City of Walls

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City of Walls
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Studio album by
Released2003
Genre Scottish folk
Contemporary pop
Paul Mounsey chronology
Nahoo 3 - Notes from the Republic
(1999)
City of Walls
(2003)
Tha Na Laithean a' Dol Seachad (The Days Flash Past)
(2005)

City of Walls is the fourth album by Scottish musician Paul Mounsey released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). [1]

Track listing

  1. "City of Walls"
  2. "Since..."
  3. "Dunfermline"
  4. "Heaven's Full"
  5. "Work Song"
  6. "Billy's Birl"
  7. "The Bridge"
  8. "Gad Ionndrainn"
  9. "A Ferro E Fogo"
  10. "Nothing to Lose"
  11. "A Child"
  12. "Taking Back the Land"
  13. "Nineteen Trees"
  14. "Annie"

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