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Recorded in the house of Mrs Jean Carson (sister of Hugh Shields), Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim from her daughters Ruth (10), Linda (8) and Carol (5), 16 March 1975 [tracks 1–30]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Eddie and Gracie Butcher and Joe Holmes (from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim), 19 March 1975 [tracks 31–44]

Performers:
Carson, Ruth, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 3-9, 11-21, 24, 28, 30, speech in English Track 26, recorder solo Track 29
Carson, Linda, speech in English Tracks 25, 27, singing in English Tracks 10, 30
Carson, Carol, speech in English Track 21, singing in English Tracks 22-23, 28
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 31, 34
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 32-33, 37, 39, 41, 43, speech in English Tracks 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44
Butcher, Gracie, speech in English Track 38

Running order:
1. Teddy bear teddy bear, song [sung to skipping] / Ruth Carson, singing in English [see Notes]
2. I like coffee, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
3. On a hillside stands a lady, song [sung to skipping] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
4. On a hillside stands a lady, song [fresh start, sung to skipping] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
5. Granny in the kitchen, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English ; Linda Carson, speech in English
6. Cinderella, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
7. A, B, C, D, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
8. I had a little bubble car, rhyme [spoken to skipping] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
9. Bluebells, cockleshells, song [sung to skipping with Linda] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
10. One, two, three, rhyme / Linda Carson, speech in English
11. Vote, vote, vote, song [sung while swinging] / Ruth Carson, singing in English ; Linda Carson, singing in English
12. Over the garden wall, song [sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
13. Over the garden wall, song [take two] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
14. Over the garden wall, song [take three] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
15. One, two, three a plainsy, song [sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
16. One, two, three a plainsy, song [take two] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
17. One, two, three a plainsy. song [take three] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
18. One, two. three alero, song [fragment, sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
19. Teddy bear, teddy bear, song [sung while skipping with Carol] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
20. Plainsy Mamma Brown, song [sung while playing two-ball] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
21. Plainsy Mamma Brown, song [take two] / Ruth Carson, singing in English
22. Teddy bear teddy bear, song [sung to skipping] / Carol Carson, singing in English
23. Jelly on the plate, rhyme [fragment, spoken to skipping] / Carol Carson, speech in English
24. I like coffee, song [sung to skipping with Carol / Ruth Carson, singing in English
25. Recitation: Spring song, poem [by William Blake] / Linda Carson, speech in English
26. Recitation: Jabberwocky, poem [by Lewis Carroll] / Ruth Carson, speech in English
27. Recitation: Bulldozers, poem [by Patricia Hubble] / Linda Carson, speech in English
28. This old man, he played one, song / Carol Carson, singing in English
29. Believe me if all those endearing young charms, song air / Ruth Carson, recorder
30. Wee Willie lost his marley, song [see Notes] / Ruth Carson, singing in English ; Linda Carson, singing in English [end of session]
31. The dark-eyed gipsy(‘There were three gipsies lived in the East...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English
32. The piss pot (‘Oh, there were an old farmer and he had a nice wife...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
33. The piss pot, song [fresh start] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
34. Lovely Armoy [‘Draw near, my kind friends and relations...’), song [cf. 6925 and 7009] / Joe Holmes, singing in English [end of session]
35. Talk about local matters [see Documentation] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Talk about local matters [continued from track 35, see Documentation] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
37. A sprig of ivy (‘Far away a sprig of ivy...’), song [sung from a cutting out of Ireland’s own] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
38. Talk about local matters [see Documentation] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Gracie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
39. Down with Geordie Lee (‘Sitting on a benty ditch it doesn’t suit me well...’), song [words by Hugh Campbell] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
40. Talk about the song ‘Down with Geordie Lee’ and its author Hugh Campbell / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
41. The castle maid (‘I’m a decent farm labourer and I earn whate’er I can...’), song [words by Hugh Cambell] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
42. Talk about the song ‘The castle maid’ and about the author of ‘The shores of sweet Benone’ / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
43. The maid of Faughanvale (‘Oh, as I roved out one morning for to view the pleasant strand...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
44. Talk about the song ‘The maid of Faughanvale’ / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech 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 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 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 1–9]

Performers:
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 1, 5, 8, speech in English Tracks 2, 9;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2;
Graham, Len, singing in English Tracks 3, 8, speech in English Track 4;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 6-7

