Somme
Ulster Scots Folk Orchestra
USFOFGCD009

1. Fare Ye Well Enniskillen
2. Killaloe
3. Far Off Fields of Picardy
4. Battle Of The Somme
5. Brian Boru's March
6. Bloody Road To The Somme
7. Young Sons Of Erin
8. Stille Nacht
9. Garryowen
10. Bonnie Woodgreen
11. Billy's March
12. Thiepval Graveyard
13. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
14. St. Patrick's Day
15. Young Crozier Of Battenberg Street
16. Willie McBride / Flowers O The Forest
17. Killiecrankie
18. Ower The Water
19. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
20. Last Post

Willie Drennan - Vocals, Fiddle, Flutes, Mandolin, Drums
Ian Burrows - Highland Bagpipes, Lowland Bagpipes, Bass Drum
Gareth Fulton - Flutes, Drums, Vocals
Caroline Drennan - Vocals
Sharon Carroll - Harp, Vocals
Cherith Boyle - Vocals
Kerry Jordan - Vocals
Ken Hopkins - Accordions
Eleesha Drennan - Fiddle
Jackie Flavelle - Double Bass
Diane McCullough - Fiddle
Emma Smith - Fiddle
Carrie Fleck - Fiddle
Gordon Ramsey - Flutes
Samuel Quirey - Flutes
Mark Ferguson - Fiddle
Melissa McCormick - Flugel Horn
Brian Ervine - Guest Vocalist

On July 1st 1916, the Battle of the Somme commenced and proved to be one of the most horrendous events of the First World War 1914-1918. The 36th Ulster Division alone lost 5,553 men during the first two days of the battle. This has had a major effect on the psyche of the people in the small province of Northern Ireland, to this very day.

In 2006, ninety years later, this recording tries to address the enormity and the futility of it all - not just for Northern Ireland, but for everyone, everywhere! The First World War was to be "the war to end all wars", no war will ever do that. All we can do is examine such atrocities as the Somme and try to understand it!

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