Recorded from Joe Cooper (age about 65) and Mrs Nora Cooper at their house in Aughavilla, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 30 June 1968 [tracks 1–7]

Performers:
Mrs. Nora Cooper, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5
Mr. Joe Cooper (aged 65?), singing in English Tracks 3, 6-7, speech in English Track 6
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 6

Running Order:
1. My father’s servant boy (‘You lovers all both great and small, pay attention to my theme...’), song [false start, v.1-2, text recommences and is completed] / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English [session continued from 6805]
2. How pleasant sweet birdies (‘How pleasant sweet birdies to wake in the dawn...’), song [fragmented] / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
3. The wedding of Laghie M’Grath (‘Oh we had a terrible tear...’) / Joe Cooper, singing in English
4. The maid of the Mourne shore (‘Adieu green fields and flowery dales...’), song / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
5. The bonny green tree (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer’s evening...’), song / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
6. Talk about the song ; The Moygannon stream (‘I remember my young days, for younger I’ve been...’), speech ; song [words by Joe Cooper to the air of ‘The Muttonburn stream’] / Joe Cooper, speech in English, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in Engish
7. My father’s big turnip (‘There’s a thorn tree that grows by the Moygannon river...’), song [words by Joe Cooper to the air of ‘Teddy O’Neal’] / Joe Cooper, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in Main Street, Newcastle, Co. Down from Willie Burns of Ballykeel, Kilkeel, 24 July 1970 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of James Cunningham (‘wee Jim’), Long Stone, Annalong, Co. Down, 24 July 1970 [tracks 2–14]

Performers:
Burns, Willie, speech in English Track 1;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1, 9;
Cunningham, Eileen, singing in English Track 2;
Cunningham, Mary Ann, singing in English Tracks 2-7, 10-14, speech in English Track 9

Running Order:
1. Shouting herring (‘Mackereel a herring alive...’), street cry [see Notes] Willie Burns, speech in English [shouted] ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
2. They ask what makes the darkie weep, song [non-traditional] / Eileen Cunningham (daughter of Jim), singing in English
3. Look how those Belfast lights are shining, song / song [non-traditional], Mary Anne Cunningham (wife of of Jim, native of Newtownhamilton, Co. Armagh), singing in English
4. Willy Leonard (‘It was early this morning Willy Leonard arose...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
5. Johnny Varner (‘My name is Johnny Varner, I’m a carver of stone...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
6. Johnny Varner (fresh start) [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The factory girl (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer morning...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English (see Notes)
8. Lisburn lass (‘Come all ye boys [?] where’er you be...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
9. Talk about the song ‘The Lisburn lass’ and her mother and native place, speech / Mary Anne Cunningham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
10. The keeper of the game [= Captain Wedderburn's courtship (Child 46)] (‘As I went out one evening down by a narrow lane...’), song [fragment, learnt from Mrs Rose McCartin: see Notes] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
11. The keeper of the game (fresh start), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
12. The Union Jack below her apron (‘Mary was a servant girl for sweeping up the room...’), song [‘you see, that’s not a party song, mister’] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
13. Last night I dreamt that Paisley died (‘Last night I dreamt that Paisley died, although I didn’t care...’), song [air: The glens of Aherlow] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English 
14. Girls, when you’re young never wed an old man, song [unfinished] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English [session continued on 7003] [END OF BAND TWO]