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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:
Murphy, Andy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about local people, cures for seasickness] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
2. Red river valley, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
3. St. Anne's reel / Andy Murphy, fiddle
4. Haste to the wedding, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
5. I’m going to be married, waltz / Andy Murphy, fiddle
6. Farewell to Nova Scotia, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
7. [I don’t care if I do], waltz ; Speech [remember what the tunes are] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
8. The wild rover, waltz ; Speech [the words to tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
9. Irish washerwoman, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
10. Redwing, barndance / Andy Murphy, fiddle
11. Bold Jack Donohue, waltz ; Speech [tune origins, story about learning Irish tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
12. The merry widow, waltz ; Speech [tune origins] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
13. Loch Lomond, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
14. Turkey in the straw, barndance [fragmented] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
15. Over the waves, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
16. Whiskey on beer, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
17. When I am sixty four, air ; Speech [talk about music in the family] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Speech [talk about music in the family] [continued from track A17] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
19. Untitled, hornpipe / Andy Murphy, fiddle
20. Speech [stories about feats of strength] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO][The remainder of BAND TWO is a direct copy of material from 53-ITMA-CS, Aidan O'Hara Cassette 4 tracks A23-35; not included on the CDR copy]

Performers:
Meaney, Dick, singing in English A1-11, B3, 6-7, speech in English A1-11, throughout band two;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band one and two;
Meaney, Mick, singing in English B1-2, speech in English B1-2 and throughout band two;
Tremblett, Nelly, singing in English B4-5, speech in English B4-5 and throughout band two;
Tremblett, Pat, singing in English B8, speech in English B8

Running Order:
1. Speech ; Patsy Grant, song [unfinished] ; Speech [forgetting songs] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
2. The lake of the Swansea Trail, song ; Speech / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
3. My dear, I’m bound for Canada, song / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [talk about the following song, shipping disaster in 1886] / Dick Meaney, speech in English
5. The Waterwitch [The Pouch Cove fishermen], song ; Speech [composer, from a songbook] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
6. The lovely Irish maid, song ; Speech [old songs] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
7. Erin's lovely home, song ; Speech [singing at the local club] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
8. Courting in the kitchen, song ; Speech [learned from Neddie Mahoney] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
9. Speech [biography, talk about working in the area, the following song] / Dick Meaney, speech in English
10. George Alfred Beckett, song ; Speech / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
11. [Henry Green], song / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. [Tom Tobin’s dickey bird], song ; Speech [chat about other songs] / Mick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
13. Joey Smallwood's dream [variation of Coaker’s dream], song ; speech / Mick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
14. Patsy Grant, song ; Speech / Dick Meaney, singing in English
15. Save your money when you’re young, song ; Speech [where she learned her songs] / Nelly Tremblett, singing in English, speech in English
16. The boys in blue, song ; Speech [biography, Dick’s sister] / Nelly Tremblett, singing in English, speech in English
17. The smugglers warning, song [unfinished] / Dick Meaney, singing in English
18. The smugglers warning, song ; Speech [composed by Harold Suley in 1929] / Dick Meaney, singing in English
19. Son remember my love today, song ; Speech [learning songs] / Pat Tremblett, singing in English
20. False Willy, song / Dick Meaney, singing in English
21. Crockery ware, song ; Speech [learned from Tommy English from St. Bride's] / Dick Meaney, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Best, Anita, speech in English A1-4, singing in English A2, 4

Running Order:
1. Speech [describes her collecting in the Placentia Bay area, especially the work of songwriter and dancer Peter Leonard, recites verse of Jim Harris, local songs] / Anita Best, speech in English
2. Tobacco, song ; speech [source is Pious Power] / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English ; Peter Leonard, composer
3. Speech [Child songs, broadsheet songs, and local songs heard in the area] / Anita Best, speech in English
4. Jim Harris, song / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Harris, Mose, singing in English

Running Order:
1. Dark eyed sailor, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
2. Lady Margaret, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
3. She’s like the swallow, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
4. Dark blue sea, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
5. There was a rich merchant, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
6. My boy Willie (My sailor boy), song / Mose Harris, singing in English
7. The nightingale, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
8. My name is Joe Robinson, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
9. Daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
10. There was a rich merchant, song / Mose Harris, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Harris, Mose, singing in English A1-20

Running Order:
1. The bonny boy, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
2. Ye landsman and ye seamen bold / Mose Harris, singing in English
3. The old leather britches / Mose Harris [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Morry, Howard, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Andrews, Hal, speech in English A

Running Order:
1. Speech [song introduction] ; Prince Edward Island, song / Howard Morry, singing in English, speech in English
2. Speech ; The hills of Glenshee, song ; speech [song origins] / Howard Morry, singing in English, speech in English
3. The dark-eyed sailor, song ; speech / Howard Morry, singing in English, speech in English
4. The maid of Newfoundland, song ; speech / Howard Morry, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
5. [The light in the window], song / Howard Morry, singing in English
6. Untitled, song ; speech [the importance of the sea in the old days] / Howard Morry, singing in English, speech in English
7. The flying cloud, song / Howard Morry, singing in English [continued onto Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 35, 903a-ITMA-REEL/CDR track 1] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Morry, Howard, singing in English A1, 3-5, speech in English A1-3, 6;
Andrews, Hal, speech in English A6

Running Order:
1. Speech ; The flying cloud, song ; speech / Howard Morry, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker] [continued from Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 34, 902a-ITMA-REEL/CDR track 7]
2. Speech [talk about the original Portuguese and English settlers in the area, life in the old times, house parties, dancing, playing cards, and the importance of neighbours, smuggling rum] / Howard Morry, speech in English
3. [In Duckworth street there lived a dame], song / Howard Morry, singing in English
4. [Galway town], song / Howard Morry, singing in English
5. [Old Swansea Town (‘…But still I live in hopes to see old Newfoundland once more…’)], song / Howard Morry, singing in English
6. Speech [describe an impromptu dance, talk about the old times] / [Unidentified speaker] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1-6;
Hammond, Davy, Belfast, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A3, 6

Running Order:
1. Speech [revival folk music in Northern Ireland, its distinctiveness, song themes and language, sparse melodic line] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
2. Speech [talking to Seamus Ennis about music in Northern Ireland, Scottish and English influence on song, example showing the influence of Scotland on Northern Irish song is The Maid of Ballydoo] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
3. The maid of Ballydoo, song ; speech [song origins] / Davy Hammond, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [collecting, the poet Jimmy Simmons, Poor Genius record company, John Doherty, Sarah Makem, Geordie Hannah, Ulster heritage, Belfast - 'the Athens of the North', Edward Bunting and collecting harpers, The Country Folk Four, Trevor Stewart] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
5. Speech [young people becoming interested in music and culture in Northern Ireland, ] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
6. The week before Easter (I once loved a lass), song / Davy Hammond, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]