The first edition was limited to 500 copies and has long been out of print. There are 74 ballads in Manx, with English translations and nearly half are accompanied by the old airs. This facsimile reprint incorporates the author's corrections within the text and faint areas in the music printing have been touched up. Unfortunately it's very difficult to find recordings or written music outside Sweden. Hopefully this collection by Ben Paley will go some way to remedying this.
Tunes range from easy to hard, slow to fast etc.
A wonderful book written by a wonderful man, Bernard Dwyer, stalwart of the Leeds Irish music scene. True stories that never happened, fairy tales which did. Bernard brings together his 7 decades of recollections, stories, musings, thoughts and poems. An excellent gift. The techniques and styles of traditional playing are fully and expertly treated with special reference to the fiddle, the Irish Uilleann pipes and the whistle.