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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 1–8

Running Order:
1. Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’), song [sung to the air of ‘The Irish washerwoman’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. For my daddy goes to Meeting, song [fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. To my grief and woe I’ll let you know, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. ’Tween Tory Island and Malin Head, song [two-line fragment, sung to the air he uses for ‘The Royal Charter’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. On the top of yon heathery mountain, song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Abeen a’ the airts the wind does blaw, song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English )
7. Mary O’ Neill (‘I am a bold undaunted youth, my name is John M’Cann...’) , song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. John Gainor (‘Assist me now you poets for I’m resolved to show it...’), song [one-verse fragment of which the last two lines are merely lilted] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, lilt [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 1–4]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English 1–4

Running Order:
1. Alexander (‘Oh it’s don’t you know the reason love this night that I am here?...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The tree in the ground (‘In yonder ground there was a tree...’), song [incomplete?] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Moorlough Mary (‘The first place that I saw Moorlough Mary...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Many’s a misty morning, song [single line fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English    [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Our wedding day (‘Oh I once had a sweetheart and I loved her well...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6601]
2. Green grows the laurel (‘Once I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The Arranmore disaster (‘Good people dear, pray] lend an ear, I’ll tell yous one and all...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Erin’s green shore (‘Oh, one evening of late as I strayed by the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Oh the marriage (‘It’s oh, that I ever was married...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]
6. It’s of a row I’ll tell you now, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The Longfield Bank (‘On a dull October morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English 
8. The Longfield Bank song [a further verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [end of band two] 

Recorded in his house in Belfast from Alec Foster (aged 87), who learned most of his songs around 1900 in the Birdstown Glen, Inishowen, Co. Donegal, 13 October 1968 [tracks 1–7]

Performer:
Alec Foster (aged 87), singing in English Tracks 1–7

Running Order:
1. Down the moor (‘As I roved out one morn in May, it being fine summer weather...’), song [learnt from his father] / Alec Foster, singing in English
2. I had a wee duck (‘I had a wee duck when I lived in Drummuck...’), song [learnt from his father, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
3. The town of Anterim (‘It was in the town of Anterim near to the river Bann...’), song [learnt from Artie Gilmour, actor and singer in Belfast around 1918] / Alec Foster, singing in English
4. A nobleman’s fair daughter (‘A nobleman’s fair daughter come walking down yon lane...’), song [learnt from his uncle Andrew Foster in Birdstown, Inishowen] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. The ‘Saldanha’ (‘Come all you gallant seamen bold and listen to my song...’), song / Alec Foster, singing in English
6. Roll me from the wall (‘When I was young and in my prime...’), song [from Fanad, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
7. [=The keach in the creel] (‘How can I get to your chamber love? ...’), song [learnt from Dan Harkin, born c. 1890] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at Clogherhead, Co. Louth from Ann Clarke (age 9) of Drogheda. 10 August 1968 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal. 3 September 1968 [tracks 7–12]

Performers:
Ann Clarke (aged 9), speech in English Tracks 1–6;
Kitty Shields, speech in English Track 3;
Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English Tracks 7, 9;
Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), singing in English Track 8;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), fiddle solo Tracks 10–12, speech in English Tracks 10–12

