Wagonload Of Monkeys

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 549: 13 July 2025 - our summer fund drive special featuring songs and tunes for Irish towns and villages.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 13 July 2025 - our summer fund drive special featuring songs and tunes for Irish towns and villages.

Galway Girl - Sharon Shannon & Mundy
Single
The Macroom Lasses/The Rambler In Cork - Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh
From the album: Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh
Carrickfergus - Christy Moore
From the album: Live at The Point
The Aconry Lasses/The Old Wheels of The Worl/The Spike Island Lasses – Planxty
From the album: Between The Jigs And The Reels
West Coast Of Clare - L.A.P.D.
From the album: 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St
Coleraine Jig/Derrane's/John Stenson' - De Danann
The Best of De Danann

Slieve Gallion Braes - Daoirí Farrell
From the album: The Wedding Above In Glencree
The Bucks Of Oranmore/Eileen Curran/Jimmy On The Moor - Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
From the album: The Lonesome Touch
Mary From Dungloe - Emmet Spiceland
From the album: The Best Ever Collection Of Irish Pub Songs
Trip To Gort - Zoë Conway, Dónal Lunny & Máirtín O'Connor
From the album: In Full Sail
Boys of Fairhill - Jimmy Crowley
From the album: The Boys of Fair Hill
The Tar Road to Sligo/Paddy Clancy's - The Bothy Band
From the album: 1975 (The First Album)
I'm Leaving Tipperary - De Danann
From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
The Flags Of Dublin/Ger Quigley's/Fred's Favourite – FourWinds
From the album: FourWinds

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Donegal Reels by De Dannan. From the album: Hibernian Rhapsody
Closing music Humours Of Lissadel by De Dannan. From the album: Hibernian Rhapsody

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 548: 6 July 2025 - including music from bands named for animals

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 6 July 2025 - including music from bands named for animals.

Now Welcome Summer - June Tabor
From the album: At the Wood's Heat
Palaces of Gold - Leon Rosselson
From the album: RosselSonGs
The World Turned Upside Down - Leon Rosselson
From the album: RosselSonGs

Music from bands with animal names
The Gay Goshawk - Mr. Fox
From the album: Join Us in Our Game
The White Witch - Heg & The Wolf Chorus
From the album: Raising The Fires
She Was Born to Be My Unicorn - Tyrannosaurus Rex
From the album: Unicorn
Rolling Down The River - Slow Loris
From the album: Moonshine Murder Mountains & Mudflats
Bright Morning Star – Oysterband
From the album: Rise Above
Moon In A Bottle - Three Cane Whale
From the album: Palimpsest

Recent releases
A Something in a summer's Day - Toby Darling
From the album: Emily Dickinson
The Rising Of The Bold - Merry Hell
From the album: Rising Of The Bold
Vagabond Army - Merry Hell
From the album: Rising Of The Bold

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Macroom Lasses /The Rambler In Cork - Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh. From the album: Folk Festival - A Celebration Of Music Recorded At The Sidmouth International Festival
Closing music Miss Wright's Fancy by Leveret. From the album: In The Round

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 547: 29 June 2025 - including songs featuring talking animals

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 29 June 2025 - including songs featuring talking animals.

Five Years Time - Noah & The Whale
From the album Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
All on a Summers Evening - Karine Polwart
From the album A Pocket Of Wind Resistance
Barrack Street - Nic Jones
From the album Penguin Eggs

Songs featuring talking animals and birds
The Granemore Hare - Al O'Donnell
From the album Al O’Donnell 2
Daddy Fox - Peter Knight's Gigspanner Big Band
From the album Natural Invention
Plains Of Kildare - Andy Irvine & Paul Brady With Donal Lunny & Paddy Glackin
From the album 70th Birthday Concert At Vicar St
Jenny - Kate Rusby
From the album Philosophers, Poets And Kings
Reynard the Fox - Sweeney's Men
From the album Sweeney's Men
Little Birds - Carthy Hardy Farrell & Young
From the album Laylam
Twa Corbies - Steeleye Span
From the album The Lark In Morning

Recent releases
We All Rise with the Sun - Morgan Szymanksi and Tommy Perman
From the album Songs for the Mist Forest
The Rising Of The Bold - Merry Hell
From the album Rising Of The Bold
Vagabond Army - Merry Hell
From the album Rising Of The Bold

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Miss Wright's Fancy by Leveret. From the album: In The Round
Closing music The Mosstrooper Medley by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Mandolin Album

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 546: 22 June 2025 - including songs about cats.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 22 June 2025 - including songs about cats.

