So Many Partings is the third album by Silly Wizard, originally released in 1980 (Highway SHY 7010 / Shanachie 79016), and re-released on CD in 1990 by Shanachie Records. The cover features a gatefold painting of the Highland Clearances.
A Scarce O'Tatties /Lyndhurst. "A Scarce O'Tatties" is a jig by Norman MacLean, and seems to be based on the traditional Scottish song "The Banks of the Devon," for which Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote lyrics. [1]
The Valley of Strathmore - Silly Wizard, Stewart, A.M.
Bridget O'Malley - Silly Wizard, Traditional
A.A. Cameron's Strathspey/Mrs. Martha Knowles (Phil Cunningham)/The Pitnacree Ferryman/ The New Shillin'- Silly Wizard, Cunningham, Phil [1
Donald McGillavry/O'Neill's Cavalry March - Silly Wizard
The Highland Clearances - Silly Wizard, Stewart, Andy [1]
Miss Catherine Brosnan - Silly Wizard, Cunningham, Phil
Wi' My Dog and Gun - Silly Wizard
Miss Shepherd (Skinner)/Sweeney's Buttermilk/McGlinchey's Reels. The last of these pieces--also known as "Splendid Isolation"--was written by Brendan McGlinchey, fiddler from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, who won the All-Ireland fiddle championship at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 1962.
