Irish Traditional Music Archive

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 116 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 22

HSH-18739/1/259091/22
Part
26 August, 1977 ; 31 July 1977

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

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 116 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 24

HSH-18739/1/259091/24
Part
26 August, 1977 ; 31 July 1977

Part of Hugh Shields Collection

The lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married and lay on a marriage bed...’) (complete) / Andrew Early, singing in English

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 116 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 30

HSH-18739/1/259091/30
Part
26 August, 1977 ; 31 July 1977

Part of Hugh Shields Collection

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

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 116 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 34

HSH-18739/1/259091/34
Part
26 August, 1977 ; 31 July 1977

Part of Hugh Shields Collection

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

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 116 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 35

HSH-18739/1/259091/35
Part
26 August, 1977 ; 31 July 1977

Part of Hugh Shields Collection

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]

Hugh Shields Collection

HSH-18739
Collection
1946 - 2003

Collection of audio recordings, personal papers, manuscripts, ephemera, music transcriptions and notation, news cuttings and photographs, relating to the life and work of the collector Hugh Shields. The sound recordings were made chiefly across Ulster in the period 1966–81.

Shields, Hugh, 1929-2008

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