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Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English 1–8

Running Order:
1. Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’), song [sung to the air of ‘The Irish washerwoman’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. For my daddy goes to Meeting, song [fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. To my grief and woe I’ll let you know, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. ’Tween Tory Island and Malin Head, song [two-line fragment, sung to the air he uses for ‘The Royal Charter’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. On the top of yon heathery mountain, song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Abeen a’ the airts the wind does blaw, song [one verse only] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English )
7. Mary O’ Neill (‘I am a bold undaunted youth, my name is John M’Cann...’) , song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. John Gainor (‘Assist me now you poets for I’m resolved to show it...’), song [one-verse fragment of which the last two lines are merely lilted] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, lilt [END OF BAND ONE] 

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–4]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English 1–4

Running Order:
1. Alexander (‘Oh it’s don’t you know the reason love this night that I am here?...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The tree in the ground (‘In yonder ground there was a tree...’), song [incomplete?] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Moorlough Mary (‘The first place that I saw Moorlough Mary...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Many’s a misty morning, song [single line fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English    [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of Charles Boyle (aged about 73), Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 29 August 1968 [tracks 1–2]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (‘Barney’, aged 87) and Bernard Maguire junior (‘Bernard’, aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 3–14]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, speech in Irish Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 3, 5, 12, singing in English, 8-9, 11, 14;
Barney Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 4, 6, 13, singing in English 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Cearrbhach na Rosa. story [=The card-player of the Rosses], / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), speech in Irish
2. Monologue, Charles Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session][
3. O cuirfidh mé tús ar an phósadh, song / Bernard [junior] Maguire (about 45 years), singing in Irish [session continued from 6822 band ii] END OF BAND ONE]
4. O ’s nach aoibhinn ins an tsaol an té a bhíonn-sa ag ól, song / Barney [Bernard senior] Maguire (87), singing in Irish 
5. Trathóna amháin is mé ag siúl an róid (‘Trathóna amháin is mé ag siúl an róid, O casadh domh planda a bhí lán den spórt...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish
6. Tá an t-earrach go dian ag creachadh an tsaoil, song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
7. [=The hills of Donegal]  (Oh Donegal [that’s] the pride of all, I often think of thee’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
8. The girl I left behind (‘My parents reared me tenderly, they had no boy but me...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
9. Willy-O (‘Oh Mary sleeping, her true love creeping...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
10. Where the whins and heather grow (‘Oh I am a lonely exile and it’s over this wide world I must roam...’), song [singer’s title ‘Emigrant’s song’]  / Barney Maguire, singing in English
11. [Going to Mass last Sunday] (‘Oh courting was a pleasant game between my love and I...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
12. O dá bhfeicfeá an dubh dhílis ar maidin, song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
13. Ag teacht an earraí (’S ag teacht an earraí glacfaidh mé talamh agus beidh áras agam féin...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
14. Green grows the laurel (‘I once had a true love but now I have none...’), song [sung to the air of ‘The Iniskilling dragoon’, clipped, lacks last verse] / Bernard Maguire, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 18 March 1975, from Eddie Butcher [tracks 1–11], from Len Graham and Joe Holmes (both from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim) [tracks 12–17]

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, speech in English Tracks 1-4, 6-9, 11, singing in English Tracks 5, 10;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 11;
Graham, Len, singing in English Tracks 12, 14, 16, speech in English Tracks 13, 17;
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 12, 14-16

Running Order:
1. Go from the window, chantefable [story including song ‘The wind and the rain’] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English, singing in English
2. The lodger, story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
3. The scythe (‘This boy was hired to this farmer...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
4. The scythe (‘This boy was hired to the farmer...’), story [repeated with additional detail] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
5. Don’t come again (‘Oh, the first place that I saw my love...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Queries on local matters [The Point fair ; poteen ; rabbits], speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English
7. The bad meat house (‘There were a boy hired to a farmer yin time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
8. The rich man’s three sons (‘There were a very rich man yin time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
9. The minister’s goat (‘There were a minister yin time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
10. The cricket club and ball (‘You ranting boys of Derry toys...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Query on the ‘Irish fair’ on the Back strand, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. The nobleman’s wedding [=Another man’s wedding] (‘Once I was asked to a nobleman’s wedding...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English ; Joe Holmes, singing in English
13. Talk about the song ‘Roddy McCauley’ / Len Graham, speech in English
14. Roddy McCorley (‘You tender-hearted Christians, attention pay to me...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
15. The Shamrock Shore (‘My friends and comrades, pray pay attention...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English
16. The dark-eyed gypsy (‘There were threee gipsies in the East...’), song [see 7504] Joe Holmes, singing in English ; Len Graham, singing in English
17. Talk about the song ‘The dark-eyed gypsy’ / Len Graham, speech in English [session continued on 7502] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 18 March 1975, from Eddie Butcher and from Len Graham and Joe Holmes (both from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim). [tracks 1–23]

