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Recorded from Mrs Nora Cooper at the house of Mr & Mrs Joe Cooper, Aughavilla, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 30 June 1968 [tracks 1–9]

Performers:
Mrs. Nora Cooper, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7–9 speech in English Tracks 2–4, 6–9
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 2, 4

Running Order:
1. Squire Hall’s watery park (‘In the year eighteen hundred aye and forty-nine...’), song [learnt from John and Matt Rooney] / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
2. Talk about the previous song ‘Squire Hall’s watery park’, speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Willy Reilly, talk about it, song [air learnt from John and Matt Rooney, words learnt from Bessie Grant] ; speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English, speech in English
4. Talk of local singers, John and Matt Condy Rooney, speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
5. The Armagh Rover (‘I’m a rover from Armagh and the truth I will declare...’) / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
6. Talk about the previous song, speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English
7. Talk about the following song ; Green gravel, speech ; song / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English, speech in English
8. Talk about the following song ; Cups and saucers, speech ; song / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English, singing in English
9. Talk about the following song ; Obadiah, speech ; song / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English, singing in English [session continued at 6806] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Paddy Joe Rooney in the house of Joe Cooper, Aughavilla, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 27 July 1970 [tracks 1–4]
Recorded from Mrs Doyle (née McCullough) and Mrs Nora Cooper in Mrs Doyle's house at Knockbarragh, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 27 July 1970 [tracks 5–9]
Recorded from Charles McKibbin (aged about 70) in his house in Annalong, Co. Down, 28 July 1970 [tracks 10–24]

Performers:
Rooney, Paddy Joe, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, speech in English Tracks 2, 4;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 4-5, 7, 10-11, 14-15, 17-18, 20;
Doyle, Mrs, speech in English Tracks 5, 6, 7, 8;
Cooper, Mrs. Nora, speech in English Tracks 5, 8;
McKinnin, Chas, singing in English Tracks 9, 12-13, 16, 19, 21-4, speech in English Tracks 10-11, 14-15, 17, 18, 20, 21

Running Order:
1. Maggie May (‘Now gather round ye sailor boys...’), song [learnt off ‘boys in off a boat’ from England] / Paddy Joe Rooney (aged about 60, of Ballyagholy, Mayobridge, Co. Down), singing in English
2. Talk about the song ‘Maggie May’ / Paddy Joe Rooney, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. The navvy boots on (‘I’m a young Irish navvy, I work on the land...’), song  / Paddy Joe Rooney, singing in English
4. Talk about the song ‘The navvy boots on’ and the singer / Paddy Joe Rooney, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
5. Talk about the song ‘The banks of Yarrow’ / Mrs Doyle, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English 
6. A spoken verse of the song ‘Barefooted Biddie to the market did go’, recitation, Mrs Doyle, speech in English
7. Talk about children’s New Year quête customs [in her home locality of Ballinahatton, Ballyardle, Kilkeel, Co. Down] / Mrs Doyle, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English 
8. Talk about old ways of telling the time / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
9. Calladee-i-o (‘There was a pretty fair maiden in Limerick town did dwell...’), song / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
10. Talk about the song ‘Calladee-i-o’ [clipped] Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Talk about short wave trawler transmissions of songs sung by and about C. McK / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
12. My name is jolly Charlie, song [fragment, air: Macnamara’s band] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
13. Oh to make up our ship’s crew, song [fragment, about shipwreck off Cranfield] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
14. Talk about the preceding song / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
15. Talk about the song ‘The Honey bee’ / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
16. The honey bee (‘Oh, yous all know the lovely ‘Honey bee’...’), song [about a fishing boat called ‘The Honey bee’] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
17. Talk about a trick played on a boat entering Annalong harbour / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
18. Talk about a local sailor who married at Campbeltown / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
19. Unidentified, song [about one of the men who married at Campbeltown, air ‘The Inniskilling Dragoon’] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
20. Talk about the preceding song / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
21. Introduction to the song ‘The marksman’s dream’, speech ;  ‘The marksman’s dream’ (‘One night as I lay on my bed I fell into a dream...’), song [fragment, Masonic, air: Tossing the hay] / Charles McKibbin, speech in English, singing in English
22. The marksman’s dream,  song [further fragment] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
23. Unidentified (‘ Were ever you in darkness while crossing Jordan’s stream...’), song [fragment, Masonic, air: The wearing of the green]
24. Dolly’s Brae (‘Being on the twelfth day of July...’), song [fragment] [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]