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WEEDS IN THE GARDEN. Irish, Air. Composed by Bearna, County Galway, fiddler Liam Lewis in honor of Tom Pháidín Tom, a neighbour and sean-nós singer of some skill (he was recorded on De Danaan’s album “Mist Covered Mountain,” albeit with a bit of accompaniment). Tom died a year or two after the Lewis Family album was released.

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Recorded sources: Tara 2003, Muintir Lewis/Lewis Family - "Weeds in the Garden" (1978).




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