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Episode Notes
New Writing:
My Mother and Daniel J Travanti by Tim Carey
Hankie Swanky by Mary Dowey
The Golden Fleece by Geraldine Mitchell
She Read as She Cradled, a poem by Lemn Sissay
You Can Borrow It by Andrew Meehan
And
A Different Kind of Mother's Day by Nollaig Rowan
Music:
The theme from Hill Street Blues, composed by Mike Post;
The Star of the County Down, by Van Morrison and the Chieftains;
The Spinning Wheel, a ballad by John Francis Waller made famous by Delia Murphy – this version was sung by Nana Mouskouri;
Seobá Mo Leanbh (Shush My Baby), by Caitríona O’Leary and Dúlra;
and
Schubert’s Serenade, played by Julian Lloyd Webber on cello and John Lenehan on piano