The Orangemen of Ulster
Various Artists

Collected in County Down in 1960, these field recordings present the songs, processional music, and of course, the lambeg drum beats characteristic of Northern Ireland’s Protestant population. Samuel Charters’ extensive notes provide ethnographic accounts of the aesthetics of lambeg drumming, although they avoid much discussion of the drums’ inescapable political context.
Track Listing
101
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Drummers' Preparations and the Lambeg Drums | The Orangemen of Ulster | 1:10 | |
102
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Portadown | Sam Allen | 4:07 | |
103
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Drummers of County Antrim | The Orangemen of Ulster | 0:31 | |
104
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Cromie's Buck | David Harper | 3:00 | |
105
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Drummers of County Down | The Orangemen of Ulster | 0:43 | |
106
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King Billy at the Boyne | Sam Allen | 4:11 | |
107
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Beggar Drum - Beggar Drum - Orange Procession | Joseph Orr, fife; William Quail, "rattlies" or snare drum; Alec Turkington and Tony Anderson, lambeg | 3:00 | |
201
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The Drum Ballymagarrett - Late Brother David Kirk - Gone But Not Forgotten | The Orangemen of Ulster | 0:47 | |
202
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The Buck Around the World | David Harper | 1:42 | |
203
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Crumlin Hotel | Ernie Curran | 1:56 | |
204
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Orange Procession,An - Easter Saturday | The Orangemen of Ulster | 4:25 | |
205
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Glover Hill | Joe Downs | 3:33 | |
206
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The Sash My Father Wore | Joe Ulm and Pub Group | 3:59 |