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Recorded in Andrew Early's lounge bar, Leabgarrow, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1977 [tracks1–19]
Recorded in Andrew Early's sitting room, Leabgarrow, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1977 evening [tracks 20–26]
Recorded in the house of Charlie Rua Coll, age 93, Ballintra, Arranmore, 31 July 1977 [session copied from cassette 7701, spoiled by hum] [tracks 27–35]

Performers:
?, Condy, accordion solo Tracks 1-4;
Boner, Packy, accordion solo Tracks 5-8, 10, 12, 14-16, speech in English Tracks 9, 11, A16, lilting Track 17;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 9, 11, 16, 20, 26, 30, 33, 35;
Molloy, Mick, speech in English Tracks 10, 13, 19, singing in English Tracks 13, 18;
Early, Andrew, speech in English Tracks 20, 22, 26, 28, singing in Irish Tracks 21, singing in English Tracks 23-25;
Coll, Charlie Ruaidh, singing in English Tracks 27, 29, 34, speech in English Tracks 28, 30, 33 35;
Mary née McColl, singing in Irish, singing in English Track 31, speech in English Tracks 32-33

Running Order:
1. The cock of the North, slide / Condy, accordion solo [continuation of 7706]
2. Popular air, / Condy, accordion solo
3. Father Murphy, air / Condy, accordion solo
4. Undentified reel, / Condy, accordion solo
5. An chrubach i dToraigh / Packy Boner, accordion solo
6. The Shamrock Shore / Packy Boner, accordion solo ; Condy, singing in English
7. Unidentified marches / Packy Boner, accordion solo
8. Glendoon Highland, / Packy Boner, accordion solo
9. Talk about the tune ‘Glendoon Highland’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Packy Boner, speech in English
10. Miss [Mrs.] Drummonds of Perth, jig / Packy Boner, accordion solo
11. Talk about the jig ‘Miss/Mrs. Drummonds of Perth’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Packy Boner, speech in English ; Mick Molloy, speech in English
12. Westering home, waltz / Packy Boner, accordion
13. We started with George Wimpy (‘Sure we’re back in old Ireland in the County Mayo...’), recitation [fragment] and song / Mick Molloy, speech in English, singing in English
14. Father Murphy, air / Packy Boner, accordion solo
15. The Londonderry hornpipe / Packy Boner, accordion solo
16. All the ways to go, jig and talk about it, speech / Packy Boner, accordion solo, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. All the ways to go, jig / Packy Boner, lilt
18. Football song / Mick Molloy, singing in English
19. 1967 The European Cup (‘Eleven men they hammered until Gemmell found the crack...’), recitation / Mick Molloy, speech in English [end of session]
20. Introduction to the song ‘Tá crioth ar mo chroí’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Andrew Early, speech in English
21. Tá crioth ar mo chroí (‘.........nach gneasoinn go deo [?]...’), song / Andrew Early, singing in Irish
22. The lonely Jersey bull (‘I was born in far-off Canada where prairies do abound...’) , recitation song [learnt by AE in America from the composer, Pete Sweeney, from whom he also learned Irish] / Andrew Early, singing in Irish, speech in English
23. The Lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married, on a marriage bed I lay...’), song (clipped) [learnt from the well-known ‘Róise na namhrán’, Mrs Green, Scraigathoke, Arranmore] / Andrew Early, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
24. The lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married and lay on a marriage bed...’) (complete) / Andrew Early, singing in English
25. The lonely Jersey bull, song / Andrew Early, singing in English
26. Talk about the song ‘The lonely Jersey bull’, speech / Andrew Early, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
27. The loyal lover (‘Come all you loyal lovers, wherever you may be...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
28. Talk about the song ‘The loyal lover’, speech [copied from 7701 cassette]] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English [copied from 7701 cassette]
29. Caroline of Edinburgh town (‘Come all you loyal lovers and come listen to my rhyme...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
30. Talk about the song ‘Caroline of Edinburgh town, speech [copied from 7701 cassette] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English ; Mary née McColl [?], speech in English
31. The words of the bilingual song ‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh’ (‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh ‘s an grian ag gabháil a luí...’), song [session copied from 7701 cassette / Mary née McColl [Charlie’s daughter], singing in Irish, singing in English
32. Trathnóna álainn samhraidh [fragment], and talk, song ; speech / Mary née McColl, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
33. Talk about the song ‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh’ and local matters, speech [copied from 7701 cassette]/ Mary née McColl, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English
34. Erin’s green shore (‘ [One evening] of late as I strayed on the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
35. Talk about the song ‘Erin’s green shore’, speech [copied from 7701 cassette] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English [end of the session copied from 7701 cassette. Original tape has recording here of middle C on the Orion cassette machine used for HS 7701 from which this session was copied] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Miss Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’, 74 years), Bunglass Road, Teelin, Co. Donegal, 18 September 1968