June Is The Coldest Month Of The Year - Carthy Hardy Farrell & Young
From the album: Laylam
A Still, Small Fly - Ivor Cutler Trio
From the album: Ludo
A Great Grey Grasshopper - Ivor Cutler Trio
From the album: Ludo
The Lion's Den - Waterson:Carthy
From the album: Broken Ground

Songs about cats
Jump At The Cats - King Creosote
From the album: KC Rules OK
The Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
From the album: The Year Of The Cat
The Neighbor's Cat - Leon Rosselson
From the album: Wo Sind Die Elefanten?
Peyrat's Cat - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home
Cat & The Dog Trap - Yusuf / Cat Stevens
From the album: Tell 'Em I'm Gone 3:23
The Dundee Cat - Hamish Imlach
From the album: Border Lands: The Best of Scottish Folk

Recent releases
A Bird Came Down - Toby Darling
From the album: Emily Dickinson
Old London - Virginia Kettle's Rolling Folk
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Mosstrooper Medley by Simon Mayor. From the album: The Mandolin Album.
Closing music Ethel's Cats - Pig Dyke Molly. From the album: Pig Dyke Molly: The Music

Click here for the Cat And The Dog trap video...

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 545: 15 June 2025 - including songs about fish.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 15 June 2025 - including songs about fish.

Summer Fires – Ninebarrow
From the album: Live at the Sherling Studio
Farewell Angelina - Aoife Doyle
From the album: This Time the Dream's on Me
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Thea Gilmore
From the album: John Wesley Harding

Songs about fish and fishing
The Shoals of Herring - Ewan MacColl
From the album: Singing The Fishing
The Herring Girl - Bella Hardy
From the album: Songs Lost and Stolen
The Great White Herring - Battlefield Band
From the album: Line Up
I Have Caught A Big Fat Trout - Unknown Singer
The Final Trawl - Back Of The Moon
From the album: Luminosity
Three Fishers – Fara
From the album: Cross The Line
Mackerel - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home

Recent releases
Traveller – Sheelanagig
From the album: St Congar’s Walking Stick
When You Can't Let Go (with Marla Cannon-Goodman). - Rob Wheeler
From the album: Leave Tomorrow

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Cat In The Corner/John Naughton's Jig by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill. From the album: The Lonesome Touch
Closing music Salmon Tails up the Water/The Herd on the Hill/Sweet Hesleyside (with Forster Charlton) by Colin Caisley. From the album: The Northumbrian Small Pipes

 

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 544: 8 June 2025 - including songs about dogs.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 8 June 2025 - including songs about dogs.

The Best One Yet - Show Of Hands
From the album: The Dog Show Sessions
Monasteraden Fancy - Martin Hayes Quartet
From the album: The Blue Room
Brennans Reel - Martin Hayes Quartet
From the album: The Blue Room

Songs about dogs
Longdog - Show of Hands
From the album: Dark Fields
Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake
From the album: A Treasury
The Black Dog Blues - Hot Vultures
From the album: Vulturama!
God Dog - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden
Sheepcrook and Black Dog - Steeleye Span
From the album: Below the Salt
Ulysses - Jake Thackray
From the album: Jake In A Box

Recent releases
Young Viola - Innocent Hare
From the album: The Windings of Their Wandering Song
Shetland Reels – Tern
From the album: Flyway
Green Grows the Laurel (featuring John Francis Flynn) – Varo
From the album: The World That I Knew

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Trout In the Bath by The Corrs. From the album: The Corrs (Live In Dublin)
Closing music The Curious Dog by Talisk. From the EP: Talisk

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 543: 1 June 2025 - including songs about bugs.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 1 June 2025 - including songs about bugs.

June Bug - Kate Walsh
From the album: Clocktower Park
First Day Of Summer - King Courgette
From the album: King Courgette
Will Ye Go Lassis, Go - The McPeake Family
From the album: Wild Mountain Thyme
Jug of Punch - The McPeake Family
From the album: Wild Mountain Thyme

Songs about bugs
The Hornet And The Beetle - Fay Hield
From the album: Old Adam
Save The Bees - Lau
From the album: Race The Loser
The Hawk Moth - The Mishaped Pearls
Single
Gypsy Moth - Phil Beer
From the album: Hardworks
Mayfly - Sophie Coyle
From the album: Blame Me for the Storm
The Mayfly - Hamish Napier
From the album: The River
The Beehive - Nollaig Casey
From the album: The Music Of What Happened
Yellow Bee Blues - Jo-Ann Kelly
From the album: Jo-Ann Kelly

Recent releases
The Whole Town Knows - Poor Creature
From the album: All Smiles Tonight
Hourglass - Odette Michell
From the album: The Queen Of The Lowlands
The Queen Of The Lowlands - Odette Michell
From the album: The Queen Of The Lowlands

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music The Black Dog Blues by Hot Vultures. From the album: Vulturama!
Closing music The Butterfly by The Bothy Band. From the album: 1975 (The First Album)

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 542: 25 May 2025 - including songs about donkeys.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 25 May 2025 - including songs about donkeys.

