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Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle A1, 7–8, 22;
speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
pipes solo A3, 5, 14, 16, 20;
singing in English A10;
singing in Irish A12, 18;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
lilting A8

Running Order:
1. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
2. 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]
3. 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]
4. 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]
5. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
6. 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']
7. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta], Untitled
8. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide] with lilting by C Mac M
9. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the song that follows, which was learnt from Mrs Cronin of Ballyvourney and her son Michael; song is about the treaty of Limerick, Sarsfield and the flight of the Wild Geese]
10. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
11. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; introduction to the next item]
12. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
13. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the previous song, including: faction fighting; dragging one's coat to start a fight; fair days and faction fights; '12 o'clock in the day and not a blow struck'; Labhras O Cadhlaigh interested in piping; An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom, reel popular in Ring, Co Waterford]
14. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom
15. Speech: Untitled [Topics including: SE plays many instrument, including the fiddle and the Jew's Harp; SE does not play a melodeon or accordion, because the notes are 'ready made'; John Clarke of the Pipers' Club said that accordions were not allowed in the club; story about a changeling who plays the fiddle and later plays the melodeon after being thrown in the river; story about the blacksmith and the Scolaire Bocht – 'se buile moch an Luain agus buile deanach an tSathairn ata dod mhilleadh']
16. Reel: The Merry Blacksmith
17. Speech: Untitled [Lore about blacksmiths, including: blacksmiths are never tired; the tiredness of the blacksmith is put over on the tinker; story about holy person who wants to get a pin made for a cloak – the tinker refuses to do it, but the blacksmith agrees, and for this reason tinkers are cursed; a poet or musician should never be refused in a forge; introduction to the song that follows]
18. Song: Amhran na nGaibhne [About a musician who went to a forge to borrow a spade]
19. Speech: Untitled [The richness of folklore in the Carna area in Connemara; introduction to the reel The Drunken Landlady, which SE learnt in Inis Ni, near Cloch na Ron [Roundstone], in Connemara; SE found the name for the tune in Co Cavan]
20. Reel: The Drunken Landlady
21. 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]
22. Jig: The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige / The Lark in the Morning (incomplete; fades out) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Kelly, James, Dublin, speech in English throughout tracks A;
fiddle solo throughout tracks A;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English throughout tracks A;
[unidentified performer], accordion in duet B1–4;
[unidentified performer], fiddle solo B5–6, 8–14;
speech in English throughout B5–6, 8–14;
[unidentified performers], speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B;
[unidentified performer], flute solo B7, 15;
[unidentified performer], speech in English B16;
accordion solo B16–17;
[unidentified performer], guitar in duet B1–4

