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Recorded from Eddie Butcher out of doors at Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow, 8 July 1968 [tracks 9–10]
Recorded from Eddie and Grace Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8, 11–15]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, lilting Tracks 1, 3, singing in English Tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–14, speech in English Tracks 6, 15;
Grace Butcher, singing in English Tracks 4, 13, speech in English Track 8

Running Order:
1. Minnie Picken on the shore ; Jane NcNeill’s in love with me ; The keel row, highlands ; lilt / Eddie Butcher, lilt, singing in English
2. Lanigan’s ball, song ; lilt / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, lilt
3. Irish washerwoman ; Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’), jig ; song [to the same air] / Eddie Butcher, lilt, singing in English
4. In and out the windows, game song / Mrs Grace Butcher, singing in English
5. My lovely Irish rose (‘A winding river winds its way close by an Irish shore...)’, song [two-verse fragment]
6. Saturday night is Halloweve night [as learnt from his mother when about 7 years old]; story ; song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English, singing in English 
7. The wee dog Buff (‘I have a wee dog and I called him Buff...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English,
8. Mrs Mason broke her basin, rhyme / Mrs Grace Butcher, speech in English
9. Alexander [=Alexandra: Eddie’s title] (‘Oh don’t you know the reason love, this night that I came here...’), song [learnt from his father] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. The gold that honour wins [Eddie’s title] (‘Oh from boyhood’s days I’ve passed away...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Johnny Doyle (‘It happenéd to be on a Saturday night...’), song [fragments] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. Rocks of Bawn (‘Arise up lovely Sweeney and give your horse some hay...’), song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. The heights of Alma (‘All night we lay on the cold ground...’), song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. The bonny green tree (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer’s morning...’), song [fragments, recalled jointly] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, Mrs Grace Butcher, singing in English
15. The man and his mare, story ; explanation that his songs can be altered (and disimproved) by people who try to sing them, to such an extent that he doesn’t recognise them when he hears them] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–5

Running Order:
1. The ‘Trader’ (‘Oh come all you gallant seamen bold, now listen here a while to me...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The hills of Glenshee (‘As I went a-walking the heather was blooming...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. It’s of a row to you I’ll show, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. It’s of a row I’ll tell to you (‘It’s of a row I’ll tell to you between a woman and a man...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘As I roved out one evening to have a bit of a walk...’), song [sung to the airs of ‘Phil the fluter’s ball’, and ‘The old plaid shawl’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE

Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 September 1970 [tracks 1–5] [session continued from 7009]

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 1-5

Running Order:
1. The Moorlough shore (‘Oh you hills and dales and flowery vales lies near to the Moorlough shore...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Blow the candle out (‘It’s of a young apprentice boy...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The bonny Irish boy (‘His real name I won’t mention...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Now there is something else, song [extra verse added to the song ‘The new Mallard bar, words by Eddie Butcher (see 6901)], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of recording session]
5. My Aunt Biddy (‘My aunt Biddy had a boil on her diddy...’), song [Eb used to hear small boys singing this] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session resumed next morning and ended here] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of John Butcher (brother of Eddie), Drumavally, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Butcher, John, singing in English Tracks 1-2, speech in English Track 2;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Track 3;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2

Running Order:
1. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a summer’s morning abroad as I did go...’), song / John Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6904]
2. The cocks are crowing (‘The cocks is crowing, daylight’s appearing...’), song ; speech / John Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. It is now for New England (‘It is now for New England fain would I go...’), song [clipped: for complete see 6906] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued at 6906] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Paddy Tunney in the house of Hugh Shields in Dublin, March 1961. [tracks 1–5]
Recorded from Dennis Healey, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, July 1961. [tracks 6–17]
Off-air recording of RTÉ program 'Bards and ballad-makers' by Hugh Shields, June 1961. [track 18]
Recorded [in the house of Eddie Butcher and elsewhere], Magilligan, Co. Derry, August 1961. [tracks 19–112]

