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The Shearing

from Back to our Roots by IONA

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This song tells how a young shearer's fancy turns to thoughts of love. We had performed this for several years before we realized that it referred to the shearing of corn (not sheep)!

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from Back to our Roots, released September 30, 1992
Barbara Ryan: Vocals, Guitar
Bernard Argent: Wooden Flute, Backup Vocals.
Diana McFadden: Cello

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IONA Washington, D.C.

IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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