Unidad documental simple HSH-18739/1/259103 - Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 135 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded from Jack Devereux at his home [in Kilmore quay, Co. Wexford], 7 June 1982 [tracks 1–12]

Performers:
Devereux, Jack, singing in English Tracks 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, speech in English 2, 6, 9, 12;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 6, 9, 12

Running Order:
1. As soon as the maid heard this pleasant story [fragment], song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
2. Talk about the song ‘As soon as the maid heard this pleasant story’ and Jack Devereux mother’s singing, speech / Jack Devereux, speech in English ; Hugh Shields ; speech in English
3. As soon as the maid heard this pleasant story [fragment], song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
4. Sailing trade is a weary life, song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
5. Our barque lay far far from the land, song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
6. Talk about Wexford seamen who sang, and about the song ‘Our barque lay far far from the land’, speech / Jack Devereux, speech in English ; Hugh Shields ; speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Mary, weep no more for me (‘The moon had climbed the highest hill...’), song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
8. John Barden (‘John Barden, will you marry my daughter, he said...’) [fragment], song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
9. Talk about the preceding song ‘John Barden’ and following song ‘The Newry highwayman’, speech / Jack Devereux, speech in English ; Hugh Shields ; speech in English
10. The Newry highwayman (‘In Newry town I was bred and born...’) [fragment of 1 verse], song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
11. Bonny Betsy (‘There was a blind beggar a long time was blind...’), song / Jack Devereux, singing in English
12. Talk about the song ‘Bonny Betsy’, speech / Jack Devereux, speech in English ; Hugh Shields ; speech in English [session continued on 8202] [END OF BAND TWO]