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Performers:
Coombes, Agnes, recitation in English A1, speech in English;
Sheehan, Ned, speech in English A2;
Curtis, Olive, singing in English A3, 6, speech in English A3, B1;
Curtis, Lenora, singing in English A4-6, speech in English A4-6, B1;
White, Fred, singing in English B2-3, speech in English B2-3;
Power, Anthony, singing in English B5, 8-10, speech in English B6, 8,;
Campbell, Gerald, singing in English B4, 7, 11-12;
[Roche ?], Derm, speech in English B13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Untitled, recitation / Agnes Coombes, speech in English ; composed by Brid Coombes
2. Speech [talk about the first Sheehan's to come over from Thomastown, Kilkenny] / Ned Sheehan, speech in English ; [unidentified speakers]
3. Barbara Allen, song / Olive Curtis, singing in English, speech in English
4. The cold iron door, song / Lenora Curtis, singing in English, speech in English ; composed by Hank Snow
5. The bean crock, song / Lenora Curtis, singing in English, speech in English
6. Untitled (unfinished), song / Olive Curtis, singing in English ; Lenora Curtis, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech [describe the lyrics to a song for which she’s forgotten the air] / Lenora Curtis, speech in English
8. My old brown coat and me, song / Fred White, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified guitar]
9. A daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Fred White, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified guitar]
10. A daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
11. Young Charlotte, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
12. Speech [story about a hare and a trapper] / Anthony Power, speech in English
13. A daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
14. The maid with a tail, song / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
15. The valley of Kilbride, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
16. Someone has been there before, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
17. The barque in the harbour, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
18. The cold iron door / Gerald Campbell, singing in English ; composed by Hank Snow
19. Speech [talk about fishing and hunting in Branch and surrounding areas, modernization of the fishing industry, building the North Harbour Road through Branch, development in the area] / Dermot [Roche], speech in English ; [unidentified accordion in background] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
English, John Joe, speech in English throughout, singing in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Lord Bateman, song ; speech [song origins: ‘I heard it at home first in Branch from Josie Roche, son of the man that had it, Patrick Roche. Josie died afterwards up in New York.’] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
2. Come all ye seamen bold, song / John Joe English, singing in English
3. Down on Erin's wild shore, song ; speech [reciting lyrics] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
4. The dark-eyed sailor, song / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Speech [words for 'The Fanny Wright', origins for the ‘Dark-eyed sailor’] / John Joe English, speech in English
6. Andy Rose, the British sailor, song / John Joe English, singing in English[END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech [some words for 'The schooner Annie'] / John Joe English, speech in English
8. Killarney, song ; speech [recites the words of ‘The bonny boy’] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
9. Give me a home by the sea, song / John Joe English, singing in English ; composed by E. A. Hosmer
10. Speech [words for 'Gathering up the shells', song books, talk about fixing the local church organ] ; Gathering up the shells, song / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
11. Sweet silver light of the moon, song ; speech [song origins] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
12. Sister Sarah (The dewy dells of Yarrow), song ; speech [song origins] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
13. One side of Galway town, song / John Joe English, singing in English
14. Speech [talk about people who came over from Ireland, Davy Power from Ireland, farming, cattle droving on the Cape Shore, fishing] / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Brennan, Carrie, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A1-6

Running Order:
1. Speech [occasions for singing] ; Man with six wives, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
2. The old leather britches, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
3. Cot on the hill, song ; speech [song origins] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
4. Jolly tinker, song ; speech / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
5. Bengen on the Rhine, song ; speech / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
6. Erin far away, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Performers:
Whelan, Calvin, singing in English A1-2;
Taylor, Mary Grace, singing in English A3-12

Running Order:
1. A fishy story, song / Calvin Whelan, singing in English, composer
2. A girl came here from Lance au Clair, song / Clyde Williams, singing in English
3. Forester's Point water supply, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English, composwer
4. Blue jacket and white trousers, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
5. The sailor and the lady, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
6. Stewart Taylor's pay cheque, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English, composer
7. My thoughts, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English, composer
8. The old cottage door, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
9. Clementine, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
10. A lovely spot in Ireland, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
11. Coppers into silver, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
12. The blue velvet band, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Taylor, Mary Grace, singing in English A1-2;
Snow, [Lennel ?] B, singing in English A3 with banjo;
Sheppard, Reuben, speech in English A6, 8, singing in English A7;
Spurrell, Walt, speech in English A6, 8