Performers:
Graham, Len, singing in English Tracks 1, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, speech in English Tracks 1, 6, 8, 12, 15, 18, 21, lilting Track 23 ;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 2-3, 10, 16, 20, speech in English Track 10;
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, speech in English Tracks 4, 6, 15, lilting Track 23 ;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 15, 18

Running Order:
1. Talk about the following song ; The flower of Gortade (‘Descend ? ye chaste muses, ye bards and ye sages...’), speech ; song [Sam Henry no. 178, attributed by Sean O’Boyle to a ‘Mayoghill poet called Kane’] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Len Graham, speech in English, singing in English [session continued from 7502]
2. The Point fair (‘On the twenty-first of April, nineteen sixty-nine...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Green grows the laurel (‘Green grows the laurel and so does the rue...’), song [cf. 6912 and studio recording] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Talk by Joe Holmes about his life and about the song ‘The strands of Magilligan’, speech / Joe Holmes, speech in English
5. The strands of Magilligan (‘I’m a stranger to this country, from America I came...’), song [cf. 6910, 6920, 6926, 6130] / Joe Holmes, singing in English
6. Talk about the song ‘The strands of Magilligan’ / Joe Holmes, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Len Graham, speech in English
7. The strands of Magilligan, song [a further verse] Joe Holmes, singing in English
8. Talk about the song ‘Ri tan tin a na’ / Len Graham, speech in English
9. Ri tan tin a na (‘I am a rambling Irishman, in Ulster I was bornen...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English ; Joe Holmes, singing in English
10. The Paisley canal (‘Pray look on this victim of Cupid...’), chantefable [story incorporating the song ‘The Paisley canal’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English
11. That little thatched cabin (‘Right well I remember that little thatched cabin...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English
12. Talk about the song ‘My boy Willie’ / Len Graham, speech in English
13. My boy Willie [=Willy-O] (‘My Willie sails on board a tender...’), song [cf. 6821, 6827, 6828, 6832] / Len Graham, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. The pretty little cock (‘It happened for to be on a cold winter’s evening...’), song [Child no 248] / Joe Holmes, singing in English ; Len Graham, singing in English [session continued from 7502]
15. Talk about the song ‘The pretty little cock’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Joe Holmes, speech in English ; Len Graham, speech in English
16. Laurel Hill (‘When the war it oppressed every nation with horror...’), song [cf. 6112] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. The rambling boys of pleasure (‘Ye rambling boys of pleasure, give ear unto these lines I write...’), song [learnt from R. Cinnamond’s recording?] / Len Graham, singing in English ; Joe Holmes, singing in English
18. Talk about the song ‘green fields of America’ / ; Len Graham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
19. The green fields of America (‘Farewell to old Ireland, the land of my fathers...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
20. Burns and his Highland Mary (‘In green Caledonia there ne’er were two lovers...’), song [cf. 6811, 6832, 6125] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
21. Talk about the song ‘The rights of man’ / Len Graham, speech in English
22. The rights of man (‘I’ll speak in candour of a night in slumber...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
23. The five-mile chase ; The boys of Ballycastle, reels [lilted] / Len Graham, lilt ; Joe Holmes, lilt [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in Brolly’s bar, Myroe, Co. Derry from John Fleming (aged about 40), lorry driver from Bellarena, Co Derry, 19 March 1975 [tracks A1–2]
Recorded at the farm of Michael O’Hara, Glack, near Limavady, Co. Derry from Jackie Devenny (aged about 35, from Coleraine) and Michael and Lizzie O’Hara, 19 March 1975 [tracks 3–8]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 20 March 1975 [tracks 9–11]
Recorded in New Mallard bar, Clooney. Magilligan, Co. Derry, 20 March 1975 [tracks 12–26]

Performers:
Fleming, John, singing in English Tracks 1-2;
Devenny, Jackie, singing in English Track 3, speech in English Track 4;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English, Tracks 4, 7, 10, 18, 23;
O'Hara, Lizzie, singing in English Tracks 5-6, speech in English Track 7;
O'Hara, Michael, singing in English Track 8;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 8-9, 11, 16, 20, 26, speech in English Tracks 10, 13, 15;
Anderson, Tom, singing in English Tracks 12, 17, 19, 21-22, 24-25, speech in English Track 18, 23;
Anderson, Nelly, speech in English Tracks 14, 18, singing in English Track 21