Running Order:
1. Tumbling through the hay (‘It being on the month of July in the rosy time of the year...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English [session continued from 7501]
2. Talk about the song ‘Tumbling through the hay’ / Joe Holmes, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Willie Angler (‘ ’Twas down by yonder [harbour] near sweet Coleraine...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
4. Talk about the preceding song / Len Graham, speech in English
5. [=The shamrock sod no more] (‘I never, never shall forget the sorrows of that day...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English 
6. My son in America (‘A long time ago in the county Mayo..’), song [words by Alf MacLohlainn, clipped] [END OF BAND ONE]
7. My son in America , song [completed] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. Matt Hyland (‘There was a lord lived in this town...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English ; Len Graham, singing in English
9. Mumming [talk with a complete play text with concluding song refrain ‘With your pockets full of money’], mummers’ play Joe Holmes, speech in English, singing in English [session continued at 7503] [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 at the house of Felix McGarry (age 86), Roselane Ends, Feymore, Glenavy, Co. Antrim, 22 June 1968 [tracks 1–16]
Recorded at the house of Mrs Eileen Keaney, Belfast, 23 June 1968 [tracks 17–34]
Recorded at the house of Arthur Coulter [retired farmer, Carnaughlin, Co. Antrim], 25 June 1968 [tracks 35–38]

Performers:
Felix McGarry (Aged 86), fiddle solo Tracks 1, 3–13, 15, speech in English Tracks 2, 6, 8, 14, 16
? McGarry (daughter), speech in English Track 14, singing in English Track 15
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 16
Eileen Keaney, singing in English Tracks 17–27, 34, singing in Irish Tracks 28–29, speech in English Tracks 27, 30–31, singing in English and Irish Tracks 32–33
Authur Coulter, speech in English Tracks 35, 37–38, singing in English Track 36

Running Order:
1. Untitled air, waltz [untraditional] / Felix McGarry, fiddle 
2. Old Micky Trainor, speech [spoken text of Irish music-hall song] / Felix McGarry, speech in English
3. Dunphy’s, hornpipe / Felix McGarry, fiddle
4. Teetotaller’s reel, / Felix McGarry, fiddle / Felix McGarry, fiddle
5. Youghal harbour ; Teetotaller’s, Air ; reel
6. Talk about the tune ; The blackbird [air] ; The blackbird [set dance], speech ; air ; set dance / Felix McGarry, fiddle
7. The lark in the clear air, air / Felix McGarry, fiddle
8. Erin a long farewell ; talk about the tune, polka? ; speech / 
9. Untitled [The maid behind the bar], reel / Felix McGarry, fiddle
10. Untitled reel / Felix McGarry, fiddle
11. Untitled [=Tobin’s favourite), jig / Felix McGarry, fiddle
12. Untitled [=Dan the cobbler], jig / Felix McGarry, fiddle
13. Sweet vale of Avoca, air / Felix McGarry, fiddle
14. Bonny Portmore, Talk about the song ‘Bonny Portmore’ followed by spoken text of verses, speech / Felix McGarry, speech in English ; Felix McGarry’s daughter, speech in English
15. Bonny Portmore, air / Felix McGarry, fiddle ; Felix McGarry’s daughter, singing in English
16. Talk about James Garland, the author of the song ‘The banished defender’, followed by spoken text of verses) / Felix McGarry, speech in English, Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. Here she sits, a lovely creature, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
18. Green gravel, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
19. Our Queen won, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
20. Our Queen won the medal, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
21. Raddy addy and we’re not beat yet, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
22. Our queen won, our queen won the medal, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English [track missing here on this CD (‘My aunt Jane’)]
23. Hally go lee go lee, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
24. Rocking the cradle, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
25. You’re a wee bonny wean, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
26. When I was young and had no sense, song [to the air of ‘The parting glass’]  / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
27. Talk about the following song ; Untitled [election verse on De Valera and Joe Devlin], speech ; song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in EnglishEND OF BAND ONE]
28. Thios ag teach an torraimh, song [one verse] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
29. Sean Dun na nGall, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in Irish
30. Talk about the rhyme ; Ah’m, ah’m, ah’m to the dirt, ah’m, speech ; song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, speech in English
31. Talk about the rhyme ; Beatty you’re a-wanting, speech ; rhyme / Mrs Eileen Keaney, speech in English
32. Suil a Run, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
33. Suil a Run, song [one verse, to the air of ‘The parting glass’], song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English 
34. Going to Mass last Sunday (‘Fare you well, old Ireland, shal I ever see you more?...’), song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
35. Talk about how to play the game of ‘jacks’ and the rhyme used ; Sonsy Ann ; riddle ‘As I went o’er Carnearney hill’), speech ; rhyme ; riddle / Arthur Coulter, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
36. Says Willy to Nancy (‘Says Willy to Nancy will I come to bed to you?...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
37. John Peel, rhyme [parody] / Arthur Coulter, speech in English
38. Riddle me riddle me ranty co, riddle / Arthur Coulter, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded from Paddy Joe Rooney in the house of Joe Cooper, Aughavilla, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 27 July 1970 [tracks 1–4]
Recorded from Mrs Doyle (née McCullough) and Mrs Nora Cooper in Mrs Doyle's house at Knockbarragh, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 27 July 1970 [tracks 5–9]
Recorded from Charles McKibbin (aged about 70) in his house in Annalong, Co. Down, 28 July 1970 [tracks 10–24]

