Handful of Earth

Album by Dick Gaughan

Handful of Earth is an album by Scottish folk musician Dick Gaughan, released in 1981. The album is rooted in Scottish folk and acoustic traditions, with spare vocal and guitar arrangements alongside traditional folk instrumentation, and it was released as Gaughan moved from group projects into solo work in the early 1980s; the material mixes contemporary political songs with traditional repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Erin-Go-Bragh
    4:34
  2. 2.
    Now Westlin Winds
    4:40
  3. 3.
    Craigie Hill
    6:16
  4. 4.
    World Turned Upside Down
    2:52
  5. 5.
    The Snows They Melt the Soonest
    4:19
  6. 6.
    Lough Erne / First Kiss at Parting
    5:55
  7. 7.
    Scojun Waltz / Randers Hopsa
    4:11
  8. 8.
    Song for Ireland
    5:06
  9. 9.
    Workers' Song
    3:04
  10. 10.
    Both Sides the Tweed
    3:41

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