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Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon) in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin, June 1983 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Browne, Frank, speech in English Tracks 1, 3, tin whistle solo Tracks 2, 4, singing in English and lilting Track 5;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1, 3

Running Order:
1. Talk about whistling while cycling / Frank Browne, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [session continued from 8306]
2. Unidentified ‘reel’, polka / Frank Browne, whistle
3. Talk about the preceding tune and Frank Browne’s music teacher, Martin Dempsey / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara O'Flynn, speech in English
4. Green grows the rushes O, fling / Frank Browne, whistle
5. Green grows the rushes O, song ; fling / Frank Browne, singing in English, lilt [session continued on 8307] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon) in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin, 4 June 1983

Performers:
Browne, Frank, singing in English Track 1, speech in English Track 2, singing in English and lilting Track 3

Running Order:
1. Willy Reilly and his colleen bawn (‘Oh, rise up, Willy Reilly, and come along with me...’), song [learnt from a book about Willy Reilly] [session continued from 8304] * See Notes about track missing at this point
2. Talk about the tune ‘The frost is all over’ / Frank Browne, speech in English
3. The frost is all over (‘When the praties is dug and the frost is all over...’), song ; jig / Frank Browne, singing in English, lilt [session continued on 8306] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon) in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin, 4 June 1983 [tracks 1–2]

Performers:
Browne, Frank, singing in English Track 1, speech in English Track 2;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2;
O'Flynn, Barbara, speech in English Track 2

Running Order:
1. Half-door (‘As I was strolling down the road...’), song / Frank Browne, singing in English [session continued from 8303]
2. Talk about the song ‘Willy Reilly and his colleen bawn’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara O’Flynn, speech in English [session continued on 8305]