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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

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


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.

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.

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."

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.

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."

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.

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).

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."