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Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]

  • AOH-18693/1/258704
  • Item
  • 1977 [tracks 1-2] ; 17 July 1977 [tracks 3-4] ; 18 July 1977 [tracks 5-20] ; 2 August 1977 [tracks 21-26] ; 3 August 1977 [tracks 27-30] ; 5 August 1977 [tracks 31-34]
  • Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Performers:
Moore, Cyril, accordion solo A1-2, speech in English A1;
Turner, Josephine, accordion solo A3-4, speech in English A3;
Maher, Paddy, accordion solo A5-9, 11, 13, 15-18, 20, speech in English A5-6, 10, 12, 14, singing in English with accordion A10, 12, 14, 19;
Thorne, Kenneth, singing in English with guitar A21-23, speech in English A21-23, accordion solo A24-26;
Moore, Roland, fiddle solo A27-30, speech in English A29;
Reid, John, singing in English with guitar A31-34, speech in English A31-34

Running Order:
1. Untitled [Black velvet band], waltz / Cyril Moore, accordion, speech in English
2. I’s the b’y, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
3. Untitled, polka / Josephine Turner, accordion, speech in English
4. Untitled [Pop goes the weasel], [single] / Josephine Turner, accordion
5. Untitled [The old man], hornpipe / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
6. Untitled, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
7. Untitled, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion
8. Untitled, reel / Paddy Maher, accordion
9. Untitled [Maggie in the woods], polka / Paddy Maher, accordion
10. The humours of Glenshee, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
11. Doggie doggie battered the cat, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
12. The tribute to Newfoundland, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
13. Beer barrel polka, polka / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer]
14. The daughter of Daniel O Connell, Star of Logy Bay, songs / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
15. Star of Logy Bay, air / Paddy Maher, accordion
16. Untitled (fragment), jig / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer] [END OF BAND ONE]
17. Untitled, jig (continued from track 16) / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer]
18. Amazing grace, air / Paddy Maher, accordion
19. The banks of the roses, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion
20. Untitled, reel / Paddy Maher, accordion
21. Dust on mother’s bible, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
22. Singing waterfall, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
23. In the cold Canadian waters, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar
24. Over the waves, waltz / Kenneth Thorne, accordion
25. Road to the isles, [single] / Kenneth Thorne, accordion, speech in English
26. Golden jubilee, polka / Kenneth Thorne, accordion
27. Untitled, jig / Roland Moore, fiddle
28. Untitled, tune / Roland Moore, fiddle
29. Untitled, tune / Roland Moore, fiddle
30. Untitled, polka / Roland Moore, fiddle ; [unidentified dancer]
31. My friends, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
32. Big Bill, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
33. The war ship had landed, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
34. [Galway Bay] (‘If you ever go across the sea to Newfoundland…’), song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 15 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Coombes, Agnes, recitation in English A1, speech in English A1;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A2, speech in English A2;
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A3;
Wareham, Wilf, speech in English A4, singing in English A5-6

Running Order:
1. Untitled, recitation / Agnes Coombes, speech in English ; Brid Coombes, author
2. Paddy Kelly's Dream, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
3. Untitled [music for square dance], single / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
4. Speech [talk about sea songs heard in Newfoundland] / Wilf Wareham, speech in English
5. Haul on the bowline, song / Wilf Wareham, singing in English
6. Speech [sea songs] ; Jolly Poker, song ; Johnny Boker, song / Wilf Wareham, singing in English ; [Unidentified speaker], speech [END OF BAND ONE]
7. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 2 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Turner, Bessy, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Walsh, Aidan, accordion solo A2-7, speech in English A2, 4-5;
Broderick, John, singing in English A8, recitation in English A9-11, 13-18, B3, 5, 7, singing in English in duet B4;
Broderick, Dan, singing in English A12, B2, 6, singing in English in duet B4;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band two, singing in English in chorus B4-6,;
Moore, Cyril, organ solo B8-10, accordion solo B11-14, speech in English B8-9, 15