Performers:
Mary Byrne, singing in Irish Tracks 1–4, 11, singing in English Tracks 8, 10, lilting Track 9;
Mrs Mary Cassidy, singing in English Tracks 5, 7, singing in Irish Tracks 6–7

Running Order:
1. An sean-duine dóite (‘Dá bhfuighfeadh an sean-duine an úsáid ba chóir dó...’), song / Miss Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’,  74 years), singing in Irish
2. Bríd bhán (‘Ní thaaitneann liom-sa an sliabh...’), song [fragment] /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in Irish
3. Bríd bhán, song [fragment] /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in Irish 
4. Bríd bhán, song [complete] /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in Irish
5. She left the fair shores (‘She left the fair shores of her own native Ireland...’), song / Mrs Mary Cassidy (née Haughey, age about 54), singing in English
6. Is trua gan mé thiar ag Eóinín Ó Ragadáin, song [fragments—for complete version by her mother see  6833 track A6] / Mrs Mary Cassidy, singing in Irish
7. Rock a bye baby on the tree top ; seo ba, seo ba, seo ba , mo leanbh [fragment], lullabies [to  air  of ‘Rocking the cradle’] /  Mary Cassidy, singing in English, singing in Irish
8. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one evening it being in the month of June...’), song  /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in English
9. Sidhe piper’s tune, reel  /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), lilt
10. Lough Swilly shore (‘Farewell, friends, I’m going to leave you...’) /  Mary Cassidy, singing in English
11. A chaora bheag dhílis, song [from school] /  Mary Cassidy, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of his brother John Butcher, Drumavally, Magilligan, 17 July 1969 [track 1]
Recorded from Magilligan children in the house of Eddie Butcher , Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [tracks 2–18]

Performers:
Butcher, Edward, singing in English Track1;
McDaid, Jacqueline, singing in English Tracks 4, 10-15, 17;
Fleming, Ann, speech in English Tracks 2-3, singing in English Tracks 8, 10, 12-15, 17;
Cunning, Sheila, singing in English Tracks 6, 10, 12-15, 17;
McDonnell, Olive, speech in English Track s 2-3, 9, singing in English Tracks 10, 12-15, 17;
Sweeney, Ruby, speech in English Track 5, singing in English Tracks 10-15, 17;
McDaid, Margaret, speech in English Tracks 7, 16, singing in English Tracks 7, 10-15, 17;
Gill, Rosemary, singing in English Track 18;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 16

