‘Whether he is singing in Irish or English, Heaney is a remarkably discreet singer, not given to dramatic or comic effect, with an uneventful surface to his songs, but a world of secrets underneath. Outside a few settlements in his native West, it would be hard to find his equal.’
From the original sleevenotes by A. L. Lloyd
1 THE ROCKS OF BAWN
2 ONE MORNING IN JUNE
3 CASADH AN t-SUGAIN The Twisting of the Rope
4 THE WIFE OF THE BOLD TENANT FARMER
5 THE TREES THEY GROW TALL
6 PEIGIN IS PEADAR Peggy and Peter
7 CUNNLA
8 CAOINEADH NA TRI MHUIRE The Lament of the Three Marys
9 AN TIGHEARNA RANDAL Lord Randal
10 BEAN AN LEANNA The Woman with the Beer
11 JOHN MITCHEL
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