Tommy On The Bridge

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A 2006 release. The original Tommy on the bridge was a blind beggar who stood on the swing bridge. His real name was Thomas Ferens and he was thought to have been born in The Close in 1842. He died on New Year's Day in 1907, after collapsing in the snow at the Gateshead end of the bridge. Tom McConville (vocals, fiddle) with Aaron Jones (guitar, bouzouki, harmony vocals), Claire Mann (whistles, flute), Ciaran Boyle (bodhran), Peter Tickell (fiddle), Dave Wood (guitar) and Kevin McGuire (double bass). Tracks: Patrick Pearse / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; The Easy Club / The Tipsy Sailor / Fiddler John; More Power To Your Elbow / The American Polka / Jimmy's Highland; Lovely Bannion; Colonel Fraser / Mary And The Soldier / The New Centenary; Jumpin' The Strings / Bouvaglie's Plaid / Willie Atkinson's Sunglasses; Kyloe Burn / 1915-1975 / Thomas McElvogue's; Paddy O'Rafferty / Boo Baby's Lullaby / Beeswing / The Beeswing Hornpipe; The Marquis Of Waterford; Proudlock's Fancy.