Performers:
Rooney, Paddy Joe, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, speech in English Tracks 2, 4;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 4-5, 7, 10-11, 14-15, 17-18, 20;
Doyle, Mrs, speech in English Tracks 5, 6, 7, 8;
Cooper, Mrs. Nora, speech in English Tracks 5, 8;
McKinnin, Chas, singing in English Tracks 9, 12-13, 16, 19, 21-4, speech in English Tracks 10-11, 14-15, 17, 18, 20, 21

Running Order:
1. Maggie May (‘Now gather round ye sailor boys...’), song [learnt off ‘boys in off a boat’ from England] / Paddy Joe Rooney (aged about 60, of Ballyagholy, Mayobridge, Co. Down), singing in English
2. Talk about the song ‘Maggie May’ / Paddy Joe Rooney, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. The navvy boots on (‘I’m a young Irish navvy, I work on the land...’), song  / Paddy Joe Rooney, singing in English
4. Talk about the song ‘The navvy boots on’ and the singer / Paddy Joe Rooney, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
5. Talk about the song ‘The banks of Yarrow’ / Mrs Doyle, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English 
6. A spoken verse of the song ‘Barefooted Biddie to the market did go’, recitation, Mrs Doyle, speech in English
7. Talk about children’s New Year quête customs [in her home locality of Ballinahatton, Ballyardle, Kilkeel, Co. Down] / Mrs Doyle, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English 
8. Talk about old ways of telling the time / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
9. Calladee-i-o (‘There was a pretty fair maiden in Limerick town did dwell...’), song / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
10. Talk about the song ‘Calladee-i-o’ [clipped] Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Talk about short wave trawler transmissions of songs sung by and about C. McK / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
12. My name is jolly Charlie, song [fragment, air: Macnamara’s band] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
13. Oh to make up our ship’s crew, song [fragment, about shipwreck off Cranfield] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
14. Talk about the preceding song / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
15. Talk about the song ‘The Honey bee’ / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
16. The honey bee (‘Oh, yous all know the lovely ‘Honey bee’...’), song [about a fishing boat called ‘The Honey bee’] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
17. Talk about a trick played on a boat entering Annalong harbour / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
18. Talk about a local sailor who married at Campbeltown / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
19. Unidentified, song [about one of the men who married at Campbeltown, air ‘The Inniskilling Dragoon’] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
20. Talk about the preceding song / Charles McKibbin, speech in English ;  Hugh Shields, speech in English
21. Introduction to the song ‘The marksman’s dream’, speech ;  ‘The marksman’s dream’ (‘One night as I lay on my bed I fell into a dream...’), song [fragment, Masonic, air: Tossing the hay] / Charles McKibbin, speech in English, singing in English
22. The marksman’s dream,  song [further fragment] / Charles McKibbin, singing in English
23. Unidentified (‘ Were ever you in darkness while crossing Jordan’s stream...’), song [fragment, Masonic, air: The wearing of the green]
24. Dolly’s Brae (‘Being on the twelfth day of July...’), song [fragment] [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of James Cunningham (‘wee Jim’), Long Stone, Annalong, Co. Down, 24 July 1970 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded in the house of Charles McKibben (aged about 70), Annalong, Co. Down, 28 July 1970 [tracks 6–11]
Recorded in the house of William Haughton Crowe, Rostrevor, Co. Down, 30 July 1973 [track 12]

