A Drop of the Hard Stuff

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A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Studio album by The Dubliners
Released	1967
Genre	Irish folk
Length	43:07
Label	Major Minor Records
The Dubliners chronology
Finnegan Wakes A Drop of the Hard Stuff More of the Hard Stuff

A Drop of the Hard Stuff is an album by The Dubliners. It was originally released in 1967 on Major Minor Records (SMLP3 and MMLP3). When it was reissued, it was renamed Seven Drunken Nights because the first track became a hit single. The album cover provides biographical sketches of the band line-up: Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan. Four of the songs are sympathetic to the IRA, but this was before "The Troubles" properly began in Ireland. "Limerick Rake" is sung unaccompanied. Most of the songs concern rogues and drinking. "Weila Waile" is a tragic murder ballad, sung with a certain jollity. The album reached number 5 in the album chart, and stayed in the charts for 41 weeks.

[edit] Track listing

All songs traditional.

1. "Seven Drunken Nights" – 3:43
2. "The Galway Races" – 3:17
3. "The Old Alarm Clock" – 1:56
4. "Colonel Fraser & O'Rourke's Reel" (instrumental) – 2:36
5. "The Rising of the Moon" – 2:36
6. "McCafferty" – 2:26
7. "I'm a Rover" – 4:49
8. "Weila Waile" – 3:25
9. "The Travelling People" – 3:50
10. "Limerick Rake" – 3:10
11. "Zoological Gardens" – 2:09
12. "The Fairmoye Lasses and Sporting Paddy" (instrumental) – 1:55
13. "The Black Velvet Band" – 4:26
14. "Poor Paddy on the Railway" – 2:49