Running Order:
1. Dobbin’s flowery vale (‘As I roved out one evening for to view this pleasant scene...’), song / John Fleming, singing in English
2. Deep Sheephaven Bay (‘It’s far behind the Rosses hills the sun goes down to rest...’), song / John Fleming, singing in English
3. Ireland’s lovely green (‘One night as I lay slumbering on my silent bed alone...’), song [learnt from Sarah Ann O’Neill] / Jackie Devenny (of Coleraine, aged about 35), singing in English
4. Talk about the song ‘Ireland’s lovely green’ / Jackie Devenney, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
5. The bonny wee lass of the glen (‘It being on a bright summer’s morning...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English
6. The old cross of Ardboe (‘Fare thee well, my native green-clad hills, fare thee well, my shamrock glens...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English
7. Talk about the song ‘The old cross of Ardboe’ [indicating gramophone record as her source] / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
8. Cofer John (‘Cofer John’s a civil man...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. Come all you fair maids wherever you be, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. Talk about the song ‘Come all you fair maids wherever you be’ / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
11. Come all you fair maids wherever you be, song [with an extra verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. The home that I left behind (‘Farewell to dear old Ireland, it’s a place you all know well...’), Tom Anderson (aged about 73), singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
13. We gied the Pope a quare touch the day (‘Ay, well this oul fellow went in to this oul woman..’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
14. Orange lilies, (‘There were a woman going up the Commons to St Malachy’s...’), story / Mrs Nelly Anderson, speech in English
15. The Pope borrowing a bicycle (‘I had a quare dream last night...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
16. It’s only a step from Killarney to Heaven (‘It was at a camp-fire concert...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. The wheel of fortune (‘When I was young I was well beloved...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
18. Talk about the song ‘The wheel of fortune’, about Sarah Sweeney from whom it was obtained, and about the sand-hills at Magilligan point, speech / Tom Anderson, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
19. The Myroe ploughing match (‘Oh, you brave boys of Newtown and likewise Myroe...’), song [incomplete] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
20. The Myroe ploughing match, song [completed with help from Tom Anderson in last verse] Eddie Butcher, singing in English / Tom Anderson, singing in English
21. Mary Acklin (‘Oh, come all you young maidens, draw near me, and the truth to you now I’ll unfold...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English / Mrs Nelly Anderson, singing in English;
22. Spencer Hill (‘Last night as I lay dreaming I fell into a dream...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English song
23. Talk about the song ‘Spencer Hill’ / Tom Anderson, speech in English ; Mrs Nelly Anderson, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
24. The wheel of fortune (‘When I was young I was well beloved...’), song [first 4 lines] / Tom Anderson, singing in English
25. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold, like I not long ago...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
26. The two sweethearts (‘A group of young soldiers one night at a spree...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued on 7506] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, from Eddie and Gracie Butcher from Magilligan, Co. Derry and from Jackie Devenny (aged about 35, from Coleraine), 8 September 1975 [tracks 1–11, 15]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher in The Tradition Club, Slattery’s pub, Capel St., Dublin 8 September 1975 [tracks 12–14]

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, speech in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10, singing in English Tracks 3, 5, 8, 11-15;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 7;
Butcher, Gracie, speech in English Track 2;
Devenney Jackie, singing in English Track 6, speech in English Track 7

Running Order:
1. Talk about Eddie Butcher’s father singing the ‘Silk merchants daughter’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [session continued from 7407]
2. Talk about Kate Curry and the long songs / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Gracie Butcher, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English
3. Walling of the men (‘Oh, come all you jolly working men whereever that you be...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Talk about the song ‘Walling of the men’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Gracie Butcher, speech in English
5. The very first night (‘The very first night that we were married...’), song [one-verse fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. The mountainy farmer (‘I am a mountainy farmer, I’m fated to work and toil...’), song / Jackie Devenney, singing in English
7. Talk about the song ‘The mountainy farmer’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Jackie Devenney, speech in English
8. Rock my wee baby to sleep (‘I married a wife, she was just forty-five...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. I hae forgot the password (‘This old boy driv a hackney car...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
10. The Lord Mayor (‘This boy was walking through [the] London...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
11. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold like I not long ago...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. Sarah Jane (‘One day for my amusement, it being Sunday afternoon...’), song [words by Jimmy McCurry] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. Down the moor (‘One morn in May when fields wee gay...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. Opening of two songs not recorded [It’s only a step from Killarney to Heaven (‘It was at a campfire concert...’) and The two sweethearts] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. Virgin only nineteen years old (‘As I went a-walking down by the Strand...’). song [fragment of two and a half verses], / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in the house of Joe McCafferty, Derryconor, Co. Donegal, 30 July 1977 [copied from 7701 cassette] [tracks A5–6)
Recorded in the house of Joe McCafferty, Derryconor, Co. Donegal, 18 August 1977 [tracks A1–4, 6–9)
Recorded at the house of Joe Phil Beag Rogers, Ballard, Arranmore Island, Co. Donegal, 19 August 1977 [tracks 10–17]

