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The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie

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  • 1987
  • 3:14
  • 104 BPM · D major

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  1. Recorded at Aigle Studios, also Caribbean Blue (Enya), Only Time (Enya) and Marble Halls (Enya)

  2. Produced by Dónal Lunny, also The Bonny Swans (Loreena McKennitt), A Man of Constant Sorrow (Sharon Shannon) and Her Mantle So Green (Sinéad O’Connor)

  3. Engineered by Dónal Lunny, also Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh, Tommy Peoples’ / Loch Altan / Danny Meehan’s and Ceol a’Phíobaire

  4. Released on Green Linnet, also Dúlamán (Song), On Horseback (Eileen Ivers) and Fosgail an Dorus / Nighean Bhuidh' Ruadh (Capercaillie)

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Produced by
Dónal Lunny
Performed by
Ciarán Curran, Dónal Lunny, Frankie Kennedy, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Mark Kelly
Engineered by
Dónal Lunny
Part of
The First Ten Years: 1986 / 1995
Recorded at
Aigle Studios
Released on
Green Linnet

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  1. 1MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Ciarán Curran

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Ciarán Curran

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  2. 2MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Dónal Lunny

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Dónal Lunny

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  3. 3MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Frankie Kennedy

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Frankie Kennedy

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  4. 4MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

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  5. 5MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Mark Kelly

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was performed by Mark Kelly

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was produced by Dónal Lunny

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was produced by Dónal Lunny

    MusicBrainz

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  7. 7MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie is part of the release The First Ten Years: 1986 / 1995

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie is part of the release The First Ten Years: 1986 / 1995

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was recorded at Aigle Studios

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was recorded at Aigle Studios

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Green Linnet is the label of the song The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie

    Green Linnet is the label of the song The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie

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  10. 10MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was engineered by Dónal Lunny

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was engineered by Dónal Lunny

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was released on 1987

    The Cat That Ate the Candle / Over the Water to Bessie was released on 1987

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