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Performers:
McGrath, Brian, speech in English
Kane, Liz, fiddle
Kane, Yvonne, fiddle

Running Order:
1. Oral presentation on accompanying Irish traditional music on the piano, speech in English / Brian McGrath
2. Unidentified, jig / Brian McGrath, piano ; Liz Kane, fiddle ; Yvonne Kane, fiddle
3. Unidentified, reel / Brian McGrath, piano ; Liz Kane, fiddle ; Yvonne Kane, fiddle
4. Unidentified, reel / Brian McGrath, piano ; Liz Kane, fiddle ; Yvonne Kane, fiddle
5. The Mullingar races, reel / Brian McGrath, piano ; Liz Kane, fiddle ; Yvonne Kane, fiddle

Performers:
Carty, John, fiddle, speech in English
Crawford, Kevin, flute, speech in English
Kelly, John Joe, bodhrán, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Unidentified, reel set / John Carty, fiddle ; Kevin Crawford, flute ; John Joe Kelly, bodhrán
2. Oral presentation on the Irish music tradition in Birmigham, Manchester and London, speech in English / John Carty ; Kevin Crawford ; John Joe Kelly

Performers:
Dowling, Martin, speech in English, fiddle

Running Order:
1. The oral presentation on the influence of politics on Irish music, speech in English / Martin Dowling
2. Na geadha fiadhain, air = The wild geese, air / Martin Dowling, fiddle
3. Planxty Charles O'Connor [comp. O'Carolan], air / Martin Dowling, fiddle
4. Brian O'Neill, quadrille / Martin Dowling, fiddle
5. The hunter pipers, quadrille / Martin Dowling, fiddle
6. Unidentified, reel / Martin Dowling, fiddle

Performers:
Dowling, Martin, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Oral presentation on the history of the Irish session, speech in English / Martin Dowling

Recorded in the house of Mrs Jean Carson (sister of Hugh Shields), Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim from her daughters Ruth (10), Linda (8) and Carol (5), 16 March 1975 [tracks 1–30]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Eddie and Gracie Butcher and Joe Holmes (from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim), 19 March 1975 [tracks 31–44]

Performers:
Carson, Ruth, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 3-9, 11-21, 24, 28, 30, speech in English Track 26, recorder solo Track 29
Carson, Linda, speech in English Tracks 25, 27, singing in English Tracks 10, 30
Carson, Carol, speech in English Track 21, singing in English Tracks 22-23, 28
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 31, 34
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 32-33, 37, 39, 41, 43, speech in English Tracks 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44
Butcher, Gracie, speech in English Track 38