Performers:
Cunningham, Eileen, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5
Cunningham, Mary Ann, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5, speech in English Track 3;
McKibben, Chas, speech in English Track 6, singing in English Tracks 7-11;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 12;
Haughton, William, speech in English Track 12

Running Order:
1. Girls, when you’re young (‘An old man came courting me,  Hey ding doorum day...’), song [learnt from radio or gramophone ?] / Eileen Cunningham (daughter of Jim), singing in English ; Mrs Mary Ann Cunningham (wife of Jim), singing in English [helping] [session continued from 7002]
2. The maid of Mourne Shore (‘Fare you well to Walmsley’s shady groves and her woods and her valleys green...’), song / Mary Ann Cunningham, singing in English ; / Eileen Cunningham, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘The maid of Mourne Shore’ / Mary Ann Cunningham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Rocking the baby to sleep (‘She is just forty-five and a tidy wee wife...’), song  / Mary Ann Cunningham, singing in English
5. The bonny Irish boy (‘His name I love to mention, in Ireland he was born, song [air: cf, Banks of Claudy] [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Talk about new year customs / Charles McKibben, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
7. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘Sure I’ll sing you a song of a town of great fame...’), song / Charles McKibben, singing in English
8. Rathfriland on the hill (‘Sure if I was in Rathfriland now I’d call myself at home...’), song [fragment] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
9. The Annalong Volunteers (‘Oh you may talk about your Ballymartin boys...’), song [date 1913 or after, fragment, air: South Down militia] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
10. Queenstown (‘Will you give me your beautiful harbours...’), song [fragment] / Charles McKibben, singing in English
11. I was always light-hearted and airy, song [fragment, untraditional] ; talk about the song / Charles McKibben, singing in English, speech in English [end of session]
12. Story of the song ‘The maid of Mourne Shore’, speech / William Haughton Crowe, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in Main Street, Newcastle, Co. Down from Willie Burns of Ballykeel, Kilkeel, 24 July 1970 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of James Cunningham (‘wee Jim’), Long Stone, Annalong, Co. Down, 24 July 1970 [tracks 2–14]

Performers:
Burns, Willie, speech in English Track 1;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1, 9;
Cunningham, Eileen, singing in English Track 2;
Cunningham, Mary Ann, singing in English Tracks 2-7, 10-14, speech in English Track 9

Running Order:
1. Shouting herring (‘Mackereel a herring alive...’), street cry [see Notes] Willie Burns, speech in English [shouted] ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
2. They ask what makes the darkie weep, song [non-traditional] / Eileen Cunningham (daughter of Jim), singing in English
3. Look how those Belfast lights are shining, song / song [non-traditional], Mary Anne Cunningham (wife of of Jim, native of Newtownhamilton, Co. Armagh), singing in English
4. Willy Leonard (‘It was early this morning Willy Leonard arose...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
5. Johnny Varner (‘My name is Johnny Varner, I’m a carver of stone...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
6. Johnny Varner (fresh start) [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The factory girl (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer morning...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English (see Notes)
8. Lisburn lass (‘Come all ye boys [?] where’er you be...’), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
9. Talk about the song ‘The Lisburn lass’ and her mother and native place, speech / Mary Anne Cunningham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
10. The keeper of the game [= Captain Wedderburn's courtship (Child 46)] (‘As I went out one evening down by a narrow lane...’), song [fragment, learnt from Mrs Rose McCartin: see Notes] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
11. The keeper of the game (fresh start), song / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
12. The Union Jack below her apron (‘Mary was a servant girl for sweeping up the room...’), song [‘you see, that’s not a party song, mister’] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English
13. Last night I dreamt that Paisley died (‘Last night I dreamt that Paisley died, although I didn’t care...’), song [air: The glens of Aherlow] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English 
14. Girls, when you’re young never wed an old man, song [unfinished] / Mary Anne Cunningham, singing in English [session continued on 7003] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded by Arthur Coulter (aged about 70) or a member of his family in his house at Carnaughliss, Muckamore, Co Antrim (on a tape sent to him for the purpose by Hugh Shields), 1968 or early 1969. Performers are Arthur Coulter, his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney, and Mrs Graham of Crumlin, Co. Antrim. [tracks 1–37].

