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Performers:
Unidentified performers, singing in English throughout band one, speech in English throughout band one;
[Judge, Bride ?], singing in English in duet A3, singing in English B1-5, speech in English B1-5;
[Judge, Patsy ?], singing in English in duet A3, speech in English B6-7, singing in English B7

Running Order:
1. The beach of Strathblane, song / Mike McGrath, singing in English
2. The fair Fanny Moore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
3. The Brule boys, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English ; Bride Judge, singing in English
4. Peter Emberly, song ; Speech / Stan McGrath, singing in English
5. Peter Emberley, song [continued] / Stan McGrath, singing in English ; [Unidentified performer], singing in English
6. Lovely Leitrim, song / Stan McGrath, singing in English
7. The forest was covered in bushes, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
8. There once was a sailor, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
9. The dance on Peter Street, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
10. The wild colonial boy, song ; Speech [learning songs] / Mike McGrath, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Cape Shore song, song ; Speech [talk about the song] / Bride Judge, singing in English
12. The Boston burglar, song ; Speech [talk about the song] / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. The wild St. Mary’s man, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
14. The broken-hearted milkman [Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green], song ; Speech [learned it from a lady in Gooseberry, used to know 32 songs] / Bride Judge, singing in English
15. The lady in the east, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
16. Speech [talk about local events, music and dancing in houses, types of dances and the tunes used, the mummers] / Patsy Judge, speech
17. Connickmore, song ; Speech ; Under the salt house, song ; The girl I left behind me, song ; Speech [words to the dance songs, sensitivities around singing Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Tatter Jack Walsh ; Speech [story about changing the words to Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Irishman’s shanty, song ; Speech ; Mother wouldn’t beat him, song ; Speech ; There was an old woman, song ; Speech ; Mary bought a pig ; Speech [trying to remember other songs for dancing] / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English
18. Mary Neal, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Judge, Patsy, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A1-4, lilting A1-2;
Judge, Bride, speech in English A1-2

Running Order:
1. Speech [cheek/gob music for lilting ; types of dances] ; There was an old woman, reel ; Tatter Jack Walsh, double jig ; All the way to Connickmore, single ; Haste to the wedding, double jig ; The girl I left behind me, single ; Untitled, lilting / Patsy Judge, speech in English, singing in English, lilting ; Bride Judge, speech in English (duplicate version. Full conversation available track 1, Aidan O'Hara Collection, Reel-to-reel 895a-ITMA-REEL/CDR)
2. Speech [parts of dances: (1) first part, required a single, (2) the advance, danced to a single, (3) form the line, danced to a double, (4) chain, danced to a single, (5) close in, (6) round the house, always danced to Pop goes the weasel ; Pop Goes the Weasel, song ; speech [reels were really difficult and only a few people able to do the cheek music for a reel] ; Green grow the rushes-o, reel / Patsy Judge, speech in English, singing in English, lilting ; Bride Judge, speech in English, singing in English
3. The fair Fanny Moore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
4. Three long hours before day (The false knight), song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
5. Speech [Patsy talks about where the songs came from—Argentia was great for songs. Argentia was a centre for bootlegging. Patsy mentions that everyone would have to sing at a session. He said he never had any trouble learning a song. He said that when he was a child, he always wanted to be with the old people listening to them and that’s how he learned the songs] / Patsy Judge, speech in English
6. Speech [Christmas rhymes and mummering. Patsy lists the characters of the Mummers’ play. He describes the occasion. Humorous happenings] / Patsy Judge, speech in English (continued on track 1, Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 30, 888a-ITMA-REEL/CDR) [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Campbell, Ger, accordion solo A1;
Best, Anita, speech in English A2, singing in English A2, lilting A2, singing in English in duet A3

