Canada: Singing in English

Running Order:
1. Irish Paddy, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. The green linnet, song / John Joe English, singing in English
3. If Jack were only here [My mother was a lady], song ; Speech [singers] / John Joe English, singing in English
4. Seven years I loved a sailor [interrupted], song / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Barbara Allen, song [end clipped] / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Barbara Allen, song [continued] / John Joe English, singing in English
7. The leaving of old Ireland [Leaving of Liverpool], song / John Joe English, singing in English
8. Still my heart beats for Maggie, song ; Speech [learning songs, songs that he’s forgotten] / John Joe English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 97 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 7

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09-Jan-77

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Speech [penicillin arriving, humorous story, milking, his mother being ill, hemp nets for fishing, his mother dying, leaving Branch for Montreal, practising songs with Mrs MacDonald] ; [untitled], song [fragment] / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 97 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 6

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09-Jan-77

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Speech [the local school master Mr. Sullivan and his son Dinny Sullivan who composed sons, song fragments, Lucy Foley, being 'shipped' (hired out as farm labour), others who were 'shipped' from St John's, women’s and men’ s jobs] / John Joe English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 97 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 5

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09-Jan-77

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Speech [fishing and carpentry, his father was a carpenter and fisherman, building a motorboat] / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 97 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 4

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09-Jan-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Speech [finishing school aged eleven, Brian O'Lynn, learning about Ireland] ; Father O'Flynn, song / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 97 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 3

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09-Jan-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Speech [crossing the Gut by ferry, fishing as a young boy of eleven with his uncle] ; The old leather britches, song / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English

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