Malcolm first heard “Langstrom’s Pony,” a four part jig, played by the Boys of the Lough. After he learned their version of the tune, it gradually evolved in his hands into the ornate dulcimer setting that you hear on this record. The tune can be found as tune #45 in Breandan Breathnach’s “Ceol Rince na hEireann,” Volume Two.

“The Geese in the Bog,” also a jig, is one of Michael Kennedy’s most mysterious yet forceful tunes. He plays the first part four different ways. Each of the many times we have heard him play it he plays all four variants, but he combines them in different ways each time. We play the tune on two dulcimers.