Running Order:
1. I'm lonely since my mother died, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
2. Road to the isles, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
3. There's a glen in old Tir Connel, waltz / Aidan Walsh, accordion
4. Pussy cat up in the plum tree, jig (crooked) ; Speech [tune name] / Aidan Walsh, accordion, speech in English
5. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
6. [I’se the b’y], jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
7. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
8. The lad in the Scotch brigade, song / John Broderick, singing in English
9. Rum seller, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
10. The burglar, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
11. The ragged jacket, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
12. Soldier's dream, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
13. An old sweetheart of mine, song / John Broderick, singing in English
14. Your coppers turn into silver, song / John Broderick, singing in English
15. Captains and ships, song / John Broderick, singing in English
16. The maid of the mountain brow, song / John Broderick, singing in English
17. An emigrant’s farewell, song / John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
18. When I was young, song (fragment) / John Broderick, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Speech [background speech] / [unidentified speakers]
20. July drive [The valley of Kilbride], song ; speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers] ; [unidentified speakers]
21. Morris Crotty, song ; Speech [background] / John Broderick, singing in English
22. Daniel Munroe, song ; Unidentified, song [fragments] ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers and speech]
23. Skibbereen, song (fragmented) ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
24. Break the news to mother, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
25. Old Eireann far away, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English
26. When your blue moon turns to gold again, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
27. A new moon over my shoulder, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
28. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, organ
29. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, accordion
30. [Maggie in the Wood], polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
31. Untitled, polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
32. Untitled, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
33. Speech [joke about two people getting married] / Cyril Moore, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 20 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Murphy, Andy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about local people, cures for seasickness] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
2. Red river valley, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
3. St. Anne's reel / Andy Murphy, fiddle
4. Haste to the wedding, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
5. I’m going to be married, waltz / Andy Murphy, fiddle
6. Farewell to Nova Scotia, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
7. [I don’t care if I do], waltz ; Speech [remember what the tunes are] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
8. The wild rover, waltz ; Speech [the words to tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
9. Irish washerwoman, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
10. Redwing, barndance / Andy Murphy, fiddle
11. Bold Jack Donohue, waltz ; Speech [tune origins, story about learning Irish tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
12. The merry widow, waltz ; Speech [tune origins] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
13. Loch Lomond, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
14. Turkey in the straw, barndance [fragmented] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
15. Over the waves, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
16. Whiskey on beer, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
17. When I am sixty four, air ; Speech [talk about music in the family] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Speech [talk about music in the family] [continued from track A17] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
19. Untitled, hornpipe / Andy Murphy, fiddle
20. Speech [stories about feats of strength] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO][The remainder of BAND TWO is a direct copy of material from 53-ITMA-CS, Aidan O'Hara Cassette 4 tracks A23-35; not included on the CDR copy]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 4 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performers [The Keyes Family], singing in English A1-3, speech in English A1-3;
[Broderick, Kevin ?], fiddle solo with guitar A4-22;
[Julie, Kevin ?], fiddle solo with guitar A4-22;
Walsh, Bill, accordion solo A23-29, speech in English A27;
Murphy, Andy, accordion solo A30-33, 35-38, speech in English A30-35, singing in English with accordion A34

Running Order:
1. Kevin Barry, song / [Unidentified singer, member of the Keyes Family], singing in English
2. The ship sailed from old England, song ; Speech [song title] / [Unidentified singer, member of the Keyes Family], singing in English
3. Aunt Martha's sheep, song / [Unidentified singer, member of the Keyes Family], singing in English
4. Sligo maid, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
5. Cock of the north, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
6. Paddy in London, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
7. Miss Monaghan's, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
8. Inverness gathering, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
9. Mason's apron, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
10. Untitled, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
11. Fasten the leg in her, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
12. Sheahan's reel[?] / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
13. Paddy whack, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
14. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
15. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
16. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
17. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Boys of blue hill, hornpipe / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
19. Untitled, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
20. La bantering[?], reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
21. Saddle the pony, Untitled, jigs / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
22. Donnybrook fair, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
23. Untitled, single / Bill Walsh, accordion
24. Untitled, single / Bill Walsh, accordion
25. Untitled, single / Bill Walsh, accordion
26. Untitled, reel / Bill Walsh, accordion
27. The Boston driver[?], waltz / Bill Walsh, accordion
28. Untitled, reel / Bill Walsh, accordion
29. Untitled, reel [fragmented] / Bill Walsh, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
30. Untitled, air / Andy Murphy, accordion
31. Untitled, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
32. I’se the b’y, jig / Andy Murphy, accordion
33. The Irish rover, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
34. Untitled, song / Andy Murphy, accordion, singing in English
35. Over the waves, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
36. Untitled, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
37. [The Irish washerwoman], jig / Andy Murphy, accordion
38. Untitled, jig / Andy Murphy, accordion [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 5 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Pearce, John, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A2;
Casey, Esther, singing in English A2-8, 9-11, 13-14, speech in English A2-14, accordion solo A12;
Turner, Tom, singing in English A15, 17, singing in English A15-16

Running Order:
1. Elliston logger's song / John Pearce, singing in English
2. She lived beside the Anner, song ; Speech [singing] / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English ; Terry Thomson, speech in English ; [Unidentified speaker]
3. The lovely village maid, song ; Speech [song origins] / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
4. One lonely night in summer, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
5. The silver tide, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
6. There's somebody waiting for me, song / Esther Casey, singing in English ; [unknown speaker]
7. Will you love me when I'm old and grey, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
8. The best things in life, song / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
9. Mussels in the corner, single [fragmented] / Esther Casey, accordion [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Down by the green bushes, song ; Speech [singing style] / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
11. British man-of-war, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
12. Speech [talk about music and singing and dancing in houses, learning to sing in school] / Esther Casey, speech in English
13. An old sweetheart of mine, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
14. A cowboy and his sweetheart, song / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
15. Untitled [Wild Buffalo], song / Tom Turner, singing in English
16. Speech [talk about learning to sing, fishing, working in the lumber woods] / Tom Turner, singing in English
17. Western rangers, song [unfinished] / Tom Turner, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 7 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Reid, John, speech in English A1-2, singing in English with guitar A1-2;
Unidentified performers, singing in English with accordion A3, accordion and mandolin duet A4, jews harp solo A5, singing in English A6-7, speech in English throughout, accordion solo A8, accordion duet A9