Running Order:
1. It is now for New England, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6905]
2. Two little dicky birds, rhyme [recited out of doors with children skipping] / Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English ; Ann Fleming (7), speech in English
3. Two little dicky birds, rhyme [recited out of doors] / Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English ; Ann Fleming (7), speech in English
4. Fifty years ago (‘Put on your hat, my darling Pat..’), song [stage Irish, fragment] / Jacqueline McDaid (7), singing in English
5. Kneeling on the carpet so so sweet, rhyme [for game] / Ruby Sweeney (9), speech in English
6. Little sister, dance with me, song [from class] / Sheila Cunning (8), singing in English
7. On a mountain stands a lady, song [for game]; recitation / Margaret McDaid (10), singing in English, speech in English
8. Round and round goes the gilly gilly ship, rhyme / Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English
9. A little thing goes wandering about, song [for game, fragment] /Ann Fleming (7), singing in English
10. A little thing goes wandering about, song / all the children, singing in English
11. On a mountain stands a lady, song [sung to play] / all the children, singing in English
12. A little thing goes wandering about, song / Margaret McDaid (10), singing in English ;  Ruby Sweeney (9), singing in English ; Jacqueline McDaid (7), singing in English
13. Round and round goes the gilly gilly ship, song / all the children, singing in English
14. Sweep the house to the maid comes in, song / all the children, singing in English
15. Ten guineas to know her name, song / all the children, singing in English
16. The preceding game [tracks 13–15 combined], explained, speech / Margaret McDaid (10), speech in English
17. The above three rhymes repeated to play the game, song [sung to play] // all the children, singing in English
18. Ba ba black sheep, song / Rosemary McGill, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [track 1]
Recorded from John Fleming (age about 40) in Brolly’s bar, Myroe, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [tracks 2–3]

Performers:
Butcher, Edward, singing in English Track 1;
Fleming, John, singing in English Tracks 2-3

Running Order:
1. An old friend (‘One evening for my recreation so carelesslie as I did stray  By the walls of an old ancient abbey, it being in the sweet month of May..’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session]
2. [The hillman] [=Our goodman] [=Seven drunken nights] (‘Oh in comes the hillman and in comes he...’), song [air: The Inniskilling dragoon] / John Fleming, singing in English
3. Mary O’Neill (‘I am a bold undaunted youth, my name is John McCann...’), song [unfinished] / John Fleming, singing in English [session continued at 6913]

Recorded fom Bill Quigley in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Quigley, Bill, singing in English Tracks 1-3

Running Order:
1. The green volunteer (‘Assemble ye boys, for the time’s drawing nigh...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English [session continued from 6915)
2. The bonny moorhen (‘Oh my bonny moorhen she has feathers anew...’), song [fragment of 1 verse] / Bill Quigley, singing in English
3. [=Toast from an Irish colleen] (‘I went to a party consisting of four...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English [session continued on 6917] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Butcher, John, singing in English Tracks 1-2;
Butcher, Maria, singing in English Track 2;
Quigley, Bill, singing in English Tracks 2-3;
Quigley Tilly, singing in English Track 2

Running Order:
1. Come all you rakish fine young men (‘Oh, come all you rakish fine young men that courts a blooming maid...’), song / John Butcher (Drumavally), singing in English [session continued from 6916]
2. The Moorlough shore (‘You hills and dales and flowery vales lies near to the Moorlough shore...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English ; Tilly Quigley, singing in English ; Maria Butcher, singing in English ; John Butcher, singing in English
3. Craiganee (‘Come all you sercet musers [r. sacred Muses?] that frequent our native isle...’) [session continued on 6918]  [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Bill Quigley in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 20 July 1969 [tracks 2–11]

Performers:
Quigley, Bill, singing in English A1;
McDaid, Jacqueline, singing in English Tracks 2, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 3, 7-9, 11;
Fleming, Ann, singing in English Tracks 2, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 3, 7-9,11;
Cunning, Sheila, singing in English Tracks 2, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 3, 7-9, 11;
McDonnell, Clive, singing in English Tracks 2, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 3, 7-9, 11;
Sweeney, Ruby, singing in English Tracks 2, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 3, 7-9, 11;
McDaid, Margaret, singing in English Tracks 2, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 3, 7-11;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 3, 5;
Butcher, Eveline, singing in English Track 4;
Butcher, Grace, speech in English Track 5