Running Order:
1. Home sweet home, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
2. Cowboy Jack, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
3. The great lobster boil, song / [Lennel B. Snow], singing in English, banjo, composer
4. Rainbow of peace, song / [Lennel B. Snow], singing in English, banjo, composer
5. Come home year / [Lennel B. Snow], singing in English, banjo, composer
6. Speech [talk 'The Harbour Grace affray' and other songs about Catholic/Protestant tensions in Newfoundland] / Reuben Sheppard, speech in English ; Walt Spurrel, speech in English
7. The Harbour Grace affray, song / Reuben Sheppard, singing in English
8. Speech [talk about ‘The Harbour Grace affray’] ; Untitled (fragment), song / Reuben Sheppard, speech in English ; Walt Spurell, singing in English, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Spurrell, Walter, speech in English A1-5, singing in English A1-2, 4-5;
Sheppard, Reuben, speech in English A1-5, singing in English A3;
Short, Andy, speech in English A6-7, singing in English A6-7, recitation in English A8;
Shute, Mrs William, speech in English A9;
Shute, Mr William, speech in English A10

Running Order:
1. The star of Logy Bay, song ; speech [song origins] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, singing in English, speech in English
2. Scotch lassie, song ; speech [song origins, learning songs] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, speech in English
3. Ye landsmen and ye seamen bold, song ; speech / Reuben Sheppard, singing in English, speech in English ; Walter Spurrell, speech in English
4. The Knoxville girl, song ; speech [song origins] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, speech in English
5. Jimmy and Nancy (fragment), song ; speech [recite some of the words from the ‘Bold Sailor’] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, speech in English
6. Speech [song origins, learned it from Con Hogan of Leonard’s Cove, singing in concerts] ; Twenty years ago, song / Andy Short, singing in English, speech in English
7. London City, song / Andy Short, singing in English, speech in English
8. The best thing in life, recitation / Andy Short, speech in English
9. Speech [places/times for singing, music for dances, words to the song 'Willie and Mary'] ; Willie and Mary (fragment), song / Mrs. William Shute, singing in English, speech in English
10. Speech [story about the devil in the chicken house, story about the lost horse] / William Shute, speech in English (continued on Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 20, 877a-ITMA-REEL/CDR TRACK 1) [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Shute, Mr William, speech in English A1-4;
Shute, Mrs William, speech in English A1-2;
[Hearn ?], Mrs Kitty, speech in English A5, singing in English A6;
Snow, Mrs Elizabeth, speech in English A7, recitation in English A8

Running Order:
1. Speech [story about the lost horse] / William Shute, speech in English (continuation from Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 19, 876a-ITMA-REEL/CDR TRACK 10)
2. Speech [talk about fairies] / William Shute, speech in English ; Mrs. William Shute, speech in English
3. Speech [talk about being shipwrecked around Labrador] / William Shute, speech in English
4. Speech [talk about working whaling] / William Shute, speech in English
5. Speech [talk about learning songs] / Kitty [Hearn ?], speech in English
6. When the bees are in their hive, song / Kitty [Hearn ?], singing in English
7. Speech [talk about writing poetry] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
8. Going to church, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
9. Speech ; St Paul sale, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Best, Anita, speech in English A1-4, singing in English A2, 4

Running Order:
1. Speech [describes her collecting in the Placentia Bay area, especially the work of songwriter and dancer Peter Leonard, recites verse of Jim Harris, local songs] / Anita Best, speech in English
2. Tobacco, song ; speech [source is Pious Power] / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English ; Peter Leonard, composer
3. Speech [Child songs, broadsheet songs, and local songs heard in the area] / Anita Best, speech in English
4. Jim Harris, song / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Judge, Patsy, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A1-4, lilting A1-2;
Judge, Bride, speech in English A1-2

Running Order:
1. Speech [cheek/gob music for lilting ; types of dances] ; There was an old woman, reel ; Tatter Jack Walsh, double jig ; All the way to Connickmore, single ; Haste to the wedding, double jig ; The girl I left behind me, single ; Untitled, lilting / Patsy Judge, speech in English, singing in English, lilting ; Bride Judge, speech in English (duplicate version. Full conversation available track 1, Aidan O'Hara Collection, Reel-to-reel 895a-ITMA-REEL/CDR)
2. Speech [parts of dances: (1) first part, required a single, (2) the advance, danced to a single, (3) form the line, danced to a double, (4) chain, danced to a single, (5) close in, (6) round the house, always danced to Pop goes the weasel ; Pop Goes the Weasel, song ; speech [reels were really difficult and only a few people able to do the cheek music for a reel] ; Green grow the rushes-o, reel / Patsy Judge, speech in English, singing in English, lilting ; Bride Judge, speech in English, singing in English
3. The fair Fanny Moore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
4. Three long hours before day (The false knight), song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
5. Speech [Patsy talks about where the songs came from—Argentia was great for songs. Argentia was a centre for bootlegging. Patsy mentions that everyone would have to sing at a session. He said he never had any trouble learning a song. He said that when he was a child, he always wanted to be with the old people listening to them and that’s how he learned the songs] / Patsy Judge, speech in English
6. Speech [Christmas rhymes and mummering. Patsy lists the characters of the Mummers’ play. He describes the occasion. Humorous happenings] / Patsy Judge, speech in English (continued on track 1, Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 30, 888a-ITMA-REEL/CDR) [END OF STEREO BANDS]