This is the Day (Christy Moore)

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This is the Day
Studio album by Christy Moore
Released	2001
Genre	Folk

This Is The Day is an album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2001.

It contains a tribute to Veronica Guerin, an Irish journalist who was murdered in 1996 by drug dealers. Moore also covers the song "Victor Jara", a tribute to the Chilean folk singer with lyric's by Adrian Mitchell and music by Arlo Guthrie.[1] The song makes reference to the brutal murder of Jara during the Chilean coup of 1973.

[edit] Track listing

1. "How Long"
2. "So Do I"
3. "Johnny Don't Go To Ballincollig"
4. "Veronica"
5. "Jack Doyle" (AKA "The Contender")
6. "Compañeros"
7. "Cry Like A Man"
8. "A Stitch In Time"
9. "Victor Jara"
10. "Scallcrows"
11. "The Pipers Path"