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Performers:
Mercer, Paul, speech in English A1-9, singing in English A3, 6;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, incidental speech in English A2, 4, 7, 9
Running Order:
1. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'The Killago [?] soiree', song refers to people from St. John’s, e.g., Flipper Smith and Caroline] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Paul Mercer, speech in English
2. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'Who put the herring on the booze', taking the local paper to court] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
3. Who put the herring on the booze, song / Paul Mercer, singing in English, speech in English ; Johnny Burke, composer
4. Speech [local poets, the Poet’s Rest Tavern] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
5. Speech [Johnny Burke's play 'Cotton's patch' about Major Sydney Cotton] / Paul Mercer, speech in English
6. Cotton's patch [song from Cotton’s perspective, sung to the melody for ‘Betsy from Pike’], song / Paul Mercer, singing in English ; Johnny Burke, lyricist
7. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'The stoppage of water'] / [unidentified speaker] ; Paul Mercer, speech in English
8. The stoppage of water, recitation ; Speech [Burke as a humourist; selling Johnny Burke's ballads; The Regatta] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
9. Speech [the plays of Johnny Burke, political and sporting songs, composing songs quickly for money] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker] [END OF STEREO BANDS]
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Donated by Aidan O'Hara
Imported from Reeldubs July 2013
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Spoken information on tape ; See related ephemera ; Carton: `Paul Mercer on Johnny Burke / Paul Mercer on the / songs of Johnny Burke' [spine]
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- Béarla