The Irish Rovers and the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem sing of leaving Ireland to go to America in Many Young Men of Twenty and The Leaving of Liverpool, respectively. Bill Staines tells of Going West to make a better life. The Carolina Chocolate Drops describe getting on the train to find a new town in Leaving Eden. Ed Miller tells of life in the new country in Living With the Exiles, and Willie Nelson looks at life through Immigrant Eyes.
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - 'LEAVING' PLAYLIST
1. Many Young Men of Twenty by The Irish Rover
2. Goodbye Mrs. Durkin by The Irish Rovers
3. The Leaving of Liverpool by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
4. Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love by The Kingston Trio
5. Leaving the Harbor by Nanci Griffith
6. Going to the West by Bill Staines
7. Leaving Eden by Carolina Chocolate Drops
8. They’re Leaving by Dave Clancy
9. At Home With the Exiles by Ed Miller
10. Caledonia by Dougie Maclean
11. From Clare to Here by Ralph McTell
12. Deportees by Cisco Houston
13. El Coyote by Guy Clark
14. Immigrant Eyes by Willie Nelson
