| Title:  |
Last night's fun : in and out of time with Irish music |
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Author:  |
Carson, Ciaran |
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Publisher:  |
North Point Press |
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Place of Publication:  |
New York |
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Date of Publication:  |
1996 |
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Publication Number:  |
ISBN 0865475156 |
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Number of Pages:  |
[viii], 198 p. |
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Binding Style:  |
Paperback |
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Dimensions:  |
8.5 in. |
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Contents:  |
Last night's fun -- Ask my father -- Boil the breakfast early -- Pigtown -- The ravelled hank of yarn -- Hurry the jug -- The dairy maid -- The happy days of youth -- Hard to fill -- The steampacket -- The humours of whiskey -- The mountain road -- The hurler on the ditch -- Johnny going to Ceili -- Dowd's no. 9 -- The standard -- It goes as follies -- Around the world for sport -- The rub of rosin -- The cat melodeon -- Off the bus -- Marking time -- The dead man's breeches -- The tape-recorder reel -- All I ever -- Country roads -- Fiddlin' John's big gobstopper -- The bush in the tux -- The ould orange flute -- Chief ONeill's favourites -- Good morning to your nightcap |
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Notes:  |
Described on the back cover as an "inspired jumble of recording history, poetry, tall tales, and polemic" about Irish music. Includes credited poetry and quotations from numerous other Irish figures. |
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Format:  |
Book |
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Subject - Culture:  |
Irish |
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Subject - Time:  |
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Subject - Topic:  |
Folk music, Musicians, Social life and customs |
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