Playlist for December 23, 2009

First Hour:
Johnny Cunningham & Susan McKeown – A Winter Talisman [U.S./Scotland]:
– A Winter Talisman – 1:06
– Langoili – 2:19
– Wexford Mummer’s Song – 2:25
– An Urbane Scotsman in Alaska – 1:21
– The Unfortunate Snow Incident – 2:33
– Preab San Ol (In Praise of Drink) – 2:01
– A Christmas Childhood – 1:32
– My Singing Bird – 2:29
– The Drunkeness That Christmas Brought Us – 3:00

The Black House Ceilidh – Upon a Winter’s Eve [U.S.]:
– God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – 3:03
– The Wexford Carol – 4:11
– Ding Dong Merrilly on High – 1:12
– Riu Riu Chiu – 3:54
– Il Est Nez – 3:04
– Please to See the King – 1:51

Loreena McKennitt – A Midwinter Night’s Dream [Canada]:
– Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle – 3:06
– The Seven Rejoices of Mary – 4:34
– Good King Wenceslas – 3:17
– Breton Carol – 3:30
– Gloucestershire Wassail

Second Hour:
Bohola – Bo-Ho-Ho-hola [Ireland]:
– Miss Fogarty's/Trip to the Cottage – 3:27
– Celebration/Stack of Barley/Fairytale of New York – 6:54
– Dear Nuala/Christmas Eve – 6:05
– Recipe – 2:07

Kate Rusby – Sweet Bells [U.K.]:
– Here We Come a Wassailing – 3:13
– Sweet Bells – 3:37
– Holly and the Ivy – 3:20
– Hark Hark – 3:23
– Miners Dream – 4:41

Tommy Sands – To Shorten the Winter [Ireland]:
– Like the First Time It's Christmas Time – 3:14
– The Bushes of Jerusalem – 5:07
– A Christmas Childhood – 4:42
– Slante Mhaith/The Cat in the Attic – 2:51
– Mixed Marriage – 2:46

Third Hour:
Angus Mohr & Friends – A Christmas Pageant [U.S.]:
– Christmas in Killarney – 2:35
– I Believe in Father Christmas – 3:42
– Christmas Carousal – 3:14
– I Saw Three Ships – 2:00
– Drummer Boy – 4:44
– O Come Emmanuel – 2:14

The Chieftains – The Bells of Dublin [Ireland]:
– Elvis Costello – St Stephen’s Day Murders – 3:25
– Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Il Est Né/Ca Berger – 4:42
– Marianne Faithfull – I Saw Three Ships a Sailing – 2:48
– Jackson Browne – The Rebel Jesus – 3:48
– The Chieftains – The Wren in the Furse – 2:15

Jethro Tull – The Christmas Album [U.K]:
– Another Christmas Song – 3:30
– God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – 4:33
– First Snow on Brooklyn – 4:55
– Greensleeved – 2:39