Running Order:
1. Speech [introductions, ease of writing songs] ; Untitled, song (fragment) / John Reid, speech in English, singing in English, guitar
2. Great disguise, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar
3. Untitled [sung to the air of ‘Spancil hill’], song / Unknown performer, accordion, singing in English
4. This land is your land, song / Unknown performer, accordion ; Unknown performers, singing in English
5. Maggie in the woods, polka / Unknown performer, Jews harp
6. Speech ; Irish soldier boy, song / Unknown performer, singing in English
7. Meet me tonight in the moonlight, song / Unknown performers, singing in English ; Unknown performer, guitar
8. Untitled, polkas / Unknown performer, accordion ; [Unnamed dancers in background]
9. Red River Valley, air / Unknown performers, accordion [END OF BAND ONE]
10. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 27 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 43 [sound recording] / [various performers]

  • AOH-18693/1/258650
  • Item
  • 29 July 1977 [Track 1] ; 2 July 1977 [Tracks 2-6] ; [December 1976] [Tracks 7-17]
  • Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Performers:
William, Dooley, singing in English A1;
Tracey, Mrs. Margaret, accordion solo A2-6;
Doolel ?, Robert, singing in English A7;
Haggett, Betty, singing in English A8;
Barker, Larry, accordion solo A9;
O'Driscoll, Jim, singing in English in duet A10;
O'Driscoll, Joe, singing in English in duet A10-11;
O'Driscoll, Ben, singing in English in duet A11;
Dooley, Martin, singing in English A12-13, harmonica solo A14-17

Running Order:
1. Mantle of green [beginning clipped], song / William Dooley, singing in English
2. Speech [introduction] ; Untitled, single / John Dooley, speech in English; Margaret Tracey, accordion
3. Untitled, single / Margaret Tracey, accordion
4. Untitled, single / Margaret Tracey, accordion
5. Untitled, waltz / Margaret Tracey, accordion
6. Untitled, jig / Margaret Tracey, accordion
7. Speech [introduction] ; Molly Bawn, song / Robert Doolel, singing in English
8. The nightingale, song / Betty Haggett, singing in English
9. Untitled, single / Larry Barker, accordion
10. When the fields are white with daisies, song / Jim O’Driscoll, singing in English ; Joe O’Driscoll
11. Old Ireland's shore, song / Ben O’Driscoll, singing in English ; Joe O’Driscoll, singing in English
12. The Knoxville girl, song / Martin Dooley, singing in English
13. Old Dan Tucker, song / Martin Dooley, singing in English
14. Cock o' the North, jigl / Martin Dooley, harmonica
15. Mussels in the corner, single / Martin Dooley, harmonica
16. Untitled, jig / Martin Dooley, harmonica
17. Turkey in the straw, barndance / harmonica [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 44 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A1, speech in English A2-3, singing in English A2-4;
Branch Dancers, square dancing A1;
Brace, Wayne, speech in English A2, 5;
Ashton, John, singing in English in duet A5, 7, singing in English A6, speech in English A6;
Lovelace, Martin, singing in English in duet A5, 7;
Slade, Linda, speech in English A8, singing in English A8, singing in English in duet A9;
Wareham, Wilf, speech in English A8-9, 10, singing in English in duet A9;
Best, Anita, speech in English A10, singing in English in duet A10;
Pius, Power, singing in English in duet A10

Running Order:
1. Untitled, square set / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; Branch dancers
2. Speech [introduction] ; The barque in the harbour, song / Gerald Campbell, speech in English, singing in English ; [unidentified percussion]
3. Speech [introduction] ; The sweet forget me not, song / Gerald Campbell, speech in English, singing in English ; [unidentified percussion]
4. The girl that slighted me, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
5. Speech [introduction] ; The Banks of Claudy, song / Wayne Brace, speech in English ; John Ashton, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
6. Jack the sailor, song / John Ashton, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
7. Admiral Benbow, song / John Ashton, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
8. Speech [introduction] ; The schooner Maggie, song / Wilf Wareham, speech in English ; Linda Slade, singing in English, speech in English
9. Speech [introduction] ; Leave her Johnny leave her, song / Wilf Wareham, speech in English, singing in English ; Linda Slade, singing in English
10. Speech [introduction] ; Farewell Maggie darling, song / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English ; Pius Power, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

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