Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English 1–8

Running Order:
1. Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’), song [sung to the air of ‘The Irish washerwoman’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. For my daddy goes to Meeting, song [fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. To my grief and woe I’ll let you know, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. ’Tween Tory Island and Malin Head, song [two-line fragment, sung to the air he uses for ‘The Royal Charter’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. On the top of yon heathery mountain, song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Abeen a’ the airts the wind does blaw, song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English )
7. Mary O’ Neill (‘I am a bold undaunted youth, my name is John M’Cann...’) , song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. John Gainor (‘Assist me now you poets for I’m resolved to show it...’), song [one-verse fragment of which the last two lines are merely lilted] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, lilt [END OF BAND ONE] 

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–5

Running Order:
1. The ‘Trader’ (‘Oh come all you gallant seamen bold, now listen here a while to me...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The hills of Glenshee (‘As I went a-walking the heather was blooming...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. It’s of a row to you I’ll show, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. It’s of a row I’ll tell to you (‘It’s of a row I’ll tell to you between a woman and a man...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘As I roved out one evening to have a bit of a walk...’), song [sung to the airs of ‘Phil the fluter’s ball’, and ‘The old plaid shawl’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE

Recorded from Eddie Butcher out of doors at Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow, 8 July 1968 [tracks 9–10]
Recorded from Eddie and Grace Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8, 11–15]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, lilting Tracks 1, 3, singing in English Tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–14, speech in English Tracks 6, 15;
Grace Butcher, singing in English Tracks 4, 13, speech in English Track 8

Running Order:
1. Minnie Picken on the shore ; Jane NcNeill’s in love with me ; The keel row, highlands ; lilt / Eddie Butcher, lilt, singing in English
2. Lanigan’s ball, song ; lilt / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, lilt
3. Irish washerwoman ; Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’), jig ; song [to the same air] / Eddie Butcher, lilt, singing in English
4. In and out the windows, game song / Mrs Grace Butcher, singing in English
5. My lovely Irish rose (‘A winding river winds its way close by an Irish shore...)’, song [two-verse fragment]
6. Saturday night is Halloweve night [as learnt from his mother when about 7 years old]; story ; song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English, singing in English 
7. The wee dog Buff (‘I have a wee dog and I called him Buff...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English,
8. Mrs Mason broke her basin, rhyme / Mrs Grace Butcher, speech in English
9. Alexander [=Alexandra: Eddie’s title] (‘Oh don’t you know the reason love, this night that I came here...’), song [learnt from his father] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. The gold that honour wins [Eddie’s title] (‘Oh from boyhood’s days I’ve passed away...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Johnny Doyle (‘It happenéd to be on a Saturday night...’), song [fragments] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. Rocks of Bawn (‘Arise up lovely Sweeney and give your horse some hay...’), song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. The heights of Alma (‘All night we lay on the cold ground...’), song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. The bonny green tree (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer’s morning...’), song [fragments, recalled jointly] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, Mrs Grace Butcher, singing in English
15. The man and his mare, story ; explanation that his songs can be altered (and disimproved) by people who try to sing them, to such an extent that he doesn’t recognise them when he hears them] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–5

Running Order:
1. The Shamrock Shore [Edward Conors] (‘Oh come all you loyal lovers, give ear all for a while...’) [complete version], song  / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The jacket so blue (‘A ship crew of sailors, as soon you will hear...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. I love my love far better (sung to the air of ‘The minstrel boy’)
4. Easy gaan Tam (‘I’m a canny Scotch steel, to this country I came...’) [incomplete?], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Benevenagh surrounded in snow , song [Fragment of literary style, sung to the air of ‘Oh the marriage, the marriage’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]  

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1 –10 July, 1968 [tracks 1–3]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–3

Running Order:
1. The English harvest [=Irish harvest-men's triumph] (‘Come all your true-bred Irishmen that is intent to roam...’), song   [singer starts again] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Johnny my man (‘Johnny my man, do you not think of rising?...’) / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The Shamrock Shore [‘Edward Conor’] (‘Oh come all you loyal lovers, give ear all for a while...’), song [incomplete: for complete text see 6813] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–5]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–5

Running Order:
1. I’ll climb up a high, high tree (‘As I roved out on a May morning for to hear true lovers talk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Seventeen on Sunday (‘As I roved out one fine summer’s night when the moon was shining clearly...’), song  [complete text, orally derived] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Burns and his Highland Mary (‘Oh in green Caledonia there ne’er were two lovers...’), song  / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. The Bureau (‘Oh come all you gay people, I pray pay attention...’) , song [words by  Eddie Butcher, to the air of ‘Teddy O’Neal’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The burning of Downhill (‘We then proceeded up the hill for to view the landscape o’er...’), song [fragment of a local song, to the air of ‘Flower of sweet Strabane’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–2]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–2

Running Order:
1. The banks of Newfoundland (‘Oh sure they may bless their happy lot that lie serene on shore...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English
2. David’s flowery vale [=Young McCance] [=Drummond’s land] (‘It was down by David’s flowery vale...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–8

Running Order:
1. The Mason word (‘You men and maids, I pray attend and listen to me a while...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Kitty of Ballinamore (‘When I was young I was fond of fun like many’s a roving lad...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Farewell to Kilnood (‘And on the twelfth day of July...’), song [fragment of an Orange ballad], Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. On the twelfth day of July (‘It being on the twelfth day of July in the year of ’89...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The battle of Garvagh (‘Captain Dooey says, My boys...’), song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. The Boyne water song (‘Up come the Pope with a shamrock in his coat...’), song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. Dandy McCloskey (‘You ancient sons of Cumberland and offsprings of old Erin...’), song [to the air of ‘Boyne Water’], Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. My Jamie Lee (‘On a hill in bonny Scotland stood a soldier...’), song [music hall, clipped at end of tape] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-17, speech in English Track 3;
Frank Harte, speech in English Track 1

Running Order:
1. It’s just about ten years ago, song [recording level reduced half-way] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, Frank Harte, speech in English
2. I long for to get married, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The fancy man (‘There was a man one time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
4. Oh come all you rakish fine young men (‘Oh come all you rakish fine young men that courts a blooming maid...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. In Connaught I was reared [= The Sheffield apprentice] (‘In Connaught I was reared not of a mean degree...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Pat Reilly [=Johnny Goligher] (‘As I went a-walking...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The crockery ware (‘Oh this young man all in the dark...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. The farmer’s daughter (‘Oh there were a farmer’s daughter, she longèd for a baby...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]...
9. Youghal harbour (‘Ah, Youghal harbour on a summer’s morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Oh, the Germans are coming to Ireland, they say, song [1914 song to the air of ‘Green bushes’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. The old Orange flute (‘In the county Tyrone near the town of Dungannon...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. Erin’s lovely home (‘My father sold the second cow...’), song [verse 3 only]/ Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. Baltimore (‘Oh come all you loyal lovers give ear all for a while...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. The Faughan side (‘A stream like crystal it runs down...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
16. When the storm swept the countryside, song [local recent song to the air ‘Macnamara’s band’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. When the storm swept the countryside, song [take two] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued on 6602] [end of band two]...

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Our wedding day (‘Oh I once had a sweetheart and I loved her well...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6601]
2. Green grows the laurel (‘Once I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The Arranmore disaster (‘Good people dear, pray] lend an ear, I’ll tell yous one and all...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Erin’s green shore (‘Oh, one evening of late as I strayed by the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Oh the marriage (‘It’s oh, that I ever was married...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]
6. It’s of a row I’ll tell you now, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The Longfield Bank (‘On a dull October morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English 
8. The Longfield Bank song [a further verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [end of band two]