Stuk HSH-18739/1/259016 - Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 31 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from "Mr X" (aged about 48), who wished at that time to remain anonymous, 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–11]

Performers:
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8–11, lilting Track 2, speech in English Tracks 4–5, 7

Running Order:
1. Barbry Ellen (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English [session continued from 6828]
2. [Silver spear], reel  / John Duggan, lilt
3. Patrick O’Donnell (‘Oh my name is Patrick O’Donnell, I come from Donegal...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
4.  (‘Ah sure God save us and bless us...’), story [clipped] / John Duggan, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. Story [continued] / John Duggan, speech in English 
6. [His heart’s delight] [=The holland handkerchief] (‘Oh there was a man who lived in this town...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English
7. Mummers’ rhymes / John Duggan, speech in English
8. God bless the master of this house, mummer’s song / John Duggan, singing in English
9. The Teelin boys (‘We got the news from Dublin for to hoist our sails tomorrow...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
10. Far away in the county of Galway, song [music hall type] / John Duggan, singing in English
11. Bold Robert Emmet (‘The struggle is over and the boys are defeated...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English [session continued on 6831] [END OF BAND TWO]