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, speech in Irish Tracks 1, 3, 7-8, speech in English Tracks 2, 4, singing in English Tracks 5-6;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 4, 11-12, 15-16;
Shields, Lisa, speech in English Track 4;
McCafferty, Cait, speech in Irish Track 9;
Rogers, Joe Phil Beag, singing in English Tracks 10, 13-14, 17, speech in English Tracks 11-12, 15-16

Running Order:
1. Story: Leann den fhraoch (‘Nuair a thainig na hÉireannaig— na Lochlannaí isteach go hÉirinn...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
2. Queries on the songs ‘Gleanntán an coillidh uaignigh’, ‘Rusty mare’, ‘Séamus Mac Murchaidh’, ‘Seacht ndólas na Maighdine Muire’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Joe McCafferty, speech in English
3. Liam an tSoip [see English version ‘Willy the Wisp’ on HS 7702] (‘Bhí fear ann fadó shin: gabaha a bhí ann...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
4. Talk about the story 'Liam an tSoip' and Joe McCafferty's family history,speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Lisa Shields, speech in English
5. The Grey Fanad Mare (‘Yous Donegal heroes wherever you be...’) / Joe McCafferty singing in English, song [copied from HS 7701 cassette] / Joe McCafferty singing in English
6. The Grey Fanad Mare (take two), song / Joe McCafferty singing in English
7. Speech: Farewell (‘Beannacht leat [to Lisa] agus coisreacadh De agus na Maighdine Muire...’), speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
8. Farewell (‘Beannacht...’) (fresh start), speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
9. Farewell (‘Mo seacht mbennacht agus beannacht De oraibh uile...’), speech / Cáit McCafferty, speech in Irish [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Caroline of Edinburgh Town (‘Come all you lads and lasses and listen to my rhyme...’), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English
11. Talk about the song 'Caroline of Edinburgh Town', speech / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
12. Introduction to the song 'The Rocks of Islandcrone', speech / Joe Phil Beag ; Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
13. The Rocks of Islandcrone (‘Come all you lads and lasses wherever you may be...’), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English
14. The Rocks of Islandcrone (fresh start), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English
15. Speech: Text of a verse from the song 'The Rocks of Islandcrone' spoken, speech / Joe Phil Beag ; Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
16. Introduction to the song 'Come All You sporting fellows', speech / Joe Phil Beag ; Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. Song: Come All You sporting fellows (Come all you sporting fellows along with me did run...’), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in Andrew Early's lounge bar, Leabgarrow, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1977 [tracks1–19]
Recorded in Andrew Early's sitting room, Leabgarrow, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1977 evening [tracks 20–26]
Recorded in the house of Charlie Rua Coll, age 93, Ballintra, Arranmore, 31 July 1977 [session copied from cassette 7701, spoiled by hum] [tracks 27–35]

Performers:
?, Condy, accordion solo Tracks 1-4;
Boner, Packy, accordion solo Tracks 5-8, 10, 12, 14-16, speech in English Tracks 9, 11, A16, lilting Track 17;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 9, 11, 16, 20, 26, 30, 33, 35;
Molloy, Mick, speech in English Tracks 10, 13, 19, singing in English Tracks 13, 18;
Early, Andrew, speech in English Tracks 20, 22, 26, 28, singing in Irish Tracks 21, singing in English Tracks 23-25;
Coll, Charlie Ruaidh, singing in English Tracks 27, 29, 34, speech in English Tracks 28, 30, 33 35;
Mary née McColl, singing in Irish, singing in English Track 31, speech in English Tracks 32-33

