The Unicorn

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The Unicorn
The Unicorn cover
Studio album by The Irish Rovers
Released 1967
Genre Irish folk music
Length 30:06
Label MCA Records
The Irish Rovers chronology
The First Of The Irish Rovers
(1966)
The Unicorn
(1967)
All Hung Up
(1968)

The Unicorn is the second album by Irish folk music group The Irish Rovers.

The group is best known for their hit recording of Shel Silverstein's poem "The Unicorn"; which, despite having virtually nothing to do with Ireland nor Irish culture, is popular in Irish pubs all over Ireland to this day.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Unicorn – 3:18
  2. Bonnie Kellswater – 2:39
  3. The Orange And The Green – 2:37
  4. Hiring Fair – 2:28
  5. Bridgit Flynn – 1:58
  6. Come In – 1:46
  7. Goodbye Mrs. Durkin – 2:34
  8. Pat of Millingar – 2:34
  9. The Wind that Shakes the Corn – 3:03
  10. The First Love in Life – 2:50
  11. The Black Velvet Band – 3:43
The cover to the UK single release of "The Unicorn" on Decca
The cover to the UK single release of "The Unicorn" on Decca