Running Order:
1. The noble lord’s wedding [= Another man’s wedding] (‘I was kindlie invited to a noble lord’s wedding...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English [continued from 6917] [ end of session]
2. Old Rogers is dead, song [sung to play] / Jacqueline McDaid, singing in English ;  Ann Fleming, speech in English ; Sheila Cunning, singing in English ; Olive McDonnell, singing in English ; Ruby Sweeney, singing in English ; Margaret McDaid, singing in English 
3. H.S talks to the performing children, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Jacqueline McDaid (7), speech in English ; Ann Fleming (7), Sheila Cunning (8), speech in English ; Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English ; Ruby Sweeney (9), speech in English ; Margaret McDaid (10), speech in English
4. There came three gipsies riding, song [sung to play] / Evelyn Butcher (21) ; Jacqueline McDaid, singing in English ; Ann Fleming, Sheila Cunning, singing in English ; Olive McDonnell, singing in English ; Ruby Sweeney, singing in English ; Margaret McDaid, singing in English 
5. Talk about the preceding game, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Grace Butcher, speech in English
6. In and out goes the dusty bluebells, song / Jacqueline McDaid, singing in English ; Ann Fleming, Sheila Cunning, singing in English ; Olive McDonnell, singing in English ; Ruby Sweeney, singing in English ; Margaret McDaid, singing in English 
7. Postman, postman, drop your letter, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Jacqueline McDaid, speech in English ;  Ann Fleming, speech in English ; Sheila Cunning, speech in English ; Olive McDonnell, speech in English ; Ruby Sweeney, speech in English ; Margaret McDaid, speech in English 
8. Early in the morning before eight o’clock, rhyme [spoken to skipping out of doors, incomplete] / Jacqueline McDaid, speech in English ;  Ann Fleming, speech in English ; Sheila Cunning, speech in English ; Olive McDonnell, speech in English ; Ruby Sweeney, speech in English ; Margaret McDaid, speech in English 
9. Early in the morning before eight o’clock, rhyme / Jacqueline McDaid, speech in English 
10. Rhyme: All in together girls, rhyme / Margaret McDaid, speech in English
11. Rhyme: Cinderella, dressed in yellow, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Jacqueline McDaid, speech in English ;  Ann Fleming, speech in English ; Sheila Cunning, speech in English ; Olive McDonnell, speech in English ; Ruby Sweeney, speech in English ; Margaret McDaid, speech in English [session continued on 6906] [END OF BAND ONE] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in the house of Patrick (Patsy) Beatty (79 years), Glack, Limavady, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–9]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Bob McCurry (69 years), of Carrowmena, Myroe and his granddaughter Yvonne Millar (10), 22 July, 1969 [tracks 10–17]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 23 July 1969 [tracks 18–19]

Performers:
Beatty, Patsy, speech in English Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, fiddle solo Tracks 2-5, 8-9;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 18-19;
Butcher, Edward, singing in English Tracks 7, 18-19;
McCurry, Bob, speech in English Track 10;
Miller, Yvonne, speech in English Tracks 11-17, singing in English Tracks 12-13

Running Order:
1. Conversation / Hugh Shields, speech in English / Patsy Beatty, speech in English [session continued from 6903]
2. Shan Gwee, jig / Patsy Beatty, fiddle
3. Talk about this tune ; Follow your old figary oh, jig [air: The young May moon] / Patsy Beatty, speech in English, fiddle
4. Talk about this tune ; Paudeen O’Rafferty [=Larry O’Gaff], speech ; jig [learnt from his father] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Patsy Beatty, fiddle 
5. Barney Kelly, jig [learnt from his father] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Patsy Beatty, fiddle
6. Conversation about Patsy Beatty’s father’s style of fiddling and bowing technique / Hugh Shields, speech in English / Patsy Beatty, speech in English
7. Go you back to your ain place, song [fragment, air: The girl I left behind me] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. Paddy, get up, jig / Patsy Beatty, fiddle
9. The bride’s fancy [=The swallow’s tail], reel / Patsy Beatty, fiddle [end of session]
10. How many persons in the Godhead?, story [‘Funny’], Bob McCurry, speech in English
11. Cowboy Joe from Mexico, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
12. On the hillside stands a lady ; Lady, lady, touch the ground, song ; rhyme / Yvonne Millar, singing in English, speech in English
13. On the hillside stands a lady ; Lady, lady, touch the ground, song ; rhyme [repeated with actions] / Yvonne Millar, singing in English, speech in English
14. I am a guide girl dressed in blue, rhyme [spoken with actions] / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
15. Banana split, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
16. Teddy bear, teddy bear, go upstairs, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
17. Cinderella, dressed in yellow, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English [end of session]
18. Conversation with queries about songs recorded from Eddie Butcher / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Conversation with queries about songs recorded from Eddie Butcher / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [breaks of at ‘The Smuggler’, continued at 6902] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of William Meenan, Middle town (Baile Láir), Tory island, Co. Donegal from Patrick (Patsy Dan) Rogers (aged about 24) of West End (Baile Thiar), Tory, afternoon of 31 August 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in the house of William Meenan, from Patrick (Padraig na Faithche) Rogers of East End, Tory (aged about 65), evening of 31 August 1969 [track 4]

