''Across the Broad Atlantic'' is the eighth album by

Irish folk Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there w ...

and rebel band

The Wolfe Tones The Wolfe Tones are an Irish rebel music band that incorporate Irish traditional music in their songs. Formed in 1963, they take their name from Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the double meaning of ...

. The album features songs about Irish emigration to the

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Track list

# The Rambling Irishman # Paddy on the Railway # The Great Hunger # Many Young Men of Twenty # Sweet Tralee # Shores of America # A Dream of Liberty # Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore # Goodbye Mick #

Spancil Hill ''Spancil Hill'', or in original spelling Spancilhill, is a traditional Irish folk ballad composed by Michael Considine (1850–73), who was born in Spancil Hill and migrated to the US. It bemoans the plight of the Irish emigrants who so longed ...

The Fighting 69th ''The Fighting 69th'' is a 1940 American war film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent. The plot is based upon the actual exploits of New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment during World War I. The regiment was given that nickna ...

# The Boston Burglar # Farewell to Dublin The Wolfe Tones albums 1976 albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub