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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:
Off-air dubs A1, 4, B1;
Dyer, Gwyn, speech in English A1;
English, John Joe, Newfoundland, speech in English A2-3, singing in English A2-3;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [off-air dubs about the arms-trade] / Gwyn Dyer, speech in English
2. Speech [introduction] ; The Seeds of Love, song / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Fair young maid stood in her garden [Seven years I loved a sailor] [interrupted] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [off-air dubs: opera programme; mic test; off-air dubs: the Canadian auto industry] / Mark Starowicz, executive producer [END OF BAND ONE]
5. Speech [Off-air dub of CBC’s “Sunday Morning”; features story about Billy Graham; music programming] / Marc Starowicz, executive producer [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mercer, Paul, speech in English A1-9, singing in English A3, 6;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, incidental speech in English A2, 4, 7, 9

Running Order:
1. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'The Killago [?] soiree', song refers to people from St. John’s, e.g., Flipper Smith and Caroline] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Paul Mercer, speech in English
2. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'Who put the herring on the booze', taking the local paper to court] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
3. Who put the herring on the booze, song / Paul Mercer, singing in English, speech in English ; Johnny Burke, composer
4. Speech [local poets, the Poet’s Rest Tavern] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
5. Speech [Johnny Burke's play 'Cotton's patch' about Major Sydney Cotton] / Paul Mercer, speech in English
6. Cotton's patch [song from Cotton’s perspective, sung to the melody for ‘Betsy from Pike’], song / Paul Mercer, singing in English ; Johnny Burke, lyricist
7. Speech [Johnny Burke's song 'The stoppage of water'] / [unidentified speaker] ; Paul Mercer, speech in English
8. The stoppage of water, recitation ; Speech [Burke as a humourist; selling Johnny Burke's ballads; The Regatta] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
9. Speech [the plays of Johnny Burke, political and sporting songs, composing songs quickly for money] / Paul Mercer, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Decker, Charlette, singing in English A1-2, 5;
Keough, Nicolas, singing in English A3-4

Running Order:
1. Blow the wind westerly, song / Charlotte Decker, singing in English
2. The two brothers, song / Charlotte Decker, singing in English
3. The green willow tree (The nobleman's wedding), song / Nicolas Keough, singing in English
4. The beach of straw plain, song / Nicolas Keough, singing in English
5. The bonny busk of London, song / Charlotte Decker, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Moore, Cyril, accordion solo A1-2, speech in English A1;
Turner, Josephine, accordion solo A3-4, speech in English A3;
Maher, Paddy, accordion solo A5-9, 11, 13, 15-18, 20, speech in English A5-6, 10, 12, 14, singing in English with accordion A10, 12, 14, 19;
Thorne, Kenneth, singing in English with guitar A21-23, speech in English A21-23, accordion solo A24-26;
Moore, Roland, fiddle solo A27-30, speech in English A29;
Reid, John, singing in English with guitar A31-34, speech in English A31-34

Running Order:
1. Untitled [Black velvet band], waltz / Cyril Moore, accordion, speech in English
2. I’s the b’y, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
3. Untitled, polka / Josephine Turner, accordion, speech in English
4. Untitled [Pop goes the weasel], [single] / Josephine Turner, accordion
5. Untitled [The old man], hornpipe / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
6. Untitled, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
7. Untitled, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion
8. Untitled, reel / Paddy Maher, accordion
9. Untitled [Maggie in the woods], polka / Paddy Maher, accordion
10. The humours of Glenshee, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
11. Doggie doggie battered the cat, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
12. The tribute to Newfoundland, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
13. Beer barrel polka, polka / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer]
14. The daughter of Daniel O Connell, Star of Logy Bay, songs / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
15. Star of Logy Bay, air / Paddy Maher, accordion
16. Untitled (fragment), jig / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer] [END OF BAND ONE]
17. Untitled, jig (continued from track 16) / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer]
18. Amazing grace, air / Paddy Maher, accordion
19. The banks of the roses, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion
20. Untitled, reel / Paddy Maher, accordion
21. Dust on mother’s bible, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
22. Singing waterfall, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
23. In the cold Canadian waters, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar
24. Over the waves, waltz / Kenneth Thorne, accordion
25. Road to the isles, [single] / Kenneth Thorne, accordion, speech in English
26. Golden jubilee, polka / Kenneth Thorne, accordion
27. Untitled, jig / Roland Moore, fiddle
28. Untitled, tune / Roland Moore, fiddle
29. Untitled, tune / Roland Moore, fiddle
30. Untitled, polka / Roland Moore, fiddle ; [unidentified dancer]
31. My friends, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
32. Big Bill, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
33. The war ship had landed, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
34. [Galway Bay] (‘If you ever go across the sea to Newfoundland…’), song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Turner, Bessy, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Walsh, Aidan, accordion solo A2-7, speech in English A2, 4-5;
Broderick, John, singing in English A8, recitation in English A9-11, 13-18, B3, 5, 7, singing in English in duet B4;
Broderick, Dan, singing in English A12, B2, 6, singing in English in duet B4;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band two, singing in English in chorus B4-6,;
Moore, Cyril, organ solo B8-10, accordion solo B11-14, speech in English B8-9, 15