Running Order:
1. Mammy, Daddy, Uncle John, rhyme / Ann Clarke (9), speech in English
2. Eena, meena, macka, rocka, rhyme / Ann Clarke, speech in English
3. Have you a good memory, catch [involving counting] / Ann Clarke (9), speech in English ; Kitty Shields (9), speech in English
4. Oh I’m a little Dutch girl, song / Ann Clarke, singing in English
5. Chewing-gum a penny a packet, song [for playing ball] / Ann Clarke, singing in English
6. Jelly on the plate, rhyme [chanted] / Ann Clarke, speech in English [end of session]
7. Mulroy Bay (‘When the golden sun is setting far beyond the ocean blue...’), song [words, according to the singer, by Master Friel of Fanad] / Christopher Byrne (about 20), singing in English
8. She lived beside the Anner (‘She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenaman...’), song / Margaret Byrne (about 21), singing in English
9. Moorlough Mary (‘The first time I saw young Moorlough Mary...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
10. Story about the tune ; The gravel walks to Grainnie, story ; reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle
11. Talk about the reel ; My love she’s in America [=The Pure Drop], speech ; reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle
12. Talk about the jig ; Gillespie’s favourite, speech, jig [incomplete, full version at 6825], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle [recording session continued at 6125] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of Charles Boyle (aged about 73), Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 29 August 1968 [tracks 1–2]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (‘Barney’, aged 87) and Bernard Maguire junior (‘Bernard’, aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 3–14]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, speech in Irish Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 3, 5, 12, singing in English, 8-9, 11, 14;
Barney Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 4, 6, 13, singing in English 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Cearrbhach na Rosa. story [=The card-player of the Rosses], / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), speech in Irish
2. Monologue, Charles Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session][
3. O cuirfidh mé tús ar an phósadh, song / Bernard [junior] Maguire (about 45 years), singing in Irish [session continued from 6822 band ii] END OF BAND ONE]
4. O ’s nach aoibhinn ins an tsaol an té a bhíonn-sa ag ól, song / Barney [Bernard senior] Maguire (87), singing in Irish 
5. Trathóna amháin is mé ag siúl an róid (‘Trathóna amháin is mé ag siúl an róid, O casadh domh planda a bhí lán den spórt...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish
6. Tá an t-earrach go dian ag creachadh an tsaoil, song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
7. [=The hills of Donegal]  (Oh Donegal [that’s] the pride of all, I often think of thee’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
8. The girl I left behind (‘My parents reared me tenderly, they had no boy but me...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
9. Willy-O (‘Oh Mary sleeping, her true love creeping...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
10. Where the whins and heather grow (‘Oh I am a lonely exile and it’s over this wide world I must roam...’), song [singer’s title ‘Emigrant’s song’]  / Barney Maguire, singing in English
11. [Going to Mass last Sunday] (‘Oh courting was a pleasant game between my love and I...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
12. O dá bhfeicfeá an dubh dhílis ar maidin, song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
13. Ag teacht an earraí (’S ag teacht an earraí glacfaidh mé talamh agus beidh áras agam féin...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
14. Green grows the laurel (‘I once had a true love but now I have none...’), song [sung to the air of ‘The Iniskilling dragoon’, clipped, lacks last verse] / Bernard Maguire, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Charles Boyle (aged about 73), Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 29 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–3]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (‘Barney’, aged 87) and Bernard Maguire junior (‘Bernard’, aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 4–8]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, speech in Irish Track 1;
Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), singing in English Tracks 2–3;
Barney Maguire, (aged 87), singing in Irish Tracks 4–5, singing in English Track 8;
Maguire, Bernard, singing in English Track 6, singing in Irish Track 7

Running Order:
1. Buachaill seirbhíse Ghleann Cholm Cille (=The serving boy of Glencolmkille), story / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), speech in English
2. Skibbereen (‘Oh father dear, I often hear you speak of Erin’s isle...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English
3. Peggy Bawn (‘As I gazed o’er the highland hills to a farmer’s house I came...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English song [recording session continued at 6823] [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Brón ar an choladh, song / Barney Maguire (Bernard senior, age 87), singing in Irish
5. Chuaidh mise ’un Rosa ar cuairt (‘Chuaidh mise ’un Rosa ar cuairt, o, Go mbreathfainn uaim an spéir...’), song / Bernard (junior, age about 45), singing in Irish
6. The good ship Cambr[i]a (‘You Irishmen both one and all, wherever you may be...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
7. O tá cailíní deasa i Srathlaoil, song [words by Brian Beag MacFhionnghaile], / Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish
8. All you that loves the shamrock green (‘All you that loves the shamrock green attend both young and old...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in English [recording session continued on 6821] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Lucy Hegarty (aged about 58), native of Teelin, teaching in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–5]
Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsaias], aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 6–15]

Performers:
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Track 1;
Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish Tracks 2–5;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15 singing in English Track 9;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15, fiddle solo Tracks 7, 10;
Joseph Boyle ('Jojo'), singing in Irish Track 8;
John Byrne, fiddle solo, Track 12–14

Running Order:
1. Erin’s lovely lee (‘On March the sixth in sixty-nine we sailed from Queenstown quay...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English [session continued from 6122] [end of session]
2. Pil, pill, a rúin o, song [repeated on high pitch, verses reordered] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish 
3. An draighneán donn (‘Síleann céad fear gur leo féin mé nuair a ólaim leann...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
4. An buinneán buí (‘A bhuinneán buí ’sé mo léan do luí...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
5. Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaí, song [fragmented] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish [end of session]
6. Meenacross reel [= The pinch of snuff], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle; James Byrne, fiddle
7. Miss McLeod’s reel / James Byrne, fiddle
8. Sean Dun na nGall (‘O grá gheal mo chroi thú, Tír Chonaill a stór...’, song / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in Irish
9. Bodenstown churchyard, song (‘In Bodenstown churchyard there lies a green grave...’), song / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, singing in English
10. Croaghacullion reel / James Byrne, fiddle
11. Michael Coleman’s reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
12. Ri Mhin na Saileach, highland / John Byrne, fiddle solo
13. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘John and Biddy’s jig’], jig [clipped at start] / John Byrne, fiddle
14. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘Lordy’s jig’ after nickname of Jojo’s grandfather, Hugh Boyle], jig / John Byrne, fiddle
15. Untitled / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle

Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 1–7]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 73) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September, 1968 [tracks 8–13]

Performers:
John Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 1–2, 7;
JosephBoyle, fiddle in duet Tracks 1–2, singing in Irish Track 3, singing in English Track 6;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 4–5, 7;
Patrick Gillespie, fiddle in duet Tracks 4–5;
Bernard Boyle, singing in English Track 8, singing in Irish Track 11, speech in Irish Track 12;
Charles Boyle, speech in English Track 9–10, speech in Irish Track 13

Running Order:
1. Untitled, highland / John Byrne, fiddle ; Joseph ( ‘Jojo’) Boyle, fiddle
2. Erin-oh, polka / John Byrne, fiddle ; Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, fiddle
3. An bhfaca tú an sean-bhean bhocht, song [one-verse fragment] / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle., singing in Irish
4. Brennan’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
5. The knights of Saint Patrick, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
6. The wild rapparee ( ‘How green are the fields that are washed by the Finn...’), song Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in English
7. Maggie Pickie, dance tune / John Byrne, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle [end of session]
8. The wild rapparee, song [text from Walton’s print] / Bernard Boyle, singing in English
9. The serving-boy of Glencolumkille, story [incomplete] / Charles Boyle, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. The serving-boy of Glencolumkille, story [completed] / Charles Boyle, speech in English
11. Bríd bhán, song / Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish
12. An crochaire tárnochta, story [learnt from Charlie McCann, Ballyshannon man living in Teelin] / Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish
13. An gobán saor, story / Charles Boyle, speech in Irish [session continued on 6825]

Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 3 September 1968 [tracks 4–11]
Recorded in Gillespie’s public house, Main Street, Cashel, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, from Patrick Heekin (aged about 52), of Garraros, Glencolumkille, 10 September 1968 [tracks 12–22]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (AGED ABOUT 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, singing in English Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish Track 3;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrioniais), fiddle solo Tracks 4, 9;
Christopher Byrne, singing in English Tracks 5–6, 8, 10;
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Tracks 7, 11;
Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish Track 12, singing in English Tracks 13–22

Running Order:
1. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘If I were king of Ireland and all things at my will...’), song / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), singing in English [session continued from 6824]
2. The valley of Knockanure (‘You may boast and speak about Easter week...’), song / Charles Boyle, singing in English
3. Rhyme: Bhí Humpty-Dumpty ina shuí ar an bhalla, rhyme [from school], Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session]
4. Gillespie’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie (aged about 45), fiddle
5. The bonny bunch of roses (‘By the margin of the ocean one pleasant morning in the month of June...’), song / Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English
6. Molly Bawn (‘Come all you young fowlers who handle a gun...’), song [learnt from Packy Manus Byrne, Bruckless, Co. Donegal] / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
7. Bold Robert Emmet (‘The struggle is over, the boys are defeated...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English
8. The Shamrock Shore, song (‘With grief of mind [?] and me combine...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
9. Lyons’ favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle
10. Galway Bay (’Tis far away I am today...’) / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
11. The Drumboe martyrs (’Twas the feast of St Patrick by the dawn of the day...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. D’ith damh dubh uibh amh ar neamh indiu, saying [used by an Englishman to prove that the Irish language sounds like dogs barking] ; Tá bean bheag amuigh ansin, ta sí ró-fhranncach, Gúna beag buff uirthi, bearad is plaincéid, riddle [beathóg: bee] ; Teachtaire beag ó theach go theach [sic] Agus bhíonn sé amugih san oíche, riddle [Casán: path] ; Chuaidh mé amach maidin brea ceo Agus chonnaic mé an marbh ag iompar an bheo, riddle [bád: boat] / Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish 
13. The bark and the tree [=The nobleman’s wedding] (‘In yon weeping willow there grows a nice flower...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
14. [Stock and wall] [=Captain Wedderburn’s courtship] (‘A nobleman’s fair dauaghter walked down a narrow lane...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
15. The banks of sweet Dundee (‘It being of a farmer’s daughter, most beautiful I’m told...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
16. The bonny moorhen (‘As I was going over yon mulberry bog...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
17. The grey mare (‘Roger the miller came courting of late...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
18. There lived in this town a very nice couple, song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
19. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘Delaney from the market brought a fowl a month ago...’), song [ending clipped] / Patrick Heekin, singing in English [session continued at 6830] [END OF BAND TWO]