The Road of Tears

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The Road of Tears
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Released7 March 2006
Genre Celtic
Label Temple
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The Road of Tears, an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 2006 on the Temple Records label.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Road of Tears"
  2. "Ely Parker/Miss Martin's Wedding/The Primrose Lassies/Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington"
  3. "The Emigrant"
  4. "The Highlander's Farewell to Ireland / Farewell to Ireland / Put Me in the Big Chest"
  5. "The Slave's Lament"
  6. "The Moleskin Kilt/The Empty Glen"
  7. "Out in Australia at Last"
  8. "The Patagonia Islanders / The Low Country Dance / Don Juan McKenna's Jig"
  9. "Haro Strait"
  10. "To a Mouse"
  11. "Take Me to the Sea"
  12. "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos"
  13. "Sweet Molly / The Symmetry / The Boat Leaks"
  14. "I Cried"
  15. "Mary's Dream / The Mountain Dairy Maid / The Nameless Migrant"
  16. "Five Bridges to Cross"
  17. "The Green and the Blue"

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