Running Order:
1. The cock of the North, slide / Condy, accordion solo [continuation of 7706]
2. Popular air, / Condy, accordion solo
3. Father Murphy, air / Condy, accordion solo
4. Undentified reel, / Condy, accordion solo
5. An chrubach i dToraigh / Packy Boner, accordion solo
6. The Shamrock Shore / Packy Boner, accordion solo ; Condy, singing in English
7. Unidentified marches / Packy Boner, accordion solo
8. Glendoon Highland, / Packy Boner, accordion solo
9. Talk about the tune ‘Glendoon Highland’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Packy Boner, speech in English
10. Miss [Mrs.] Drummonds of Perth, jig / Packy Boner, accordion solo
11. Talk about the jig ‘Miss/Mrs. Drummonds of Perth’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Packy Boner, speech in English ; Mick Molloy, speech in English
12. Westering home, waltz / Packy Boner, accordion
13. We started with George Wimpy (‘Sure we’re back in old Ireland in the County Mayo...’), recitation [fragment] and song / Mick Molloy, speech in English, singing in English
14. Father Murphy, air / Packy Boner, accordion solo
15. The Londonderry hornpipe / Packy Boner, accordion solo
16. All the ways to go, jig and talk about it, speech / Packy Boner, accordion solo, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. All the ways to go, jig / Packy Boner, lilt
18. Football song / Mick Molloy, singing in English
19. 1967 The European Cup (‘Eleven men they hammered until Gemmell found the crack...’), recitation / Mick Molloy, speech in English [end of session]
20. Introduction to the song ‘Tá crioth ar mo chroí’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Andrew Early, speech in English
21. Tá crioth ar mo chroí (‘.........nach gneasoinn go deo [?]...’), song / Andrew Early, singing in Irish
22. The lonely Jersey bull (‘I was born in far-off Canada where prairies do abound...’) , recitation song [learnt by AE in America from the composer, Pete Sweeney, from whom he also learned Irish] / Andrew Early, singing in Irish, speech in English
23. The Lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married, on a marriage bed I lay...’), song (clipped) [learnt from the well-known ‘Róise na namhrán’, Mrs Green, Scraigathoke, Arranmore] / Andrew Early, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
24. The lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married and lay on a marriage bed...’) (complete) / Andrew Early, singing in English
25. The lonely Jersey bull, song / Andrew Early, singing in English
26. Talk about the song ‘The lonely Jersey bull’, speech / Andrew Early, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
27. The loyal lover (‘Come all you loyal lovers, wherever you may be...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
28. Talk about the song ‘The loyal lover’, speech [copied from 7701 cassette]] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English [copied from 7701 cassette]
29. Caroline of Edinburgh town (‘Come all you loyal lovers and come listen to my rhyme...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
30. Talk about the song ‘Caroline of Edinburgh town, speech [copied from 7701 cassette] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English ; Mary née McColl [?], speech in English
31. The words of the bilingual song ‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh’ (‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh ‘s an grian ag gabháil a luí...’), song [session copied from 7701 cassette / Mary née McColl [Charlie’s daughter], singing in Irish, singing in English
32. Trathnóna álainn samhraidh [fragment], and talk, song ; speech / Mary née McColl, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
33. Talk about the song ‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh’ and local matters, speech [copied from 7701 cassette]/ Mary née McColl, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English
34. Erin’s green shore (‘ [One evening] of late as I strayed on the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
35. Talk about the song ‘Erin’s green shore’, speech [copied from 7701 cassette] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English [end of the session copied from 7701 cassette. Original tape has recording here of middle C on the Orion cassette machine used for HS 7701 from which this session was copied] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded from Joe McCafferty in his house at Derryconor, Cloghaneely, Co. Donegal, 25 August 197l. [tracks 1-10]
(Recording mostly spoiled by hum)
See Note below by Lisa Shields 22 Feb 2024

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, singing in Irish Tracks 1, 3, 5-7, speech in English Tracks 2, 9, speech in Irish and English Track 4, speech in Irish Track 8;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 9

Running Order:
1. Cailin deas cluiteach na mbo ('Thug mise rúid fá na Gleanntaí Agus tharlaí damh cailín deas óg...’) [Text just composed by Joe], song / Joe McCafferty, speech in English / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
2. Talk about the following song, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. An Crúibín i dToraigh (’S an lá sin a chuaidh Crúibín go Toraigh...’), song [fragment] / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
4. Talk about the preceding song, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish and English
5. Seacht ndólás na Maighdine Muire (‘Na seacht subhailce [sic].a fuair an Mhaidin Bheannaithe...’), song / Joe McCafferty, speech in English
6. Bhi mise lá ag gabhail go Neóinín (‘Bhi mise lá ag gabhail go Neóinín is tharlaí damh triúr cailín óg...’), song / Joe cCafferty, singing in Irish
7. Seacht ndólás na Maighdine Muire (‘Na seacht subhailce [sic].a fuair an Mhaidin Bheannaithe...’), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
8. Spoken verses of ‘Seacht ndólás na Maighdine Muire’, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English
9. Talk about the preceding song, about the rosary and about ‘Dán na marbh’, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]