Running order:
1. Teddy bear teddy bear, song [sung to skipping] / Ruth Carson, singing in English [see Notes]
2. I like coffee, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
3. On a hillside stands a lady, song [sung to skipping] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
4. On a hillside stands a lady, song [fresh start, sung to skipping] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
5. Granny in the kitchen, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English ; Linda Carson, speech in English
6. Cinderella, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
7. A, B, C, D, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
8. I had a little bubble car, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
9. Bluebells, cockleshells, song [sung to skipping with Linda] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
10. One, two, three, rhyme / Linda Carson, speech in English
11. Vote, vote, vote, song [sung while swinging] / Ruth Carson, singing in English ; Linda Carson, singing in English
12. Over the garden wall, song [sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
13. Over the garden wall, song [take two] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
14. Over the garden wall, song [take three] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
15. One, two, three a plainsy, song [sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
16. One, two, three a plainsy, song [take two] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
17. One, two, three a plainsy. song [take three] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
18. One, two. three alero, song [fragment, sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
19. Teddy bear, teddy bear, song [sung while skipping with Carol] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
20. Plainsy Mamma Brown, song [sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
21. Plainsy Mamma Brown, song [take two] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
22. Teddy bear teddy bear, song [sung to skipping] / Carol Carson, singing in English
23. Jelly on the plate, rhyme [fragment, spoken to skipping] / Carol Carson, speech in English
24. I like coffee, song [sung to skipping with Carol / Ruth Carson, singing in English
25. Recitation: Spring song, poem [by William Blake] / Linda Carson, speech in English
26. Recitation: Jabberwocky, poem [by Lewis Carroll] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
27. Recitation: Bulldozers, poem [by Patricia Hubble] / Linda Carson, speech in English
28. This old man, he played one, song / Carol Carson, singing in English
29. Believe me if all those endearing young charms, song air / Ruth Carson, recorder
30. Wee Willie lost his marley, song [see Notes] / Ruth Carson, singing in English ; Linda Carson, singing in English [end of session]
31. The dark-eyed gipsy(‘There were three gipsies lived in the East...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English
32. The piss pot (‘Oh, there were an old farmer and he had a nice wife...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
33. The piss pot, song [fresh start] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
34. Lovely Armoy [‘Draw near, my kind friends and relations...’), song [cf. 6925 and 7009] / Joe Holmes, singing in English [end of session]
35. Talk about local matters [see Documentation] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Talk about local matters [continued from track 35, see Documentation] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
37. A sprig of ivy (‘Far away a sprig of ivy...’), song [sung from a cutting out of Ireland’s own] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
38. Talk about local matters [see Documentation] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Gracie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
39. Down with Geordie Lee (‘Sitting on a benty ditch it doesn’t suit me well...’), song [words by Hugh Campbell] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
40. Talk about the song ‘Down with Geordie Lee’ and its author Hugh Campbell / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
41. The castle maid (‘I’m a decent farm labourer and I earn whate’er I can...’), song [words by Hugh Cambell] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
42. Talk about the song ‘The castle maid’ and about the author of ‘The shores of sweet Benone’ / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
43. The maid of Faughanvale (‘Oh, as I roved out one morning for to view the pleasant strand...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
44. Talk about the song ‘The maid of Faughanvale’ / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded by Arthur Coulter (aged about 70) or a member of his family in his house at Carnaughliss, Muckamore, Co Antrim (on a tape sent to him for the purpose by Hugh Shields), 1968 or early 1969. Performers are Arthur Coulter, his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney, and Mrs Graham of Crumlin, Co. Antrim. [tracks 1–37].

Performers:
Coulter, Arthur, singing in English Tracks 1-5, 11-13, 15, speech in English Tracks 10, 14, 18, 35;
Heaney, Mary, singing in English Tracks 6-9, 17;
Unidentified performer, mouth organ solo Track 16;
Graham, Mrs, singing in English Tracks 19-29, 31-34;
Unidentified performer [Arthur Coulter’s son?], singing in English Track 30;
Coulter, Arthur, speech in English Track 17, singing in English Tracks 36-37

