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Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–8

Running Order:
1. The Mason word (‘You men and maids, I pray attend and listen to me a while...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Kitty of Ballinamore (‘When I was young I was fond of fun like many’s a roving lad...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Farewell to Kilnood (‘And on the twelfth day of July...’), song [fragment of an Orange ballad], Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. On the twelfth day of July (‘It being on the twelfth day of July in the year of ’89...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The battle of Garvagh (‘Captain Dooey says, My boys...’), song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. The Boyne water song (‘Up come the Pope with a shamrock in his coat...’), song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. Dandy McCloskey (‘You ancient sons of Cumberland and offsprings of old Erin...’), song [to the air of ‘Boyne Water’], Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. My Jamie Lee (‘On a hill in bonny Scotland stood a soldier...’), song [music hall, clipped at end of tape] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher out of doors at Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow, 8 July 1968 [tracks 9–10]
Recorded from Eddie and Grace Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8, 11–15]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, lilting Tracks 1, 3, singing in English Tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9–14, speech in English Tracks 6, 15;
Grace Butcher, singing in English Tracks 4, 13, speech in English Track 8

Running Order:
1. Minnie Picken on the shore ; Jane NcNeill’s in love with me ; The keel row, highlands ; lilt / Eddie Butcher, lilt, singing in English
2. Lanigan’s ball, song ; lilt / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, lilt
3. Irish washerwoman ; Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’), jig ; song [to the same air] / Eddie Butcher, lilt, singing in English
4. In and out the windows, game song / Mrs Grace Butcher, singing in English
5. My lovely Irish rose (‘A winding river winds its way close by an Irish shore...)’, song [two-verse fragment]
6. Saturday night is Halloweve night [as learnt from his mother when about 7 years old]; story ; song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English, singing in English 
7. The wee dog Buff (‘I have a wee dog and I called him Buff...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English,
8. Mrs Mason broke her basin, rhyme / Mrs Grace Butcher, speech in English
9. Alexander [=Alexandra: Eddie’s title] (‘Oh don’t you know the reason love, this night that I came here...’), song [learnt from his father] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. The gold that honour wins [Eddie’s title] (‘Oh from boyhood’s days I’ve passed away...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Johnny Doyle (‘It happenéd to be on a Saturday night...’), song [fragments] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. Rocks of Bawn (‘Arise up lovely Sweeney and give your horse some hay...’), song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. The heights of Alma (‘All night we lay on the cold ground...’), song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. The bonny green tree (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer’s morning...’), song [fragments, recalled jointly] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, Mrs Grace Butcher, singing in English
15. The man and his mare, story ; explanation that his songs can be altered (and disimproved) by people who try to sing them, to such an extent that he doesn’t recognise them when he hears them] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–5

Running Order:
1. The ‘Trader’ (‘Oh come all you gallant seamen bold, now listen here a while to me...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The hills of Glenshee (‘As I went a-walking the heather was blooming...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. It’s of a row to you I’ll show, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. It’s of a row I’ll tell to you (‘It’s of a row I’ll tell to you between a woman and a man...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘As I roved out one evening to have a bit of a walk...’), song [sung to the airs of ‘Phil the fluter’s ball’, and ‘The old plaid shawl’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE