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Performers:
English, John, Joe, speech in English A1, 2-4, 7-8, singing in English A1-8;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Irish Paddy, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. The green linnet, song / John Joe English, singing in English
3. If Jack were only here [My mother was a lady], song ; Speech [singers] / John Joe English, singing in English
4. Seven years I loved a sailor [interrupted], song / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Barbara Allen, song [end clipped] / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Barbara Allen, song [continued] / John Joe English, singing in English
7. The leaving of old Ireland [Leaving of Liverpool], song / John Joe English, singing in English
8. Still my heart beats for Maggie, song ; Speech [learning songs, songs that he’s forgotten] / John Joe English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
White, Bernard, singing in English A1-4;
Walsh, Bill, speech in English A5-10, 13-15, singing in English A5, 8, 13-15, accordion solo A6-10;
Walsh, Aidan, singing in English A11-12, accordion solo A16;
Turner, Bessy, singing in English A18-21, speech in English A18-21

Running Order:
1. Manchester heroes, song / Bernard White, singing in English
2. I was scarce sixteen when I started roaming, song / Bernard White, singing in English
3. Patrick Reilly, song / Bernard White, singing in English
4. Rich farmer's daughter, song / Bernard White, singing in English
5. High times in our ship, song / Bill Walsh, singing in English, speech in English ; Frank Kelly, composer [St. Brendan’s, Bonavista Bay]
6. Rakes of Mallow, polka ; Speech [words to the air, short song to the same air] / Bill Walsh, accordion, speech in English, singing in English
7. [Untitled], jig / Bill Walsh, accordion
8. [Form the line], single ; Speech [Form a line, 3rd part of a set] / Bill Walsh, accordion
9. [Untitled], jig / Bill Walsh, accordion
10. [Untitled], single / Bill Walsh, accordion
11. Truckson, song [unfinished] / Aidan Walsh, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Truckson, song [continued from track A11] / Aidan Walsh, singing in English
13. The ball on the end of the broom, song / Bill Walsh, singing in English
14. The brakes man of the train, song ; Speech [songs] / Bill Walsh, singing in English
15. Mossy Dow, song / Bill Walsh, singing in English
16. [Untitled], single / Aidan Walsh, accordion
17. [Untitled], air / Aidan Walsh, accordion
18. Will you love when I'm old, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
19. Pretty Nancy from London [Nancy from London], song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
20. Wearing of the suit of green, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
21. My bonny Irish boy, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Carroll, Ernest, singing in English A1-3, 9-11, speech in English A1-3, 9-12;
Carew, Aggie, singing in English A4-8, 13-15, speech in English A4-8, 12-13;
Lushman, Jack, singing in English A17-25, speech in English A17-22, 25;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A20

Running Order:
1. The faithful sailor boy, song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English ; Aggie Carew, speech in English
2. Sure I got drunk again, song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English
3. [Barley Barley] , song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English
4. Pretty Nancy, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English, speech in English
5. Untitled, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
6. The lass of Swansea Town, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
7. Sweet Willie, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English, speech in English
8. Annie Franklin, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
9. Indian in a birch bark canoe, song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English; Aggie Carew, speech in English
10. Turkey in the straw, song / Ernest Carroll, lilting, singing in English, speech in English
11. Green grow the rushes, song / Ernest Carroll, lilting, singing in English, speech in English
12. Speech [people dancing whilst lilting and singing ; singing for drinks] / Ernest Carroll, speech in English ; Aggie Carew, speech in English
13. Polly Holland, song ; Speech [description of the Union from St. John’s] / Aggie Carew, singing in English, speech in English
14. The Union from St. John's, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
15. The dark-eyed gypsy o (fragment) , song / Aggie Carew, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
16. The dark-eyed gypsy o, song [continued from track 15] / Aggie Carew, singing in English
17. The jam on Gary's Rock, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
18. Cape Breton boy, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
19. About the penny fair, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
20. The blue wave, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English, speech in English ; Aggie Carew, speech in English
21. One night at a club, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
22. Untitled (fragment), song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
23. The dole song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
24. The sidewalks of New York, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
25. Cock a doodle do, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
[Hearn ?], Kitty, speech in English A1, singing in English A2;
Snow, Mrs Elizabeth, speech in English A4-10, recitation in English A5-10

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about learning songs, singing on boats in the harbour] / Kitty [Hearn], speech in English
2. When the bees are in their hives, song / Kitty [Hearn], singing in English
3. My old Kentucky home, song ; talk about singing in concerts / Kitty [Hearn],
4. Speech [talk about writing poetry, reciting poetry at local events] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
5. Going to Church [written in 1954], recitation ; Speech [talk about the following poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
6. Saint Paul's sale, recitation ; Speech [background on Mrs Huff and the rector] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
7. Mrs Huff and the rector, recitation ; Speech [background on A voice within] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
8. A voice within, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
9. A boy leaving home ; Speech [describes a performance of A boy leaving home] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. The faithful few, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
11. We are all gathered here today, recitation ; Speech [describes next poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English, author
12. Sister Goodlynn, recitation ; Speech [background on next poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
13. O why was I chained to a wife, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
14. You tell me I'm getting old, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
15. Remembrance Day, recitation ; Speech [describes The high cost of living] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
16. The high cost of living, recitation ; Speech [other poems] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
17. Speech [reads out a letter about the founding of the local senior citizens club] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
18. Speech [talk about local senior citizens parties] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Turner, Tom, singing in English A1, 3-4, speech in English A2-4;
White, Bernard, singing in English A5, 7-10, 12 speech in English A5-9,;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Mackey, Josephine, singing in English A11, speech in English A11

Running Order:
1. Western rangers, song / Tom Turner, singing in English
2. Speech [background speech, father’s name, other songs] / Tom Turner, speech in English
3. An old sweetheart of mine, song / Tom Turner, singing in English
4. July drive, song ; Speech [background on Bernard White] / Tom Turner, singing in English ; Brendan White, speech in English
5. The Caribou, song / Bernard White, singing in English
6. Speech [talk about singing, drink, fishing and working in the lumber woods] / Brendan White, speech in English ; Josephine Mackey, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The Newfoundland disaster, song ; Speech [the details of the story told in the song] / Bernard White, singing in English
8. The sun was setting in the west, song / Bernard White, singing in English ; Josephine Mackey, speech in English
9. Morrissey and the Benetia boy, song / Bernard White, singing in English
10. The green mantle [Fame Waterloo], song / Bernard White, singing in English
11. Young floral, song / Josephine Mackey, singing in English
12. He was only a private soldier, song / [Bernard White], singing in English
13. The union from St. John's / [Bernard White], singing in English
14. Up to the riggs in London, song / [Bernard White], singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

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:
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]

Performers:
Brennan, Carrie, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A1-6

Running Order:
1. Speech [occasions for singing] ; Man with six wives, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
2. The old leather britches, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
3. Cot on the hill, song ; speech [song origins] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
4. Jolly tinker, song ; speech / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
5. Bengen on the Rhine, song ; speech / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
6. Erin far away, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Performers:
Taylor, Mary Grace, singing in English A1-2;
Snow, [Lennel ?] B, singing in English A3 with banjo;
Sheppard, Reuben, speech in English A6, 8, singing in English A7;
Spurrell, Walt, speech in English A6, 8

Running Order:
1. Home sweet home, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
2. Cowboy Jack, song / Mary Grace Taylor, singing in English
3. The great lobster boil, song / [Lennel B. Snow], singing in English, banjo, composer
4. Rainbow of peace, song / [Lennel B. Snow], singing in English, banjo, composer
5. Come home year / [Lennel B. Snow], singing in English, banjo, composer
6. Speech [talk 'The Harbour Grace affray' and other songs about Catholic/Protestant tensions in Newfoundland] / Reuben Sheppard, speech in English ; Walt Spurrel, speech in English
7. The Harbour Grace affray, song / Reuben Sheppard, singing in English
8. Speech [talk about ‘The Harbour Grace affray’] ; Untitled (fragment), song / Reuben Sheppard, speech in English ; Walt Spurell, singing in English, speech in English [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]