Performers:
Rogers, Patsy Dan, singing in English Track 1, speech in English Track 2, singing in Irish Track 3;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2;
Rogers, Patrick (Padraig na Faitche), singing in Irish Track 4

Running Order:
1. Tory’s lovely shore (‘Farewell to dear old Donegal, its hills and rugged shores...’) , song / Patsy Dan Rogers, singing in English [session continued from 6940]
2. Talk about the songs ‘Tory’s lovely shore and ‘Amhrán na scadán’ / Patsy Dan Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Siubhán Ní Dhuibhir (‘D’éirigh mé ar maidin a tharraingt chun aonaigh mhóir...’), song [learnt from Eamon Ghráinne Rogers]  / Patsy Dan Rogers, singing in Irish [end of afternoon session]
4. Landlady na páirte (‘Landlady na páirte, tá an bás ag mo chroí le tart...’), song / Patrick (Padraig na Faithche) Rogers, singing in Irish [evening session continued on 6943] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in the house of James Cunningham (‘wee Jim’), Long Stone, Annalong, Co. Down, 24 July 1970 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded in the house of Charles McKibben (aged about 70), Annalong, Co. Down, 28 July 1970 [tracks 6–11]
Recorded in the house of William Haughton Crowe, Rostrevor, Co. Down, 30 July 1973 [track 12]

Performers:
Cunningham, Eileen, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5
Cunningham, Mary Ann, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5, speech in English Track 3;
McKibben, Chas, speech in English Track 6, singing in English Tracks 7-11;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 12;
Haughton, William, speech in English Track 12

Running Order:
1. Girls, when you’re young (‘An old man came courting me,  Hey ding doorum day...’), song [learnt from radio or gramophone ?] / Eileen Cunningham (daughter of Jim), singing in English ; Mrs Mary Ann Cunningham (wife of Jim), singing in English [helping] [session continued from 7002]
2. The maid of Mourne Shore (‘Fare you well to Walmsley’s shady groves and her woods and her valleys green...’), song / Mary Ann Cunningham, singing in English ; / Eileen Cunningham, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘The maid of Mourne Shore’ / Mary Ann Cunningham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Rocking the baby to sleep (‘She is just forty-five and a tidy wee wife...’), song  / Mary Ann Cunningham, singing in English
5. The bonny Irish boy (‘His name I love to mention, in Ireland he was born, song [air: cf, Banks of Claudy] [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Talk about new year customs / Charles McKibben, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
7. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘Sure I’ll sing you a song of a town of great fame...’), song / Charles McKibben, singing in English
8. Rathfriland on the hill (‘Sure if I was in Rathfriland now I’d call myself at home...’), song [fragment] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
9. The Annalong Volunteers (‘Oh you may talk about your Ballymartin boys...’), song [date 1913 or after, fragment, air: South Down militia] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
10. Queenstown (‘Will you give me your beautiful harbours...’), song [fragment] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
11. I was always light-hearted and airy, song [fragment, untraditional] ; talk about the song / Charles McKibben, singing in English, speech in English [end of session]
12. Story of the song ‘The maid of Mourne Shore’, speech / William Haughton Crowe, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]