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Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 18 July 1969 [track 1]
Recorded from Mrs Tilly Quigley in the house of William (Bill) and Tillie Quigley, Bellarena, Limavady, Co. Derry, 18 July 1969 [tracks 2–3]

Performers:
Butcher, Edward, singing in English Track 1;
Quigley, Tilly, singing in English Track 2, speech in English Track 3;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 3

Running Order:
1. [The maid of ] Sligo town (‘As I roved out one evening in the spring-time of the year,  To take a walk by Rodden’s groves my course I chanced to steer...’) song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session] continued from 6907]
2. The bonny green tree (‘As I went out walking one fine summer’s evening,  A fine summer’s evening it happened to be...’) / Mrs Tilly Quigley, singing in English [new session]
3. Talk about the song ‘The bonny green tree’ and about the ‘Dark-eyed gypsy’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Tilly Quigley, speech in English [session continued on 6909] [END OF BAND ONE]

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]