. Jack Healy, singing in English]

    • Shannon's favorite, highland fling ;  Highland bonnet, highland fling / Paddy Killoran, fiddle

    • Cherish the ladies, jig / Paddy Killoran, fiddle

    • The rose in the heather, jig ; The frost is all over, jig / Joe McGuire's Pride Of Erne Orchestra

    • Babes in the wood, jig ; Fitz's fancy, jig / Joe McGuire's Pride Of Erne Orchestra

    • Miss Monaghan, reel ; Farewell to Ireland, reel / Joe McGuire's Pride Of Erne Orchestra

    • Washington hornpipe / William McElligott

    • Jackson's polka / William McElligott

    • Lucky in love, reel ; The bloom of youth, reel / John McKenna, flute ; Della McMahon, piano

    • The stone outside Dan Murphy's door, song / The McNulty family

    • McNulty's Irish showboat, song / The McNulty family

    • Song of the 32 counties, song / The McNulty family

    • When Rafferty brought the rumba to the town of Aughnacloy, song / The McNulty family

    • The rollicking skipper [medley of jigs] / The McNulty family

    • The flowery dell, reel ; Miss Drury's reel  / The McNulty family

    • The rolling rocks of Glan, reel ; River meadow reel   / The McNulty family

    • George White's favourite, reel ; The lass of Carracastle, reel / Paddy Sweeney, fiddle ; Eileen O'Shea, piano

    • Fitzpatrick's favourite, jig / Paddy Sweeney, fiddle ; Billy McElligot, accordion ; Eileen O'Shea, piano

    • The concert reel ; Custom gap, reel / Paddy Sweeney, fiddle

    • Roger's jig ; Village jig / Paddy Sweeney, fiddle