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Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 September 1970 [tracks 1–5] [session continued from 7009]

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

Running Order:
1. The Moorlough shore (‘Oh you hills and dales and flowery vales lies near to the Moorlough shore...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Blow the candle out (‘It’s of a young apprentice boy...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The bonny Irish boy (‘His real name I won’t mention...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Now there is something else, song [extra verse added to the song ‘The new Mallard bar, words by Eddie Butcher (see 6901)], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of recording session]
5. My Aunt Biddy (‘My aunt Biddy had a boil on her diddy...’), song [Eb used to hear small boys singing this] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session resumed next morning and ended here] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Dennis Healy (aged in his 70s at least) in the house of his niece at Moneystown, Roundwood. Co. Wicklow, May 1971 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Healy, Dennis, singing in English Tracks 1-4;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 5

Running Order:
1. ’Twas on the sixth of January (‘ ’Twas on the sixth of January the year nineteen nought four...’), song [about the Laragh football team] / Dennis Healey, singing in English
2. The dark-eyed gypsy (There were three gypsies lived in the East...’), song ] / Dennis Healey, singing in English
3. The blind beggar’s daughter (‘There was a blind beggar a long time was blind...’), song [one verse only] / Dennis Healey, singing in English
4. Johnny Hart, son [fragments of a song he knew in its entirety] / Dennis Healey, singing in English
5. [voice of Hugh Shields and sound of middle C on tuning fork] [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]