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Broadside Electric - Mark IV

Ashley D'Andrea / Amy Ksir / 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."
An Dro	Dance in 2/4	Trad.	Brittany
	Title unknown. Played in medley with "Nonesuch."
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..."

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.
Cliffs of Moher	Jig	Trad.	Ireland
	In various arrangements, mainly "Town of Ballybay."

Cold Frosty Morning	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "15 Bricks..."
Cottage in the Grove	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	Title uncertain; may be called "Lad O'Byrne's." In "Rat in her Pocket."
Donald MacLean of Lewis	Jig	Trad.	Cape Breton
	In "Hovercraft Full Of Eels."
Drowsy Maggie	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Scrape the Parrot" and "40 Lbs. of Yarn."
The Dusty Windowsill	Jig	Trad.	Ireland


The Eel in the Sink	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Hovercraft Full Of Eels."
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..."
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."

Garrett Barry's	Jig	Trad.	Ireland

Gas-Nign	Klezmer tune (Gas-Nign)	Trad.	Jewish (Ukraine)
	Title unknown. Played in medley with "Makedonsko Devojce" or (recently) "Acano Mlada Nevesto."
The Gravel Walk	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Three Pounds Ten."
Hal-an-Tow	Song	Trad.	Cornwall
	arr. Hall (a capella), later additions Rhoads.
Hastily Improvised Tune Set	Tune set (Road to Lisdoonvarna / Braes of Tullymet / Dusty Windowsill / Garrett Barry's / Cliffs of Moher)	Trad.	Various


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."
Langstrom's Pony	Jig	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Hovercraft Full Of Eels."
Magellan	Song (Snow on the Hills)	Music: Trad.; lyrics: Paul Rugg & John P. McCann	USA
	From the Animaniacs.
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.

The Merry Blacksmith	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Scrape the Parrot."
Miner's Night Out	Reel	John McEuen	USA
	In "15 Bricks..."
Minka	Dance in 7/8	Trad.	Bulgaria

Hovercraft Full Of Eels	Tune set (Langstrom's Pony / Donald MacLean of Lewis / Eel in the Sink)	Trad.	Various
	Title taken from a Monty Python sketch.
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.
Nonesuch	Playford dance	Trad.	England
	Possibly of French origin.
Nonesuch / An Dro	Tune set (Nonesuch / An Dro)	Trad.	Various

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.
A Rat in Her Pocket	Tune set (Tobin's Favorite / Trip to Durrow / Cottage in the Grove)	Trad.	Ireland
	Named by audience competition.
The Road to Lisdoonvarna	Jig	Trad.	Ireland


Scrape the Parrot	Reel set (Merry Blacksmith / Drowsy Maggie / Sheehan's)	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.
Sheehan's	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Scrape the Parrot."
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).
Ternovka Sher	Klezmer tune	Dave Tarras	USA
	Probably based on older Eastern European source. In "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm."

Three Pounds Ten	Song (with Gravel Walk / Virginia)	Trad.	Britain
	One verse excerpted from Moby Dick.
Tobin's Favorite	Jig	Trad.	Ireland
	In "A Rat in her Pocket."
The Trip to Durrow	Reel	Trad.	Ireland
	In "Rat in her Pocket."
Virginia	Shape-note hymn	w:Isaac Watts / m:Oliver Brownson	USA
	From the Sacred Harp collection.
Wir Fahren Mit Der SBB	Song [German] (SBB Landler / Ein Neue Alte)	Walter Wild	Switzerland
	How sweet it is to ride on the Swiss national railways!

With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm	Song (Ternovka Sher)	R. P. Weston & Bert Lee	England
	Arranged Klezmer style.
The World Turned Upside-Down [The Diggers]	Song	Leon Rosselson	England
	Inspired by Dick Gaughan's rendition.