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- 24 July 1970 ; 28 July 1970 ; 30 July 1970 (Creation)
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Recorded in the house of James Cunningham (‘wee Jim’), Long Stone, Annalong, Co. Down, 24 July 1970 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded in the house of Charles McKibben (aged about 70), Annalong, Co. Down, 28 July 1970 [tracks 6–11]
Recorded in the house of William Haughton Crowe, Rostrevor, Co. Down, 30 July 1973 [track 12]
Performers:
Cunningham, Eileen, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5
Cunningham, Mary Ann, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5, speech in English Track 3;
McKibben, Chas, speech in English Track 6, singing in English Tracks 7-11;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 12;
Haughton, William, speech in English Track 12
Running Order:
1. Girls, when you’re young (‘An old man came courting me, Hey ding doorum day...’), song [learnt from radio or gramophone ?] / Eileen Cunningham (daughter of Jim), singing in English ; Mrs Mary Ann Cunningham (wife of Jim), singing in English [helping] [session continued from 7002]
2. The maid of Mourne Shore (‘Fare you well to Walmsley’s shady groves and her woods and her valleys green...’), song / Mary Ann Cunningham, singing in English ; / Eileen Cunningham, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘The maid of Mourne Shore’ / Mary Ann Cunningham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Rocking the baby to sleep (‘She is just forty-five and a tidy wee wife...’), song / Mary Ann Cunningham, singing in English
5. The bonny Irish boy (‘His name I love to mention, in Ireland he was born, song [air: cf, Banks of Claudy] [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Talk about new year customs / Charles McKibben, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
7. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘Sure I’ll sing you a song of a town of great fame...’), song / Charles McKibben, singing in English
8. Rathfriland on the hill (‘Sure if I was in Rathfriland now I’d call myself at home...’), song [fragment] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
9. The Annalong Volunteers (‘Oh you may talk about your Ballymartin boys...’), song [date 1913 or after, fragment, air: South Down militia] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
10. Queenstown (‘Will you give me your beautiful harbours...’), song [fragment] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
11. I was always light-hearted and airy, song [fragment, untraditional] ; talk about the song / Charles McKibben, singing in English, speech in English [end of session]
12. Story of the song ‘The maid of Mourne Shore’, speech / William Haughton Crowe, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]
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Alternative Identifier: HS 7003
Notes:
The title of the DAT(s) was altered from the old title (DCS) to the new title (ITMA-REEL/DAT) using different numbers in order to establish consistency in the titling of DAT copies of reel-to-reel tapes, Niall Hackett, 2010
Imported from Reeldubs July 2013
Technical Notes:
1085-ITMA-REEL = HS 7003
1/4" tape @ 7 1/2ips
2 bands, standard procedure
5" circular soft plastic case
5" BASF spool
Documentation:
Typed indexes provided by Hugh Shields, see related documentation
Carton: `70/ / --3 / SONGS, Annalog, co. Down / SPEECH, Rostrevor, co. Down / MASTER' ; Spool: `MASTER 70/3'
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- English