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Heavy Blarney

by The Bing Turkby Ensemble

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1.
Tenpenny Bit 02:43
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2.
Star of the County Down 04:09
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3.
Rights of man 02:07
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4.
Step it out Mary 02:23
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5.
The little beggarman 02:16
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Billy at the railroad tracks 04:49
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Frost is lying on the railroad tracks The nights are getting colder Billy's huddling in his sack Will he be getting any older? Hard times are a way of life For the gypsy-living Billy Kicked around from town to town Now it's just getting silly Black cat snuggled on his knee Sometimes sleeping high up in the trees Living barely from day to day Billy feels his life slipping away But he can play the accordion Like it's going out of fashion Gypsies gather round the railroad tracks Fiddles singing, cymbals crashing He's got nothing but the shirt on his back But Billy plays accordion at the railroad tracks Well his life sounds pretty tough His existence is hard But playing music keeps his soul alive On the squeezebox or guitar His grandfather passed his secrets along He inherited the fingers He celebrates what he has in song The pain it never lingers Chorus Repeat Verse 1 Chorus
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A hasty trip 02:30
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8.
The Limerick rake 02:32
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9.
Celtic rag 01:38
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10.
My Irish home 02:26
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11.
The maid behind Cooley's Bar 03:54
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about

Rowdy Irish banjo! Traditional Irish tunes with a heavy backing. Funded by Community Arts Palmerston North, this is an Irish rock CD, and a celebration of the tenor banjo.
It's an album of traditional Irish songs and instrumentals, plus 3 of my originals, all rocked up a bit.
So, not all acoustic and folky, but also not extreme metal, just traditional tunes with a bit of an attitude.
Sitting somewhere between the Pogues and the Dropkick Murphys, it should appeal to folkies and rockers alike.

credits

released December 5, 2010

Gabor Irmalos, drums on tracks 5 and 7 ; Paul Turner, whistle on tracks 5 and 7 ; Bing Turkby played everything else. Tracks 6, 9 and 10 written by Bing, everything else traditional, arranged by Bing.

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The Bing Turkby Ensemble Palmerston North, New Zealand

In 1996 the Bing Turkby Ensemble was one man, a wig and a tape deck. The band now features this cast of miscreants: Tyrone T. Blowhard (sax), Slapskins McBOOOm (drums), and Ajax MacDeth (bass).

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