Item HSH-18739/1/259108 - Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 140 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded from Jimmy Butcher (youngest brother of Eddie, born 1913) at his house in Grange Park, Limavady, Co. Derry, 5 May 1983 [tracks 1–12]

Performers:
Butcher, Jimmy, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 7, 9, 11, speech in English Tracks 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12

Running Order:
1. The town I loved so well (‘In my memory I can always see the town that I have loved so well...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
2. Shamrock shore [=Edward O’Connor] (‘You lovers of this countery, attend for a short while...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘Shamrock shore’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Slieve Gallen braes (‘As I went a-walking one morning in May...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
5. Talk about the song ‘Slieve Gallen braes’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
6. Talk about the song ‘Alexander’ and a singer who sang it / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Alexander (‘Oh, don’t you know the reason, love...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
8. Talk about the song ‘Alexander’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
9. Strands of Magilligan (‘I’m a stranger to this country, from America I came...), song [learnt from Mary Somers (Mrs Osborne), see 6920] / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
10. Talk about the song ‘Strands of Magilligan’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
11. Poor Susan walked along the beach (‘Poor Susan walked along the beach that skirted Sligo shore...’), song
12. Talk about the song ‘Poor Susan walked along the beach’ [learnt from his brother Willy] / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]