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Making a living from music; instrument tuning; the tune that follows] (very low sound level initially)
2. Reel: Philip O'Beirne's Delight
3. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played and the tune to be played next]
4. Jig: The Kinnegad Slashers [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
5. Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe, Western Hornpipe [Transcriptions (from this recording) of both these tunes was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
6. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next]
7. Reel: Sweeney's Reel [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
8. Speech: Untitled [Visits to John Doherty in Donegal]
9. Hornpipe, Speech: Sliabh na mBan [Slievenamon; transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field], Untitled [About the tune just played and the tunes to be played next, both of which were composed by Ed Reavy]
10. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's], Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 18): see first entry in this field]
11. Speech: Untitled
12. Jig, Slip Jig: Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 15, first tune): see first entry in this field], Kitty Come down to Limerick
13. Speech: Untitled [Tunes just played were learned from the playing of John Doherty; the tune to be played next was learned from a recording of Neil O'Boyle, fiddle]
14. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Moving Cloud
15. Speech: Untitled [Neil O'Boyle composed the tune just played; the performer's experiences of meeting the Irish music community in the USA; recording music from 78rpm discs in the collection of Richard Nevins; the tune to be played next, which was the first tune that the performer learned]
16. Jig: Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 17): see first entry in this field]
17. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played, with demonstration on fiddle; the performer started playing the fiddle at the age of 3 or 4; as a boy and teenager, the performer spent much time listening to music; Michael Coleman, Patsy Touhey, Barney Delaney, Seamus Ennis, set high standards; discussion of fiddle and piping styles; one of BB's favourite piping performances is Willie Clancy playing the reel 'The Ravelled Hank of Yarn'; the tune to be played next]
18. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
19. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next; with tentative playing on fiddle]
20. Speech, Jig: Untitled, Untitled [Stated to sometimes have the title 'Apples in Winter'; transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 15, second tune): see first entry in this field]
21. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about the jig title 'Apples in Winter']
22. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Ballyconnell]
23. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next, which the performer heard on a recording by Mrs Kenny (fiddle)]
24. Reel: All the Ways to Galway
25. Speech: Untitled
26. Jig: Untitled
27. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about the performer's work with Paddy O'Brien; playing music in the USA] [END OF BAND ONE]
28. Speech: Untitled [Playing music in the USA; the community and audience for Irish music in the USA; playing tunes in different keys from the normal; the tune The March of the King of Laois; the tune was published in Playford's collection in England in 1660; BB thinks that tunes played in the key of A have a flavour of the warpipes; similarities between Donegal and Scottish music; Scott Skinner; the music style of John Doherty and other Donegal players; BB objects to hearing John Doherty's music played on the pipes by Robbie Hannan and Joe McLaughlin; the performer's father, John Kelly (senior), had different settings of tunes for concertina and for fiddle; Seamus Connolly's fiddle-playing influenced by the accordion; Paddy Murphy's concertina-playing influenced by the fiddle; BB has a poor opinion of crans being played on the fiddle; story about Tommy Potts reproducing ornamentation by Michael Coleman] [End of recording session with James Kelly]
29. Reels: Untitled [Cross the Shannon; composed by Paddy Fahy], Untitled [Andy McGann's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor's Farewell]
30. Reel: Untitled
31. Jig: Untitled [Tonra's Jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
32. Reel: Untitled
33. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; usually with 2 parts, here with 3], Untitled
34. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Castlefin]
35. Barn Dance / Hornpipe, Barn Dances: Untitled [Curlew Hills; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe], Untitled [Peach Blossom], Untitled [Curlew Hills; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe], Untitled [On commercial 78rpm disc by P J Conlon, accordion; Hanley's Delight]
36. Polkas, Speech: Untitled, The School in the Valley [The Bog down in the Valley], Untitled
37. Jig, Speech: Loughlin's Jig [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig], Untitled
38. Hornpipe, Speech: Kitty's Wedding, Untitled
39. Hornpipe: Untitled [Played quite fast; perhaps at speed for set-dancing]
40. Speech, Slides: Untitled, Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; The Dark Girl in Blue], Untitled
41. Hornpipe: Untitled [Callaghan's]
42. Speech, Air: Untitled, Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
43. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled (incomplete)
44. Speech, Polkas, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune)], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
45. Slides: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide], Untitled [Going to the Well for Water; The Kaiser] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, speech in English A1;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 49, 51, 53;
speech in English A3, 5, 7, 9–13, 15, 17, 19, 21–23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47–48, 50, 52;
singing in Irish A6;
singing in Irish and English A8;
singingin Scots Gaelic A10;
singing in English A12, 14, 16, 18;
whistle solo A20, 28, 30;
whistle in duet A32;
pipes in instrumental group A34;
pipes in duet A36–37;
Folan, Stephen / O Cualain, Stiofain, Galway, dancing A20;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A22;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A24, 26;
fiddle in duet A32, 36–37;
Clifford Family, Kerry, instrumental group A34

