Item HSH-18739/1/259006 - Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 21 [sound recording] / Alec Foster

Recorded in his house in Belfast from Alec Foster (aged 87), who learned most of his songs around 1900 in the Birdstown Glen, Inishowen, Co. Donegal, 13 October 1968 [tracks 1–7]

Performer:
Alec Foster (aged 87), singing in English Tracks 1–7

Running Order:
1. Down the moor (‘As I roved out one morn in May, it being fine summer weather...’), song [learnt from his father] / Alec Foster, singing in English
2. I had a wee duck (‘I had a wee duck when I lived in Drummuck...’), song [learnt from his father, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
3. The town of Anterim (‘It was in the town of Anterim near to the river Bann...’), song [learnt from Artie Gilmour, actor and singer in Belfast around 1918] / Alec Foster, singing in English
4. A nobleman’s fair daughter (‘A nobleman’s fair daughter come walking down yon lane...’), song [learnt from his uncle Andrew Foster in Birdstown, Inishowen] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. The ‘Saldanha’ (‘Come all you gallant seamen bold and listen to my song...’), song / Alec Foster, singing in English
6. Roll me from the wall (‘When I was young and in my prime...’), song [from Fanad, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
7. [=The keach in the creel] (‘How can I get to your chamber love? ...’), song [learnt from Dan Harkin, born c. 1890] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]