Performers:
Paddy Tunney, singing in English, Tracks 1, 3, 5, 18, lilt Tracks 2, 4-5. speech in English Track 2 ;
Dennis Healey, singing in English Tracks 6-17;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 18-19, 61, 63, 101, singing in English Tracks 28-36, 101;
Unidentified performer, singing in English Track 101;
Robert Butcher, singing in English Tracks 19-27, 57;
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 38, 40, 42, 44-54, 56, 58-60, 65-71, 73-75, 79-82, 84-93, 102, 104-104, 107-112, 96-100, speech in English Tracks 94-95;
Charlie Begley, singing in English Tracks 39, 43;
Evelyn Butcher, singing in English Tracks 41, 55, 57, 72, 83, 106;
Mary Harte (neé Butler, originally from Derry city), singing in English Tracks 61-63, 102-103, speech in English Tracks 61,63;
Mrs McCloskey, singing in English Track 78;
Marion McCloskey (age 7), singing in English Tracks 64, 76-77;
Hilda McCloskey (age 8), singing in English Tracks 64, 76-77, speech in English Track 64;
Lizzie Butcher, singing in English Track 72

Running Order:
1. Moorlough Mary (‘The very first time I met my Moorlough Mary...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
2. [The Sligo maid[, [reel] ; [The bag of potatoes], [reel] ; speech / Paddy Tunney, speech in English, lilt
3. Tuckanandy (‘He didn't dance and dance...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
4. [The frieze britches], [jig] / Paddy Tunney, lilt
5. Maggie Picken (‘Maggie Picken’s on the wall...’), song ; lilt / Paddy Tunney lilt, singing in English-
6. Green white and gold (‘The night was still...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
7. She lived beside the Anner (‘She lived beside the Anner...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
8. Green grows the laurel (‘[Once] I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
9. The dawning of the day (‘One morning early as I walked out...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘There was three gypsies lived in the east ...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
11. Betsy McLean (‘When I first went to Dublin to view Barrack street...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
12. The Boston burglar (‘I was born in Boston city...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
13. The factory girl (‘On a fine summer's morning as the sun was arising...’) [v.1], song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
14. If your’e Irish (‘Oh, if you come from Kilkenny or Carlow...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
15. Follow me down to Carlow) (‘May Carlow lift up your face...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
16. Betsy McClean (‘As I went to Dublin for to view Barrack street...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
17. Kevin Barry, song / Dennis Healey, singing in English [incipit inaudible, incomplete, badly recorded]
18. Bards and ballad makers, [off-air recording of RTÉ broadcast, June 1961] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Paddy Tunney, singing in English
19. Milltown (‘In the Hielands of Scotland...’), song ; speech / Robert Butcher, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
20. The ploughboy (‘Girls do wed a ploughboy...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
21. Sally and Johnny (‘As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
22. Blazing star of Drung ('Sure the first time that I saw my love...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
23. Ann Jane Thornton (‘Come all you loyal lovers...’) [vv 1 & 2], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
24. The distressed maid (’I am a poor distressed maid...’), song [v.1] / Robert Butcher, singing in English
25. The distressed maid (entire) (‘I am a poor distressed maid...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
26. John Reilly (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by the riverside...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
27.  Informer Kerry [Carey] (‘Pat O Donnell is my name, I come from Donegal...’) [v. 1] , song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
28. The seven priests (‘You tender-hearted Christians I pray you lend an ear...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
29. John Reilly (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by a riverside...’) [v. 1]  [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
30. Pat O Donnell (‘Oh, Pat O Donnell is my name, I come from Donegal...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
31. The maid of seventeen] (‘Down by a shady harbour there resides a pleasant maid...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
32. Johnny and Molly (‘Says Johnny to Molly I am now going to leave you...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
33.  The hiring day (‘My friends and I left sweet Armoy...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
34.  Erin’s green shore [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher] (‘One evening as late as I strayed...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
