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• Lost Cave  • Little Steps  • Autumn Calling  • Unity  • An Evening of Christmas Music


LOST CAVEmore information

Lost Cave
“…the disc has a full, echoing quality that enhances the music and gives the recording a magical sound.” -The Morning Call

Dark River ~ Rob Yoder
Cold Frosty Morning ~ Irish slow reel
The Water is Wide ~ English
Lost River Rag ~ Cliff Cole
Sister Bay Hambo ~ Gerhard Bernhard
Haste to the Wedding/The Joys of Wedlock ~ Irish jigs
Give Me Your Hand ~ Ruainn Dall O’Catháin
Mairi’s Wedding ~ Scottish polka
The Athol Highlander ~ Scottish jig
Carolan’s Welcome ~ Turlough O’Carolan/
Timour the Tartar ~ Scottish reel
Fine Spring Day ~ Cliff Cole
Morpeth Rant ~ William Shield
Oh, Shenandoah ~ Virginia river shanty
Wet Rainy Day at the Faire ~ A.J. Bashore II
Deep River Blues ~ American
Woody’s Rag ~ Woody Guthrie
The Chrysanthemum ~ Scott Joplin
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning ~ Rev. Gary Davis
La Valse pour les Petites Jeunes Filles ~ Belgian waltz

 


Little Stepsmore information

the lark in the morning ~ irish jig
how can i keep from singing? ~ robert lowry (1869)
arran boat/the road to lisdoonvarna ~ scottish air / irish jig
the next market day ~ irish song
harvest home ~ irish hornpipe
cripple creek ~ american reel
that old man taught me to fly ~ cliff cole
high road to lhasa ~ rob yoder –
the flight of the heron ~ cliff cole
roman’s concertina ~ rob yoder
midnight on the water ~ american waltz
little steps ~ cliff cole
dew point ~ rob yoder
shake me loose ~ rob yoder
late one night ~ rob yoder 
john o’ dreams / frère jacques ~ b. caddick; tchaikovsky;
rough music (publisher) / traditional french


Autumn Calling – more information

Wedding Bells ~ Cliff Cole
The New Dulcimer Waltz ~ Cliff Cole
The Blarney Pilgirm ~ Irish jig
The Barn Raising ~ Cliff Cole
Early Autumn Sky ~ Cliff Cole
Changing Seasons ~ Cliff Cole & Denis Blodgett
Si Bheag Si Mhor ~ O’Carolan
Pancakes for Breakfast / Red Haired Boy ~ Cliff Cole / Irish jig
Waterfall / Shooting Star ~ Cliff Cole
Frost Along the Bridal Path ~ Cliff Cole
When the Kids Go Fishing / Joys of Wedlock ~ C. Cole / Irish jig
Autumn Calling ~ Cliff Cole & Denis Blodgett
Brother James’ Air ~ Irish air
Blackberry Blossom ~ American reel 
Charlotte ~ Cliff Cole
Dawn ~ Cliff Cole
Fog on the Water / Mountain Bike Ride ~ Cliff Cole


Unity – Unique Music for Christmas – more information

The Unity Jig ~ Jig, Denis Blodgett
Tra Va Ruggit Creest (Christ is Born)
 ~ Manx Carol  / The Butterfly ~ Slip Jig, Tommy Potts
The King of Love
 ~ Irish Melody
The Swallow Tail
 ~ Irish Jig / Merrily Kiss the Quaker ~ Irish Jig
Edi Beo Thu, Hebene Quene
 ~ Medieval English Song
Laudate Dominum
 ~ Jacques Berthier and the Taizé Community
Lead Kindly Light
 ~ text, John Henry Newman« music, Denis Blodgett
Psallite
 ~ Latin & German carol
Going Home
 ~ Rob Yoder
Céad Míle Fáilte
 ~ Denis Blodgett
Mirstigais, Sai Bridi Kluse
 ~ Latvian text, French Melody 
Ny Kirree Fo Naightey
 ~ Manx Gaelic lament
The Fairies’ Hornpipe
 ~ Irish / The Piper in the Meadow Straying ~ Irish hornpipe /Christmas Eve ~ Irish reel
The Dream 
~ Sally Cole
The Unity Jig (reprise)
 ~ Denis Blodgett


An Evening of Christmas Music– more information

As performed live at Perkasie Mennonite Meetinghouse, including:

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Colmcille ~ Cliff Cole 
In the Bleak Midwinter ~ G. Holst, 1906; C. Rossetti, c. 1872
‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime 
~ French; Jean de Brebeuf, 1643
Sound of the Tambourine 
~ Emily Cole
What Child is This? 
~ English
Christ Child Lullaby 
~ Hebridian Carol
In the Midst of Winter’s Night 
~ Catalonian
Kling Glockchen 
~ German
Riu, Riu Chiu
 ~ Ancient Spanish Carol
Angels Hov’ring ‘Round
 ~ American Hymn
Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, No.1 
~ G. F. Handel 
Good King Wenceslas 
~ English Carol
It barn er fød I Bethlehem 
~ Mogens Pedersøn, 1620
Christmas Eve 
~ Irish Reel
St. Basil’s Hymn 
~ Greek Children’s Song 


Dawn

Order this recording directly from cliffcole@daybreakfolk.com

This is DayBreak’s very first recording now available on compact disc. This classic recording features

  • Cliff Cole – Hammered Dulcimer
  • Denis Blodgett – Guitar, Tin Whistle, Vocals, & Trumpet
  • Rich Bernardin – Mandolin, 12-String Guitar, & Vocals
  • Sally Zapp Showalter – Guitar, Tin Whistle, & Vocals

Haste to the Wedding ~ Irish jig
Wild Mountain Thyme ~ Scottish song
Beneath My Vine and Fig Tree ~ Denis Blodgett
Greenland Whale Fisheries ~ English ballad
Dawn ~ Cliff Cole
Elwood Michael ~ Rich Bernardin
Shady Grove ~ American song
The Rights of Man ~ Irish reel
The Flowers of Edinburgh ~ Scottish hornpipe
The Water is Wide ~ American song
Fine Spring Day ~ Cliff Cole
Changing Seasons ~ Cliff Cole & Denis Blodgett