Performers:
Coulter, Arthur, singing in English Tracks 1-5, 11-13, 15, speech in English Tracks 10, 14, 18, 35;
Heaney, Mary, singing in English Tracks 6-9, 17;
Unidentified performer, mouth organ solo Track 16;
Graham, Mrs, singing in English Tracks 19-29, 31-34;
Unidentified performer [Arthur Coulter’s son?], singing in English Track 30;
Coulter, Arthur, speech in English Track 17, singing in English Tracks 36-37

Running Order:
1. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one evening...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
2. I took Miss Jane McGinty (‘ I took Miss Jane McGinty to a fancy sort of ball...’), song [comic] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
3. The maid of the sweet brown knowe (‘Oh come all you lads and lasses...’], song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
4. Barbro Allen (‘In Scarlet town where I was born...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
5. Spanking Maggie (‘Come all you sporting gentlemen...’), song [about a horse race] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
6. Red is the rose (‘Come over the hills to your bonny blue-eyed lass...’), song [air: Loch Lomond] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
7. Mother of mine (‘Oh there’s not another fellow...’) song [air non-traditional] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
8. I met a little girl in Knoxville, song [traditional American murder song] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
9. The bunch of violets (‘Out in a moonlit garden...’), song [sentimental favourite] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English [problem with speed of machine]
10. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs, speech / Arthur Coulter, speech in English
11. You should have seen them go (‘It’s just last Monday morning...’), song [non-traditional] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
12. If I don’t be living, boy (‘One cold and winter’s evening...’), song [war song localized in Belfast] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
13. The Ulster Volunteers (‘Come all ye loyal Ulster boys...’) song [war song, air: Tara’s halls] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
14. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs, speech / Arthur Coulter, speech in English
15. Poor Dan O’Hara (‘Oh, it’s poor I am today...’), song [sentimental, non-traditional]  song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
16. Believe me if all those endearing young charms ; Come back to Erin, waltzes / unidentified performer, harmonica
17. Rocking alone (‘Sitting alone in an old rocking chair...’), song [non-traditional] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
18. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs, speech / Arthur Coulter, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. I could hear the darkies singing (‘One morning bright and clear...’), song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
20. Glenavy dear (‘Glenavy dear, my native soil...’), song [words by Hugh McWilliams? Air: Caledonian Hunt’s delight] /  Mrs Graham, singing in English
21. Where the river Shannon flows (‘There’s a pretty spot in Ireland...’),  song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
22. The banks of Claudy (‘As I strolled out one evening...’), song / Mrs Graham, singing in English
23. There’s an oldfashioned homestead, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
24. The cabin with the roses round the door (‘The cabin with the roses round the door it is fading fast...’), song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
25. The darkest cloud that crossed my life, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
26. The orange and purple (‘There is not in this wide world a colour so fine...’), song [‘party’ song. Air: The meeting of the waters] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
27. The factory girl (‘One fine summer’s morning the bright sun was shining...’), song [air: cf. Burns and his Highland Mary] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
28. Far far away on the banks of the Nile, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
29. Bonny Woodhall (‘Down by yon green bushes near Bonny Woodha’...), song / Mrs Graham, singing in English
30. Kellyburn braes [=The farmer’s curst wife] (‘There was an oul’ man from Kellyburn braes...’) song [dramatic, parlando] / unidentified performer [Arthur Coulter’s son?], singing in English
31. Just as the bells were ringing (‘Just as the bells were ringing a soldier lad returned again...’) , song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
32. Sweet Kitty Farrell [=The blind Irish girl] (‘In my native home Liscarroll...’) , song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
33. James Magee (‘It is James Magee they do call me...’), song / Mrs Graham, singing in English
34. For he’s only a private soldier, song [non-traditional] / Mrs Graham, singing in English
35. Arthur Coulter introducing the singers and songs
36. Doran’s ass (‘Paddy Downey he lived in Killarney...’) , song [comic, air: Spanish lady] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
37. Night came on and the war was over, song  / Arthur Coulter, singing in English [end of recordings by Arthur Coulter] [END OF BAND TWO]