01> Rovin' Journeyman (JT/trad) This is a combination of an old Scottish song with some of our own lyrics. Has become known as "rubber johnnyman" in some quarters due to the joys of putting 3 different accents in a recording studio for 3 weeks!! Tune at the end is possibly Irish and possibly called "Bunch of Rushes"

02> Billy the Whizz - tune is called Hogties reel by Phil Cunningham©. Arranged by JT. Billy is an old friend of ours who has a penchant for disappearing for a few days after gigs and returning with one thing or another. Great tune - so much so we've given you two versions to enjoy

03> Uisce Beatha (Arr.JT) - gaelic for "water of life" which refers to whiskey. Not that we have a fondness for things malted..... Original lyrics by Alistair Hulett with a few relative variations

04> Barry (JT) written over a couple of bottles of cheap, nasty vino with suitable atmospheric aromatics. Thought we should get some lyrics down seeing as we were recording it. Probably about no-one in particular

05> Keepin' It Filthy -(JT) our favourite nursery rhymes?! maybe?! funny the things that come together late at night in a rehearsal room... about nothing specific - possibly?! or specifically nothing - probably ?! will leave the interpretation of this to your imagination....

06> Where's the Haggis? Rocking the baby (trad.) / The Orphan (trad.) / Innocent Angels (Sarah McFadyen) this set was thrown together in Stockholm so that we could handle a drop in the Haggis season. M.C Haggis wis no' in the hoose. Innocent Angels is for Amy Collop as she is The Other One

07> Waves of Rush (Aiden O'Rourke) arranged by JT and David Long. A tune by Aiden O'Rourke, a fantastic young fiddler from Scotland. This tune seems to metamorphisize slowly until you don't know one wave from the next. It reminds me of walking home from the pub with a wee torch and the sound of the sea-cool bananas Aiden!

08> Poor Mans Labour (JT/trad) A song that defines what it is to be playing music in New Zealand! The title track of our first recording, re-recorded here to make it "right." We realised the last version was missing tin drums and timpani shells played through guitar amps and distortion pedals!! Words are from an old English trad song - enjoy - we're almost happy with it!!

09> What Comes Next (JT) -

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10> Hoora Hoora (JT) Something we picked up in the African sub-continent - still looking for a cure!! ...mmm, 12 divided by 6 is ?? fits better than 2 though.

11> Arooh Arooh (JT/trad) This is a combination of two old Irish trad songs - one we know as "The Poteen song" with a snippet of "Lanigans ball" There is also a wee bit of the Scottish tune "Miss Shepards."

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