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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:
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:
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]

Performers:
Best, Anita, speech in English A1-2, singing in English A1

Running Order:
1. Speech [song origins]; The Resettlement of Merasheen, song / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English ; composed by Ernie Wilson
2. Speech [talk about the resettlement of small fishing communities to larger towns] / Anita Best, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Campbell, Ger, accordion solo A1;
Best, Anita, speech in English A2, singing in English A2, lilting A2, singing in English in duet A3

Running Order:
1. Untitled, single / Ger Campbell, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
2. Billy Piddle, reel ; Over the hill to see grandma / Anita Best, lilting, speech in English (duplicate recording track 3, Aidan O’Hara Collection, Reel-to-Reel 25, 889a-ITMA-REEL/CDR)
3. I’m a hearty Newfoundlander (Me old ragadoo), song / Anita Best, singing in English ; Elsie Best, singing in English (duplicate recording track 4, Aidan O’Hara Collection, Reel-to-Reel 25, 889a-ITMA-REEL/CDR) [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. Banks of sweet Dundee [‘It’s of a farmer’s daughter so beautiful I’m told …’], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
2. Dark-eyed sailor, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
3. Lady Margaret, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
4. [She’s like the swallow], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
5. [Dark blue sea], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
6. There was a rich merchant, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
7. My boy Willie (My sailor boy), song / Mose Harris, singing in English
8. [The lass of Swansea town], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
9. The nightingale, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
10. My name is Joe Robinson, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
11. Daughter of Daniel O'Connell, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
12. My boy Willie (My sailor boy), song / Mose Harris, singing in English
13. Untitled, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
14. Pretty Caroline, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
15. The rich merchant’s daughter, song / Mose Harris, singing in English
16. Untitled [‘A fair Spanish maid…’], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
17. [Will you meet me tonight by the shore], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
18. [The bonny boy], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
19. [Ye landsman and ye seamen bold], song / Mose Harris, singing in English
20. [The old leather britches], 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]