Folk Tale (album)

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Folk Tale
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Studio album by
Released2011
Genre Folk
Label Sony Music
Producer Declan Sinnott
Christy Moore chronology
Listen
(2009)
Folk Tale
(2011)
Where I Come From
(2013)

Folk Tale is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2011 by Sony Music. [1] [2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Christy Moore; except where noted.

  1. "Tyrone Boys"
  2. "Folk Tale" (Paula Meehan (poem)/Christy Moore)
  3. "My Little Honda 50" (Tom Tuohy)
  4. "Easter Snow"
  5. "Farmer Michael Hayes" (Traditional; arranged by Christy Moore)
  6. "On Morecambe Bay" (Kevin Littlewood)
  7. "Tiles and Slabs" (Nigel Rolfe, Christy Moore)
  8. "Haiti" (John Spillane, Christy Moore)
  9. "Weekend in Amsterdam" (Paul McCormack, Barney Rush)
  10. "Ballydine"
  11. "God Woman"

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References

  1. "Christy Moore - Folk Tale (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. "Folk Tale - Christy Moore". Christy Moore. Retrieved 3 November 2015.