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Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing to become a piper; story about squabbling brothers; the test piece for pipers (the tune that follows); introduction to the next piece of music, which SE learned from his father]

Ennis, Seamus - speech in English and Irish
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin - speech in English and Irish

Reel: The Drunken Landlady

Ennis, Seamus

Speech: Untitled [Lore about competitions between musicians, which were based on repertoire; story about Henry Bohannon, who got the gift of music from the fairies – competition between him and another piper – wins the competition with The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige]

Ennis, Seamus
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin

Jig: The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige / The Lark in the Morning (incomplete; fades out) [END OF BAND ONE]

Ennis, Seamus, Dublin

Set Dance: A hAon is a Do na Piobaireachta / The Ace and Deuce of Piping [One of two versions of this tune that SE played; tonic note A]

Ennis, Seamus - pipes solo

Speech: Untitled [About the title of the piece of music that follows, The Shaskeen Reel; bo sheasc is a cow that is not giving milk, perhaps a barren cow; the word 'seaiscin' is the affectionate diminutive of the word 'seasc', referring to such a cow that is kept as a pet]

Ennis, Seamus
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin

Reel: The Shaskeen Reel

Ennis, Seamus

Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the theme of the story that follows; story about the hiring fairs, 'Don Nippery Septo'; story about the king of Greece who wanted to give his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could tell the longest story – the story without end; Ennis refers to the tune that follows as 'The Eternal Slide']

Ennis, Seamus
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin

Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta], Untitled

Ennis, Seamus, Dublin

Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide] with lilting by C Mac M

Ennis, Seamus, Dublin
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran - lilting