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Recorded from William (Bill) Quigley (age about 65) and his wife Tilly (age about 60), at their house in Bellarena, Limavady, Co. Derry, 18 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 18 July 1969 [track 4]
Creation Date:
18 July 1969

Performers:
Quigley, Mrs. Tilly, singing in English Tracks 1-2;
Quigley, Bill, singing in English Track 3;
Butcher, Edward, singing in EnglishTrack 4

Running Order:
1. The dark-eyed gypsy [=The gypsy laddie] (‘Oh, there were three gypsies, they lived in the East...’), song [take one] / Mrs Tilly Quigley [née Carr, elder sister of Mrs Grace Butcher, age about 60], singing in English [session continued from 6808]
2. The dark-eyed gypsy, song [take two: better rendition] / Mrs Tilly Quigley, singing in English
3. India’s burning sands [‘Oh [in] blithe and bonny fair Scotland where bluebells there do grow...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English [end of session]
4. The winning of the graveyard (‘You Catholics of Magilligan, like brothers every one...’), song [clipped, incomplete] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6911]

Recorded from John Fleming (age about 40) in Brolly’s bar, Myroe, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded at the house of Robert (Bob) McCurry (age 69), Carrowmens, Myroe, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [track 4]

Performers:
Fleming, John, singing in English Tracks 1-3, speech in English Track 4;
McCurry, Robt. (Bob), speech in English Track 4;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 4;
Butcher, Eddie, speech in English Track 4

Running Order:
1. Moville along the Foyle (‘Oh there was a pleasant spot I knew when I was just a boy...’), song [air: Old lang syne] / John Fleming, singing in English [session continued from 6912]
2. Canada-i-o ( ‘It’s of a merchant’s daughter, she had been in her prime of years...’), song  / John Fleming, singing in English
3. Greencastle shore (‘From Derry quay we sailed away all on the eighth of May...’), song  / John Fleming, singing in English [end of session]
4. Account by Bob McCurry of his great-uncle Jimmy McCurry, the blind fiddler, speech [unfinished but continued on 6914] / Bob McCurry, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; John Fleming, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]