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Performers:
Judge, Bride, singing in English A1, 9, B1-2 speech in English A1, 9, B1-2;
Judge, Patsy, singing in English A2-5, 7, 10-11, B3-4, 10-13, speech in English A1-11, B3-4, 10-13, recitation in English A8,;
[McGrath, Denis ?], singing in English B5-9, speech in English B5-9

Running Order:
1. Johnny Doyle, song ; Speech [remembering long songs] / Bride Judge, singing in English ; Patsy Judge, speech in English
2. The bonny young Irish boy, song ; Speech [good songs] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
3. The blooming bright star of Belle Isle, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
4. The summer I spent in Bonay, song ; Speech [other versions of the song, learning from records] / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English
5. The Titanic, song [fragment] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
6. Speech [story about the Titanic, the following song, learned the song from Mrs. Walsh] / Patsy Judge, speech in English
7. The Petty Harbour bait skiff, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
8. The raffle at Joe Batt’s Arm, recitation / Patsy Judge, speech in English
9. Johnny O’Reilly, song ; Speech [about the last fierce charge] / Bride Judge ; Patsy Judge, speech in English
10. The last fierce charge, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
11. The brisk young sailor, song / Patsy Judge [END OF BAND ONE]
12. No man in love, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. Patrick's Cove song / Bride Judge, singing in English
14. Willie Brennan [Brennan on the moor], song [fragment] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
15. Willie Brennan [Brennan on the moor], song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
16. Morrissey and the Russian Bear, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
17. Colonial’s lone shore, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
18. My love is bound for Canada, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
19. The northeast gale, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
20. The roving Newfoundlander, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
21. The hat my father wore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
22. Click Clack, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
23. Little brown jug, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
24. I am a little beggarman [Me old rigadoo], song / Patsy Judge [END OF BAND TWO]

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]

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]

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]

Performers:
Coombes, Agnes, recitation in English A1, speech in English;
Sheehan, Ned, speech in English A2;
Curtis, Olive, singing in English A3, 6, speech in English A3, B1;
Curtis, Lenora, singing in English A4-6, speech in English A4-6, B1;
White, Fred, singing in English B2-3, speech in English B2-3;
Power, Anthony, singing in English B5, 8-10, speech in English B6, 8,;
Campbell, Gerald, singing in English B4, 7, 11-12;
[Roche ?], Derm, speech in English B13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Untitled, recitation / Agnes Coombes, speech in English ; composed by Brid Coombes
2. Speech [talk about the first Sheehan's to come over from Thomastown, Kilkenny] / Ned Sheehan, speech in English ; [unidentified speakers]
3. Barbara Allen, song / Olive Curtis, singing in English, speech in English
4. The cold iron door, song / Lenora Curtis, singing in English, speech in English ; composed by Hank Snow
5. The bean crock, song / Lenora Curtis, singing in English, speech in English
6. Untitled (unfinished), song / Olive Curtis, singing in English ; Lenora Curtis, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech [describe the lyrics to a song for which she’s forgotten the air] / Lenora Curtis, speech in English
8. My old brown coat and me, song / Fred White, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified guitar]
9. A daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Fred White, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified guitar]
10. A daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
11. Young Charlotte, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
12. Speech [story about a hare and a trapper] / Anthony Power, speech in English
13. A daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
14. The maid with a tail, song / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
15. The valley of Kilbride, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
16. Someone has been there before, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
17. The barque in the harbour, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
18. The cold iron door / Gerald Campbell, singing in English ; composed by Hank Snow
19. Speech [talk about fishing and hunting in Branch and surrounding areas, modernization of the fishing industry, building the North Harbour Road through Branch, development in the area] / Dermot [Roche], speech in English ; [unidentified accordion in background] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mercer, Paul, speech in English A1-9, singing in English A3, 6;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, incidental speech in English A2, 4, 7, 9

Running Order:
1. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'The Killago [?] soiree', song refers to people from St. John’s, e.g., Flipper Smith and Caroline] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Paul Mercer, speech in English
2. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'Who put the herring on the booze', taking the local paper to court] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
3. Who put the herring on the booze, song / Paul Mercer, singing in English, speech in English ; Johnny Burke, composer
4. Speech [local poets, the Poet’s Rest Tavern] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
5. Speech [Johnny Burke's play 'Cotton's patch' about Major Sydney Cotton] / Paul Mercer, speech in English
6. Cotton's patch [song from Cotton’s perspective, sung to the melody for ‘Betsy from Pike’], song / Paul Mercer, singing in English ; Johnny Burke, lyricist
7. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'The stoppage of water'] / [unidentified speaker] ; Paul Mercer, speech in English
8. The stoppage of water, recitation ; Speech [Burke as a humourist; selling Johnny Burke's ballads; The Regatta] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
9. Speech [the plays of Johnny Burke, political and sporting songs, composing songs quickly for money] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Spurrell, Walter, speech in English A1-5, singing in English A1-2, 4-5;
Sheppard, Reuben, speech in English A1-5, singing in English A3;
Short, Andy, speech in English A6-7, singing in English A6-7, recitation in English A8;
Shute, Mrs William, speech in English A9;
Shute, Mr William, speech in English A10

Running Order:
1. The star of Logy Bay, song ; speech [song origins] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, singing in English, speech in English
2. Scotch lassie, song ; speech [song origins, learning songs] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, speech in English
3. Ye landsmen and ye seamen bold, song ; speech / Reuben Sheppard, singing in English, speech in English ; Walter Spurrell, speech in English
4. The Knoxville girl, song ; speech [song origins] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, speech in English
5. Jimmy and Nancy (fragment), song ; speech [recite some of the words from the ‘Bold Sailor’] / Walter Spurrell, singing in English, speech in English ; Reuben Sheppard, speech in English
6. Speech [song origins, learned it from Con Hogan of Leonard’s Cove, singing in concerts] ; Twenty years ago, song / Andy Short, singing in English, speech in English
7. London City, song / Andy Short, singing in English, speech in English
8. The best thing in life, recitation / Andy Short, speech in English
9. Speech [places/times for singing, music for dances, words to the song 'Willie and Mary'] ; Willie and Mary (fragment), song / Mrs. William Shute, singing in English, speech in English
10. Speech [story about the devil in the chicken house, story about the lost horse] / William Shute, speech in English (continued on Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 20, 877a-ITMA-REEL/CDR TRACK 1) [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Shute, Mr William, speech in English A1-4;
Shute, Mrs William, speech in English A1-2;
[Hearn ?], Mrs Kitty, speech in English A5, singing in English A6;
Snow, Mrs Elizabeth, speech in English A7, recitation in English A8

Running Order:
1. Speech [story about the lost horse] / William Shute, speech in English (continuation from Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 19, 876a-ITMA-REEL/CDR TRACK 10)
2. Speech [talk about fairies] / William Shute, speech in English ; Mrs. William Shute, speech in English
3. Speech [talk about being shipwrecked around Labrador] / William Shute, speech in English
4. Speech [talk about working whaling] / William Shute, speech in English
5. Speech [talk about learning songs] / Kitty [Hearn ?], speech in English
6. When the bees are in their hive, song / Kitty [Hearn ?], singing in English
7. Speech [talk about writing poetry] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
8. Going to church, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
9. Speech ; St Paul sale, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

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]