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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]

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 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]