35. Another man’s wedding  [=Nobleman's wedding] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher] (‘I was kindly invited to a nobleman’s wedding...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
36. Glencoe] (‘As I went a-walking one evening of late...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
37.  Wee Magee (‘Wee MaGee and a half a dozen more...’), song /John Shields [father of Hugh], singing in English [end of band one]
38. The Faughan side (‘Oh, a stream like crystal it runs down...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
39. Green grows the laurel (‘Oh, its once I had a sweetheart...’), song / Charlie Begley, singing in English
40. The new tractor (‘Oh, come all you gay farmers intending to plough...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
41. The bunch of violets (‘Out in the moonlight garden...’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
42.  The fan (‘In sweet Argyll there lived a lady...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
43. Close of an Irish day (‘Oh, tonight in fancy come and take a trip across the sea...’), song / Charlie Begley, singing in English
44. The ship carpenter’s wife (‘Oh, come all you gay fellows, you flourishing folk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
45. The hiring fair (‘I once was a daysman, I wrought cause anent...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
46.  [A Gordon for me] (‘I’m Geordie McKay from the HLI...’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
47. Shores of Benone (‘We will never leave Magilligan...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
48. The smuggler (‘I was born in old Ireland all on a May day...’), song / [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
49. The ‘Trader’ (‘Oh, come all you gallant seamen bold....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
50. Killyclare/ Carrowclare (‘As Luna spreads her golden rays....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
51. O’er the mountain (‘It happened to be on a moonshining night....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
52. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
53. The mountain streams where the moorcock crows (‘With my dog and gun through yon blooming heather....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
54. Close of an Irish day (‘Oh, tonight in fancy come and take a trip across the sea....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
55. The Irish rover (‘In the year of Our Lord 1806....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
56. Finvola the gem of the Roe (‘In the land of O’Cahan where the dark mountains rise...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
57. Bunch of violets (‘Out in a moonlight garden....’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English ; Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
58. The Roe bridge ‘Dear Basil, this bridge is a wonderful ground...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
59. The concrete mile (‘Oh, now all you men of J.B. Warnes....’), song / [ words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
60. Down by the drainside (‘It was down by drainside I spied two old fellas...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
61. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a neat little spot....’) song, with talk about the next song ‘The Kerry recruit’, song ; speech / Mary Harte, speech in English, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
62. The Kerry recruit (‘When I was in Ireland and digging up land...’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English
63. The green volunteer (‘Assemble ye boys for the time’s drawing nigh...’), song ; speech / Mary Harte, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
64. Jelly on the plate, children’s rhyme; Old Roger is dead, song, / Marion McCloskey [age 7], speech in English, singing in English ; Hilda McCloskey [age 8], speech in English, singing in English [end of band two]
65. In Connaught I was reared (‘In Connaught I was reared not of a mean degree....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
66. The bonny wee window (‘I’ll sing of a lass and her name it was Nell....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
67. Robin Thompson’s smithy (‘Oh, my mother mended my old breeks and oh, but they were needy....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
68. Youghal harbour (‘Youghal harbour on a summer’s morning....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
69. It’s just 6 months [vv. 1-3] (‘It’s just 6 months since I was a swell boy...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
70. Our wedding day (‘There were once I had a sweetheart....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
71. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a place in the North, it’s a spot of great fame....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
72. You didn’t read my letter (Untitled), song / Lizzie Butcher, singing in English ; Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
