The Orangemen of Ulster

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	Drummers' Preparations and the Lambeg Drums	The Orangemen of Ulster	01:10
102	Portadown	Sam Allen	04:07
103	Drummers of County Antrim	The Orangemen of Ulster	00:31
104	Cromie's Buck	David Harper	03:00
105	Drummers of County Down	The Orangemen of Ulster	00:43
106	King Billy at the Boyne	Sam Allen	04:11
107	An Orange Procession - Beggar Man	Joseph Orr, fife; William Quail, "rattlies" or snare drum; Alec Turkington and Tony Anderson, lambeg	03:00
201	The Drum - Ballymagarrett - The Late Brother David Kirk - Gone but Not Forgotten	The Orangemen of Ulster	00:47
202	The Buck Around the World	David Harper	01:42
203	Crumlin Hotel	Ernie Curran	01:56
204	Orange Procession - Easter Saturday	The Orangemen of Ulster	04:25
205	Glover Hill	Joe Downs	03:33
206	The Sash My Father Wore	Joe Ulm and Pub Group	03:59