Running Order:
1. Untitled, single / Ger Campbell, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
2. Billy Piddle, reel ; Over the hill to see grandma / Anita Best, lilting, speech in English (duplicate recording track 3, Aidan O’Hara Collection, Reel-to-Reel 25, 889a-ITMA-REEL/CDR)
3. I’m a hearty Newfoundlander (Me old ragadoo), song / Anita Best, singing in English ; Elsie Best, singing in English (duplicate recording track 4, Aidan O’Hara Collection, Reel-to-Reel 25, 889a-ITMA-REEL/CDR) [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Felix, Ron, accordion A1-2;
Penney, Susie, singing in English A3;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A4, 13, singing in English A6;
Slade, Linda, singing in English A5, 7, speech in English A7;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A8, singing in English A8;
Byrne, Joe, speech in English A9, lilting A9;
Bowman, Bill, whistle solo A10;
Best, Anita, singing in English A11;
Judge, Patsy, speech in English A12, singing in English A12

Running Order:
1. Untitled, jig / Ron Felix, accordion ; [unidentified guitar]
2. Untitled, reel / Ron Felix, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
3. Barbara Allen, song / Susie Penney, singing in English
4. What is the best thing in life?, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
5. Lovely Nancy, song / Linda Slade, singing in English
6. On the pillow of despair, song / John Joe English, singing in English
7. Bachelor's hall, song / Linda Slade, speech in English, singing in English
8. Now I'm sixty-four, song / [unidentified singer and guitar]
9. Speech [gob music] ; Little Beggarman, lilting / Joe Byrne, lilting
10. The half-door, march and reel / Bill Bowman, tin whistle ; [unknown bodhrán]
11. Anti-confederation song / Anita Best, singing in English
12. Speech [introduction] ; The hat me father wore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
13. The railway disaster hero, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Felix, Ron, accordion solo A1, 6, 10;
[Bowenson?], Bill, whistle solo A2, 15, lilting A19;
Maher, Frank, accordion solo A3, 17, accordion in duet with whistle A4, 7, 9;
Judge, Patsy, whistle in duet with accordion A4, 7, 9, speech in English A12-13, singing in English A12-14, 16, lilting 12, 14, 16, 20;
Ryan, Val, fiddle solo A5, 11;
Squires, Frank, fiddle solo A8, speech in English A8

Running Order:
1. Untitled, jig / Ron Felix, accordion ; [unidentified bodhrán]
2. The half door, jig / Bill Bowman, tin whistle ; [unidentified bodhrán]
3. Untitled set, jig / Frank Maher, accordion
4. Soldiers joy, slide / Frank Maher, accordion ; Patsy Judge, tin whistle ; [unidentified bodhrán]
5. The boys of blue hill, hornpipe / Val Ryan, fiddle ; [unidentified bodhrán]
6. French waltzy, waltz / Ron Felix, accordion
7. Bhiosa le i bPortlairge, polka ; Mussels in the Corner, polka / Frank Maher, accordion ; Patsy Judge, tin whistle
8. Speech ; Big John McNeil, reel / Frank Squires, fiddle, speech in English
9. Garryowen, jig / Frank Maher, accordion ; Patsy Judge, tin whistle
10. French waltzy, waltz / Ron Felix, accordion
11. The woodchoppers breakdown, reel / Val Ryan, fiddle
12. Speech ; All the ways to Connickmore, song/lilt / Patsy Judge, singing in English, lilting, speech in English
13. Speech [sang for ‘round the house’] ; Old woman wrapped up in a blanket, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English
14. Mary bought a pig, song/lilt / Patsy Judge, lilting, singing in English
15. Untitled, slide / Bill Bowman, tin whistle ; Andy [Sammuelson ?], bodhrán
16. The girl I left behind me, song/lilt / Patsy Judge, lilting, singing in English ; [unidentified tin whistle]
17. Cooley's jig / Frank Maher, accordion ; [unidentified bodhrán]
18. Untitled, lilt / Ron Felix, lilting
19. Untitled, lilt / Bill Bowman, lilting ; [unidentified bodhrán]
20. [Maggie in the woods], lilt / Patsy Judge, lilting [END OF BAND ONE]
21. [BAND TWO NOT USED]