73. Lonely I wandered (‘Lonely I wandered through scenes of my childhood....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
74. Inniskillen dragoons (‘There was a fair lady lived in Monaghan town....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
75. The Magilligan Gaelic team (‘Oh, come all you true-born Irishmen....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
76. My bonnie lies over the ocean (‘My bonnie lies over the ocean....’), song / Hilda McCloskey [age 8], singing in English ; Marion McCloskey [age 7], singing in English
77. Raggle taggle gipsies (‘Three gipsies stood at the castle gate....’), song / Hilda McCloskey, singing in English ; Marion McCloskey, singing in English
78. Smashing the van) (‘’Twas on the fourth of May, boys...’), song / Mrs McCloskey, singing in English
79. Baltimore (‘Come all you loyal lovers, give ear all for a while....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
80. Down the moor (‘One morn in May when fields were gay....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
81. Ballycartin ball (‘Assist me in my merriment...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
82. The true lovers’ discourse [=True lovers’ discussion] (‘One pleasant evening when pinks and daisies...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
83. Fraulein (‘Far across the deep blue water....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
84. Ann Jane Thornton (‘Come all you loyal lovers I pray you lend an ear....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
85. The seven priests (clipped) ‘Oh you feeling-hearted Christians...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band three]
86. The seven priests, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [contd. from band three]
87. Sally and Johnny (‘As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
88. [The farmer’s daughter] (‘Oh there was a farmer’s daughter and she longed for a baby, O...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
89. The crockery ware (‘Oh, this young man all in the dark....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
90. The hedges of co. Down (‘In a dream of the boy....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
91. The nobleman’s wedding [=Another man’s wedding] (‘Oh, I was invited to another man’s wedding....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
92. Adam in Paradise (‘When Adam was in Paradise in the first of recreation....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
93. The Paisley canal (‘Pray look on this victim of Tubot [Cupid]...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
94. Tramp and the fancy man, story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
95. Moose at your fadge...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
96. A soldier and a sailor (‘A soldier and a sailor went a-walking one day....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
97. Come all you rakish fine young men(‘Oh, come all you rakish fine young men that courts a blooming maid....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
98. Coleraine regatta (‘Oh, kind folks I tell you true and now my song commences....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
99. Lovely Jane (‘Oh, come you loyal heroes, I pray you lend an ear....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
100. The old Orange flute (‘In the county Tyrone near the town of Dungannon....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
101. Pop goes the weasel (‘A penny for a cotton ball, a halfpenny for a needle....’), song /Unidentified performer, singing in English
102. Ann O Brien (‘You young and old, I now make bold, I hope you will lend an ear....’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English ; Eddie Butcher, singing in English [last line only]
103. The dear old shamrock (‘I was leaving dear old Ireland....’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English
104. Hushaby baby (‘Hushaby baby on the tree top....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
105. The journeyman tailor 'As I went out walking one morning in May...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
106. Kitty of Coleraine (‘As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
107. [Every one’s done it but you] (‘When I was a lad sure the master once said...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
108. Doonaree (‘Oh to be in Doonaree with the sweetheart I once knew....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
109. Master McGrath (‘Eighteen sixty-nine was the date of the year....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
110. Todd’s sweet rural shade (‘Oh, one evening fair to take the air as I carelesslie did stray....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
111. Only a bunch of shamrock (‘Only a bunch of shamrocks, a bunch of shamrocks green....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
112. Free and easy to jog along (‘It is of my rambles I am going to sing...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band four]