Brink of June - Emily Portman
From the album: Coracle
The Pogues in NYC
A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
From the album: Rum Sodomy & the Lash
Sally MacLennane - The Pogues
From the album: Rum Sodomy & the Lash

Details of The Pogues in NYC

Songs about donkeys
One Way Donkey Ride - Sandy Denny
From the album: Rendezvous
Donkey Riding - The Fisherman's Friends
From the album: Proper Job
Jerusalem Cuckoo - David Gibb & Elly Lucas
From the album: Old Chairs to Mend
The Donkey - Unknown Singer
From the album: An Emigrant's Tale
Shoe the Donkey - Brendan Shine
From the album: Irish Party Time
Delaney's Donkey - Val Doonican
From the album: His Special Years

Recent releases (Songlines choices)
The Bright Lady/Kilfenora Jig – Danú
From the album: The Pearl Album-Live in Celebration
Ten Thousand Miles – Danú
From the album: The Pearl Album-Live in Celebration
The Barnsley Youth and Temperance Society - Kate Rusby
From the album: When They All Looked Up 3:53
Let Your Light Shine - Kate Rusby
From the album: When They All Looked Up

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Hunt The Spider by Fiona Cuthill & Stevie Lawrence. The Journey Continues
Closing music Flop Eared Mule by The Dubliners. From the album: Whiskey on a Sunday

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 541: 18 May 2025 - including songs about horses.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 18 May 2025 - including songs about horses.

When I Was On Horseback - Steeleye Span
From the album: The Lark In The Morning
The East Durham Irish Festival and The Catskills Irish Arts Week
The Collier's Set - Cherish The Ladies & Davy Spillane
From the album: The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone
Freeborn Man of the Traveling People - Cherish The Ladies & Liam Clancy
From the album: The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone

Click here for more information on The East Durham Irish Festival and The Catskills Irish Arts Week.

Songs about horses
Wild Horses - Robin Williamson
From the album: Just Like the River and Other Songs with Guitar
Poor Old Horse - Stick In The Wheel
From the album: Follow Them True
Mare, Take Me Home - Matthews' Southern Comfort
From the album: The Essential Collection
Pretty Little Horses - Hamish Imlach
From the album: Old Rarity
Fine Horseman - Silly Sisters
From the album: No More To The Dance
Smuggling The Tin - Liam Weldon
From the album: Dark Horse On The Wind
If Wishes Were Horses - Kris Drever
From the album: If Wishes Were Horses

Recent relases
Safe Travels - Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
From the album: Safe Travels
Tiny Bird's Lament - Josienne Clarke
From the album: Far From Nowhere.

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Flop Eared Mule (Donkey Reel) by The Dubliners. From the album: Best Of The Dubliners.
Closing music Grey Mare's Tail by Pig Dyke Molly. From the album: Pig Dyke Molly: The Music

Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 540: 11 May 2025 - including songs about rfarm animals.

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by me, Graham Rice, for Radio Catskill on 11 May 2025 - including songs about farm animals.

Gathering Rushes In The Month Of May - Shirley & Dolly Collins
From the album: Anthems In Eden
Remembering Wizz Jones
One Grain of Sand - Wizz Jones
From the album: Right Now
When I Leave Berlin - Wizz Jones
From the album: When I Leave Berlin

Songs about farm animals
Chickens In The Garden - Carthy Hardy Farrell & Young
From the album: Laylam
Cowsong - Kate Rusby
From the album: 10
The Price of the Pig - Tim Lyons
From the album: Big Guns & Hairy Drums
The Sheepstealer - Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
From the album: Skin and Bone
Sheepshearing - The Watersons
From the album: For Pence And Spicy Ale
Dancing in the Cow Shed - The Rheingans Sisters
From the album: Already Home
Clasped To The Pig – FourWinds
From the album: FourWinds

Recent releases
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Martin Carthy
From the album: Martin Carthy
Scarborough Fair - Martin Carthy (With Sheena Muckherjee)
From the album: Transform Me Then Into A Fish
The Handsome Cabin Boy - Martin Carthy (With Eliza Carthy)
From the album: Transform Me Then Into A Fish

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly
Incidental music Grey Mare's Tail by Pig Dyke Molly. From the album: Pig Dyke Molly: The Music - 2009
Closing music The Pigfarm Suite – Mozaik. From the album: Changing Trains