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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:
Pearce, Annie, singing in English A1-7, speech in English A1-7;
Pearce, Ross, singing in English A8-13, speech in English A8, 10-14;
Pearce, John, singing in English 15-17, speech in English 15

Running Order:
1. The star of Logy Bay, song ; Speech [getting the song right] / Annie Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
2. A mother's love is a blessing, song ; speech [source of songs] / Annie Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
3. The shores of Twin Lake, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
4. It been lately since you told me you love me, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
5. Does Jesus care, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
6. The girl from Donegal, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
7. Elliston sands, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
8. The loss of Ella M. Rudolph, song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
9. Me old ragadoo, song [fragment] / Ross Pearce, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Me old ragadoo, song [fragment] / Ross Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
11. From Liverpool across the Atlantic [The Little Stowaway], song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
12. The blind child's prayer, song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
13. Two little girls in blue, song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
14. Speech [Jokes] / Ross Pearce, speech in English
15. Pretty Polly, song / John Pearce, singing in English
16. Lovely Nancy, song / John Pearce, singing in English
17. Untitled [‘6 of us left Elliston …’], song / John Pearce, 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:
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1-10, singing in English A1, singing in English with guitar A2-10

Running Order:
1. Free and easy to jog along, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English
2. Darcy Farrow, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar
3. Connemara by the lake, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar
4. My mother / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar ; composed by Hank Snow
5. Cliffs of Baccalieu, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar
6. Forever and ever, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar ; Unnamed singer, singing in English
7. Untitled [song about bologna], song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar
8. Danny Frank, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar
9. Untitled, song (fragmented) ; Untitled, song [fragment] ; I’se the b’y, song [fragment] ; Untitled / Unnamed performers, singing in English, guitar
10. Drunkard’s son, song / Unnamed singer, singing in English, guitar ; Hank Snow, guitar [END OF BAND ONE]
11. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout, singing in English A1-2, 5-7, 9, 11-26;
?, Tom Joe, singing in English A3-4, 7, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Tiny red light, song ; Speech [song origins] / Unknown singer, singing in English
2. A maiden's prayer, song / Unknown singer, singing in English ; arranged by Johnny Drake [The Dorymen]
3. The butcher boy, song / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
4. Pretty Polly, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
5. Seven years I loved a sailor, song [fragment] / Unknown singer, singing in English
6. Jeannie’s afraid of the dark, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
7. A mother's love is a blessing, song / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
8. Speech [background speech] / Unknown speakers
9. Wanda Lee, song / Unknown singer, singing in English ; John Henry Drake, composer
10. Speech [background] / Unknown speakers, speech in English
11. The hills of Glenshee, song [unfinished] / Unknown singers, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. The hills of Glenshee, song [continued] / Unknown singers, singing in English
13. Untitled, song [fragment] / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
14. Do you want your old lobby washed down, song [fragment] / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
15. Untitled, song [fragment] / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
16. Tura lura lural, song [fragment] / Unknown singer, singing in English
17. Amazing grace, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
18. The blackbird, song ; Speech [story about a camera] / Unknown singer, singing in English
19. The riverhead launching, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
20. Do you want your old lobby washed down, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
21. The juice of the barley, song / Unknown singer, singing in English, singing in Irish
22. Untitled, song fragments / Unknown singer, singing in English
23. The hills of Glenshee, song (unfinished) / Unknown singer, singing in English
24. The colour of amber is my love's hair, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
25. Pretty Polly, song ; speech / Unknown singer, singing in English
26. Untitled, song (fragments) / Unknown singer, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

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:
Decker, Charlette, singing in English A1-2, 5;
Keough, Nicolas, singing in English A3-4

Running Order:
1. Blow the wind westerly, song / Charlotte Decker, singing in English
2. The two brothers, song / Charlotte Decker, singing in English
3. The green willow tree (The nobleman's wedding), song / Nicolas Keough, singing in English
4. The beach of straw plain, song / Nicolas Keough, singing in English
5. The bonny busk of London, song / Charlotte Decker, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
English, John Joe, speech in English throughout, singing in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Lord Bateman, song ; speech [song origins: ‘I heard it at home first in Branch from Josie Roche, son of the man that had it, Patrick Roche. Josie died afterwards up in New York.’] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
2. Come all ye seamen bold, song / John Joe English, singing in English
3. Down on Erin's wild shore, song ; speech [reciting lyrics] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
4. The dark-eyed sailor, song / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Speech [words for 'The Fanny Wright', origins for the ‘Dark-eyed sailor’] / John Joe English, speech in English
6. Andy Rose, the British sailor, song / John Joe English, singing in English[END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech [some words for 'The schooner Annie'] / John Joe English, speech in English
8. Killarney, song ; speech [recites the words of ‘The bonny boy’] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
9. Give me a home by the sea, song / John Joe English, singing in English ; composed by E. A. Hosmer
10. Speech [words for 'Gathering up the shells', song books, talk about fixing the local church organ] ; Gathering up the shells, song / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
11. Sweet silver light of the moon, song ; speech [song origins] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
12. Sister Sarah (The dewy dells of Yarrow), song ; speech [song origins] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
13. One side of Galway town, song / John Joe English, singing in English
14. Speech [talk about people who came over from Ireland, Davy Power from Ireland, farming, cattle droving on the Cape Shore, fishing] / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]