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Our wedding day (‘Oh I once had a sweetheart and I loved her well...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6601]
2. Green grows the laurel (‘Once I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The Arranmore disaster (‘Good people dear, pray] lend an ear, I’ll tell yous one and all...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Erin’s green shore (‘Oh, one evening of late as I strayed by the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Oh the marriage (‘It’s oh, that I ever was married...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]
6. It’s of a row I’ll tell you now, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The Longfield Bank (‘On a dull October morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English 
8. The Longfield Bank song [a further verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [end of band two] 

Recorded in his house in Belfast from Alec Foster (aged 87), who learned most of his songs around 1900 in the Birdstown Glen, Inishowen, Co. Donegal, 13 October 1968 [tracks 1–7]

Performer:
Alec Foster (aged 87), singing in English Tracks 1–7

Running Order:
1. Down the moor (‘As I roved out one morn in May, it being fine summer weather...’), song [learnt from his father] / Alec Foster, singing in English
2. I had a wee duck (‘I had a wee duck when I lived in Drummuck...’), song [learnt from his father, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
3. The town of Anterim (‘It was in the town of Anterim near to the river Bann...’), song [learnt from Artie Gilmour, actor and singer in Belfast around 1918] / Alec Foster, singing in English
4. A nobleman’s fair daughter (‘A nobleman’s fair daughter come walking down yon lane...’), song [learnt from his uncle Andrew Foster in Birdstown, Inishowen] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. The ‘Saldanha’ (‘Come all you gallant seamen bold and listen to my song...’), song / Alec Foster, singing in English
6. Roll me from the wall (‘When I was young and in my prime...’), song [from Fanad, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
7. [=The keach in the creel] (‘How can I get to your chamber love? ...’), song [learnt from Dan Harkin, born c. 1890] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

[Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) for Hugh Shields in the Avondale Studio, Dublin, July 1966] Copy of studio recording

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Down by the canal (‘As I went a-walking one evening in June...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. When a man’s in love (When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Pat Reilly (‘Oh, as I went a-walking one morning in May, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The ship carpenter’s wife, (‘Oh, come all you gay fellows, you flourishing folk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The bold lieutenant [= The fan] (‘In sweet Argyle there lived a lady...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. The mountain streams where the moorcock crows (‘With my dog and gun through yon blooming heather...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, MagilliGan, Co. Derry, 16 July 1969 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Edward Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–4, speech in English Track 5;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 5

Running Order:
1. My son in America(‘A long time ago in the county Mayo the story it first began...’), song [learnt from the singing, to a different air, by its author Alf McLaughlin of Dublin] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The New Mallard Bar (‘There’s a spot in Magilligan ’way down near the tide...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The lowlands low(‘Oh, young Emily sat lamenting when young Edmund first did roam...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher to the air of ‘The Mountains of Mourne’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. The wedding of Sandy McNab(‘I’m on my road hame from a wedding...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Conversation about the song ‘My son in America’, speech / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [session continued at 6902] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of John Butcher (brother of Eddie), Drumavally, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in Greta Deehan’s bar, Big drain bridge, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Tom Anderson of Aughil, Magilligan (age about 73) and his wife (aged about 65), 23 July 1969 [tracks 4–9]

Performers:
Butcher, Mary Ellen, singing in English Tracks 1-2;
Butcher, Jimmy, singing in English Track 3;
Anderson, Tom, singing in English Tracks 4, 6-8, speech in English Track 5;
Shields, Hugh speech in English Track 5;
Anderson. Mrs. Tom, singing in English Track 9

Running Order:
1. The shores of America (‘I’m bidding farewell to the land of my youth and the homes I love so well...’), song / Mary Ellen Butcher (daughter of John Butcher, age about 20), singing in English
2. Erin’s lovely  home (‘You patron [r. patriot] sons of Paddy’s land, come listen unto me...’), song [learnt from her uncle Jimmy Butcher of Limavady] / Mary Ellen singing in English
3. The banks of Kilrea (‘One evening for my recreation as I strayed by the lovely Moss Bann...’), song / John Butcher, singing in English [session continued at 6905]
4. The shores of Castlerock (‘The time is come and I must go, I’ll bid you all adieu...’), song [air ‘Adieu to Belashanny’] / Tom Anderson (age about 73), singing in English [session continued from 6925]
5. Talk about the song ‘The shores of Castlerock’ and its author Seamus McLoughlin / Tom Anderson, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English 
6. The rambling rakes of poverty (‘Oh come all you rambling fellows, oh from town to town I steer...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The shores of America (‘I am a sporting Irish boy now far across the sea...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
8. Free and easy (‘Oh it’s of my rambles I’m going to sing...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
9. The banks of the Bann (‘Down by yon harbour near sweet Coleraine...’), song [learnt from her grandfather, Thomas McGough] / Mrs Tom Anderson (age about 65), singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]