The Long Black Veil

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Label: US -- RCA (BMG), 1995 | 09026-62702-2 US and Canada
RCA BMG 74321-25167-2 Europe, Asia and Australia
Video - BMG Video, 1995 | 09026-68192-3
The Chieftains: The Long Black Veil - sheet music for piano, vocal and chords Warner Bros. Publications, 1995.
ISBN 0-89724-870-8
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Musicians
  • Martin Fay: fiddle
  • Seán Keane: fiddle
  • Kevin Conneff: bodhrán & vocals
  • Matt Molloy: flute
  • Paddy Moloney: uilleann pipes and tin whistle
  • Derek Bell: harp, tiompan, and keyboards
  • Sting
  • Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones
  • Sinéad O'Connor
  • Van Morrison
  • Mark Knopfler
  • Ry Cooder
  • Marianne Faithfull
  • Tom Jones


    • Tracks:
    1. Mo Ghile Mear - 'Our Hero' 3:22
    2. The Long Black Veil 3:38
    3. The Foggy Dew 5:20
    4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 4:40
    5. Changing Your Demeanour 3:16
    6. The Lily of the West 5:10
    7. Coast of Malabar 6:01
    8. Dunmore Lassies 5:14
    9. Love Is Teasin' 4:36
    10. He Moved Through the Fair 4:54
    11. Ferny Hill 3:43
    12. Tennessee Waltz
    Tennessee Mazurka    		 3:58
    13. The Rocky Road to Dublin 5:06

    .....And for those in a lively mood, The following lyrics are for Kevin Conneff's song,
    Changing your Demeanour
    Here we are we've come to call with pipes and flutes and fiddles and all In case of death we've even brought a keener, So, if you're glum and feeling down just feel like us And act the clown and soon there'll be a change in your demeanour.
    lilting.....................................................
    I put me money on a horse today for with the race he'd run away Or so a friend that's in the know he told me, Twenty lengths ahead at most, he proundly cantered pass the post but, woe was me, he lost the bloomin' jockey!
    lilting.....................................................
    Now of all the places I have seen from China to the Caribbean, Are all across the goal compared to Ireland, From Bally Castle to Tralee, the Corrib to the Liffey There's no where else on earth but like this island.
    lilting.....................................................
    In Hollywood I long to be, no, not the place across the sea, But in county Wicklow Ireland's lovely garden. Where no pretenders will you find but decent people warm and kind, and flocks of friendly sheep into the bargain.
    lilting.....................................................
    For your ills don't take a pill but take it down the road, the hills And listen to the larks lovely warbling, In the evening in the company with music in the key of E You'll be dancing Kerry sets until the morning.
    lilting....... Dancing Kerry sets until the morning!
    Special thanks to Bob Sewell for help in getting all the words!

    This is one of the Chieftains biggest selling album of all time. It reached gold status in the United States within a matter of weeks of being released by selling over a million copies. They won a grammy for their collaboration with Van Morrison on the track, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You. The track was in competition with tracks by music heavyweights Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey. The video and the subsequent dvd show making of the album with interviews featuring all the members of the band.

    Please see the review for this album by Sarah Adams.

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