Running Order:
1. Speech, Tone Signal: Untitled, Untitled
2. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain]
3. Speech: Untitled ['I know that music...' Topics: SE's father, regarded as the best piper in Ireland; a tune played for SE in his cradle, The Munster Buttermilk]
4. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
5. Speech: Untitled ['Our house was always a house of music...' Topics: SE's family background; mother sang, father played the pipes, fiddle, tin whistle; pipers visited the house; Pat Ward, piper, whose daughter was also a good piper; other pipers; father played the Highland pipes for visitors; SE played Highland pipes; Billy Clarke takes part in the recording 'The Pipes of Three Nations'; Colm O Lochlainn visited the Ennis household every Thursday evening; SE learned his first song, An Droighnean Donn, in Rosmuc, in Connemara]
6. Song: An Droighnean Donn
7. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I can never thank Colm O Lochlainn enough...' Topics: SE's gratitude to Colm O Lochlainn; SE roamed Ireland on a bicycle to collect music; introduction to the next song]
8. Song: Untitled [Siuil A Ruin]
9. Speech: Untitled ['I found that Connemara...' Topics: riches of Connemara as a repository of folk traditions; SE enjoyed working in Connemara and hated returning to the city; SE visited the Hebrides for the Irish Folklore Commission and spent 6 months there; the song 'O Son of the Earl of the White Banners']
10. Song, Speech: O Son of the Earl of the White Banners, Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled ['Since then, though, I've been to Scotland several times...' Topics: SE visited the north-east of Scotland, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire; introduction to the next song]
12. Song, Speech: The Barnyards of Delgaty, Untitled
13. Speech: Untitled ['That's one my favourites...' Topic: SE visited Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, where he collected songs from Amos Beckett]
14. Song: Untitled [I Am a Wild and Wicked Youth]
15. Speech: Untitled ['Well, I suppose all of you heard of The Croppy Boy...' Topic: the source of the next song]
16. Song: Untitled [The Herring Song / The Song of the Herring; repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling']
17. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I want to let you hear something from Wales...' Topics: SE visits Wales; introduction to the next song, which SE heard in Fishguard]
18. Song: Untitled ['My name is Billy Williams...']
19. Speech: Untitled ['Now, all these songs remind me forcibly...' Topic: music nights in Connemara]
20. Reel with Dancing: The Copperplate Reel
21. Speech: Untitled ['I've seen some old people dancing...' Topic: information about the previous item and the next item]
22. Song, Speech: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor, Untitled ['And on this merry note...' Closing remarks at end of radio programme]
23. Speech: Untitled ['When I was in Cork the other day...' Topic: a meeting with Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe]
24. Reel: The Flowing Bowl [The Piper's Despair]
25. Speech: Untitled ['The best of Padraig's pupils...']
26. Reel: Turkey in the Straw
27. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis...' Topic: the tune 'The Mountain Road'; Julia and Billy Clifford]
28. Reel: Kitty Gone A-Milking [Mistitled?; The Old Bush]
29. Speech: Untitled ['That's the tune he was playing...' Topic: SE teaches 'The Mountain Road' to Denis Murphy]
30. Reel: The Mountain Road
31. Speech: Untitled ['I put on the drones at the end of it...']
32. Reel: The Mountain Road
33. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis. I could see young Billy Clifford's eyes...' Topics: 'The Mountain Road' and the Clifford family]
34. Reel: The Mountain Road
35. Speech: Untitled ['It was a long road home...' Topics: going home after a long session of music with the Clifford family; setting a clutch of eggs under a turkey; introduction to the next piece of music]
36. Jig: The Humours of Lisheen
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled ['All I can say is...'], The Woman of the House [End of a programme?]
38. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk [Short; introductory music for the start of a programme?]
39. Speech: Untitled ['When I was a very young lad...' Topics: father plays SE to sleep in his cradle as a child; child asks father to play 'The Munster Buttermilk']
40. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
41. Speech: Untitled ['Now, as I grew up, I remember...' Topics: musicians visiting the Ennis house; Pat Ward of Drogheda, who played on a double chanter]
42. Single Jig: Pat Ward's Jig
43. Speech: Untitled ['Another man I remember coming to our house...' Topics: John Cawley, a flute-player from Co Sligo; story about bees swarming; reel learned from John Cawley]
44. Reel: Cawley's Reel [The Dairy Maid]
45. Speech: Untitled ['There was another man I remember...' Topics: Frank O'Higgins, fiddle-player, who played in the Fingal Trio, as did John Cawley; reel 'The Cuiseog / The Cushogue'; a 'cuiseog / cushogue' is a wisp of grass or a blade of straw or a rush; the reel 'The Cup of Tea' and its title in Irish, An Cupan Sutramain]
46. Reel: The Cuiseog / The Cushogue [The Stony Step], The Cup of Tea / An Cupan Sutramain
47. Speech, Air: Untitled (short; clipped at end), Untitled [The Bard of Armagh]
48. Speech: Untitled ['And shortly after that...']
49. Hornpipe: Byrne's Hornpipe / Cornphiopa Ui Bhroinn
50. Speech: Untitled (clipped at start) ['And when I was a young lad...' Topic: the word 'broom'; the reel 'Down the Broom', played by Billy Clarke of Ballybay, Co Monaghan]
51. Reel: Down the Broom
52. Speech: Untitled ['When sick is it tea you want...' Topic: background to the tune 'When Sick Is It Tea You Want']
53. Jig: When Sick Is It Tea You Want [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]

Performers:
Stokes, Patrick, singing in English A1;
speech in English A2;
MacWeeney, Alen, speech in English A2;
Cassidy, Kitty (Flynn), singing in English A3

Running Order:
1. Song: The Stokes, Cawleys and McDonaghs (tinker song)
2. Speech: Story about the above song; details of fights, etc, methods; stories and account of labour exchange supervisors, etc.
3. Song: Lord Bateman's Castle, two ends, best recording [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Cassidy, Kitty (Flynn), singing in English A1-3;
Cassidy, Andy, singing in English A4;
Cassidy, Johnny, speech in English A5-7;
singing in English A6-7

Running Order:
1. Song: One Evening in My Rambles - two separate endings - last is best [Lovely Willie]
2. Song: Green Grow the Rushes
3. Song: A Pretty Young Boy Came from the North Strand - two ends
4. Song: I'm Nobody's Child
5. Speech: Recitation - The Old Hag's Death - two versions, second is best
6. Song and Story: The Cobbler's Song
7. Story and Song: Was There Ever a Man Seen More Wonders Than I - two versions - second is best [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Cassidy, Johnny, storytelling in English A1-3

Running Order:
1. Story: The Enchanted Lady
2. Story: I Upon Your Back
3. Story: The Fairy Pig [END OF BAND ONE]