Running Order:
1. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one evening...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
2. I took Miss Jane McGinty (‘ I took Miss Jane McGinty to a fancy sort of ball...’), song [comic] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
3. The maid of the sweet brown knowe (‘Oh come all you lads and lasses...’], song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
4. Barbro Allen (‘In Scarlet town where I was born...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
5. Spanking Maggie (‘Come all you sporting gentlemen...’), song [about a horse race] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
6. Red is the rose (‘Come over the hills to your bonny blue-eyed lass...’), song [air: Loch Lomond] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
7. Mother of mine (‘Oh there’s not another fellow...’) song [air non-traditional] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
8. I met a little girl in Knoxville, song [traditional American murder song] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
9. The bunch of violets (‘Out in a moonlit garden...’), song [sentimental favourite] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English [problem with speed of machine]
10. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs, speech / Arthur Coulter, speech in English
11. You should have seen them go (‘It’s just last Monday morning...’), song [non-traditional] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
12. If I don’t be living, boy (‘One cold and winter’s evening...’), song [war song localized in Belfast] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
13. The Ulster Volunteers (‘Come all ye loyal Ulster boys...’) song [war song, air: Tara’s halls] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
14. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs, speech / Arthur Coulter, speech in English
15. Poor Dan O’Hara (‘Oh, it’s poor I am today...’), song [sentimental, non-traditional]  song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
16. Believe me if all those endearing young charms ; Come back to Erin, waltzes / unidentified performer, harmonica
17. Rocking alone (‘Sitting alone in an old rocking chair...’), song [non-traditional] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
18. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs, speech / Arthur Coulter, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. I could hear the darkies singing (‘One morning bright and clear...’), song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
20. Glenavy dear (‘Glenavy dear, my native soil...’), song [words by Hugh McWilliams? Air: Caledonian Hunt’s delight] /  Mrs Graham, singing in English
21. Where the river Shannon flows (‘There’s a pretty spot in Ireland...’),  song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
22. The banks of Claudy (‘As I strolled out one evening...’), song / Mrs Graham, singing in English
23. There’s an oldfashioned homestead, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
24. The cabin with the roses round the door (‘The cabin with the roses round the door it is fading fast...’), song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
25. The darkest cloud that crossed my life, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
26. The orange and purple (‘There is not in this wide world a colour so fine...’), song [‘party’ song. Air: The meeting of the waters] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
27. The factory girl (‘One fine summer’s morning the bright sun was shining...’), song [air: cf. Burns and his Highland Mary] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
28. Far far away on the banks of the Nile, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
29. Bonny Woodhall (‘Down by yon green bushes near Bonny Woodha’...), song / Mrs Graham, singing in English
30. Kellyburn braes [=The farmer’s curst wife] (‘There was an oul’ man from Kellyburn braes...’) song [dramatic, parlando] / unidentified performer [Arthur Coulter’s son?], singing in English
31. Just as the bells were ringing (‘Just as the bells were ringing a soldier lad returned again...’) , song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
32. Sweet Kitty Farrell [=The blind Irish girl] (‘In my native home Liscarroll...’) , song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
33. James Magee (‘It is James Magee they do call me...’), song / Mrs Graham, singing in English
34. For he’s only a private soldier, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
35. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs
36. Doran’s ass (‘Paddy Downey he lived in Killarney...’) , song [comic, air: Spanish lady] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
37. Night came on and the war was over, song  / Arthur Coulter, singing in English [end of recordings by Arthur Coulter] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Arthur Coulter, Carnaughliss, Loanends, Muckamore, Co. Antrim 25–26 June, 1968 from Arthur Coulter (age about 70), his son and his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney (of Killead, Co. Antrim), 25–26 June, 1968 [tracks 1–11]
Recorded from Mrs Eileen Keaney (age 76) in her house in Belfast, 28 June, 1968 [tracks 12–16]

Performers:
Arthur Coulter, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, speech in English Track 2
Mary Heaney, singing in English, Tracks 2, 6–7
? Coulter (Arthur Coulter's Son), flute solo, Tracks 8–11
Eileen Keaney, singing in English 12–16

Running Order:
1. Donegore hill (‘As I journeyed to Antrim last Hallowday fair...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English [session continued from 6802]
2. Story of the following song ; The Crumlin line (‘Oh come all ye ranting rambling boys, come listen unto me...’), story ; song [words by Arthur Coulter] / Arthur Coulter, speech in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
3. The Banks of the Boyne in the morning (‘Listen to me while I relate...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in
4. It was up in London fair (’Twas up in London fair sure there’s a maid and she lives there...’), song [incomplete version] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. It was up in London fair [complete version], song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
6. The Castlebar boy (‘I’m a boy from old Ireland, that beautiful place...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
7. Some say the Divil’s dead, song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
8. Oh my Scotland, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife
9. The rowan tree, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife
10. The Orange lily, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife
11. Nelly Gray, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife [end of recording session]
12. The hat my father wore (‘I’m Paddy Miles an Irishman just come across the sea...’), song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
13. Rocking the cradle (‘Oh it’s rocking the cradle...’) , song [with lilt] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English, lilt
14. You’re a wee bonny wean, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
15. Rocking the cradle, song [with lilt, second rendition] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English, lilt
16. You’re a wee bonny wean, song [second rendition, last word missing] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English [session continued at 6804] [END of BAND TWO]