Running Order:
1. I'm lonely since my mother died, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
2. Road to the isles, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
3. There's a glen in old Tir Connel, waltz / Aidan Walsh, accordion
4. Pussy cat up in the plum tree, jig (crooked) ; Speech [tune name] / Aidan Walsh, accordion, speech in English
5. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
6. [I’se the b’y], jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
7. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
8. The lad in the Scotch brigade, song / John Broderick, singing in English
9. Rum seller, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
10. The burglar, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
11. The ragged jacket, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
12. Soldier's dream, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
13. An old sweetheart of mine, song / John Broderick, singing in English
14. Your coppers turn into silver, song / John Broderick, singing in English
15. Captains and ships, song / John Broderick, singing in English
16. The maid of the mountain brow, song / John Broderick, singing in English
17. An emigrant’s farewell, song / John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
18. When I was young, song (fragment) / John Broderick, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Speech [background speech] / [unidentified speakers]
20. July drive [The valley of Kilbride], song ; speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers] ; [unidentified speakers]
21. Morris Crotty, song ; Speech [background] / John Broderick, singing in English
22. Daniel Munroe, song ; Unidentified, song [fragments] ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers and speech]
23. Skibbereen, song (fragmented) ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
24. Break the news to mother, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
25. Old Eireann far away, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English
26. When your blue moon turns to gold again, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
27. A new moon over my shoulder, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
28. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, organ
29. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, accordion
30. [Maggie in the Wood], polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
31. Untitled, polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
32. Untitled, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
33. Speech [joke about two people getting married] / Cyril Moore, speech in 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:
Unidentified performers [The Keyes Family], singing in English A1-3, speech in English A1-3;
[Broderick, Kevin ?], fiddle solo with guitar A4-22;
[Julie, Kevin ?], fiddle solo with guitar A4-22;
Walsh, Bill, accordion solo A23-29, speech in English A27;
Murphy, Andy, accordion solo A30-33, 35-38, speech in English A30-35, singing in English with accordion A34

Running Order:
1. Kevin Barry, song / [Unidentified singer, member of the Keyes Family], singing in English
2. The ship sailed from old England, song ; Speech [song title] / [Unidentified singer, member of the Keyes Family], singing in English
3. Aunt Martha's sheep, song / [Unidentified singer, member of the Keyes Family], singing in English
4. Sligo maid, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
5. Cock of the north, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
6. Paddy in London, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
7. Miss Monaghan's, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
8. Inverness gathering, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
9. Mason's apron, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
10. Untitled, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
11. Fasten the leg in her, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
12. Sheahan's reel[?] / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
13. Paddy whack, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
14. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
15. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
16. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
17. Untitled, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Boys of blue hill, hornpipe / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
19. Untitled, reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
20. La bantering[?], reel / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
21. Saddle the pony, Untitled, jigs / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
22. Donnybrook fair, jig / Kevin Broderick, fiddle ; Julie Broderick, guitar
23. Untitled, single / Bill Walsh, accordion
24. Untitled, single / Bill Walsh, accordion
25. Untitled, single / Bill Walsh, accordion
26. Untitled, reel / Bill Walsh, accordion
27. The Boston driver[?], waltz / Bill Walsh, accordion
28. Untitled, reel / Bill Walsh, accordion
29. Untitled, reel [fragmented] / Bill Walsh, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
30. Untitled, air / Andy Murphy, accordion
31. Untitled, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
32. I’se the b’y, jig / Andy Murphy, accordion
33. The Irish rover, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
34. Untitled, song / Andy Murphy, accordion, singing in English
35. Over the waves, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
36. Untitled, waltz / Andy Murphy, accordion
37. [The Irish washerwoman], jig / Andy Murphy, accordion
38. Untitled, jig / Andy Murphy, accordion [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Pearce, John, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A2;
Casey, Esther, singing in English A2-8, 9-11, 13-14, speech in English A2-14, accordion solo A12;
Turner, Tom, singing in English A15, 17, singing in English A15-16

Running Order:
1. Elliston logger's song / John Pearce, singing in English
2. She lived beside the Anner, song ; Speech [singing] / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English ; Terry Thomson, speech in English ; [Unidentified speaker]
3. The lovely village maid, song ; Speech [song origins] / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
4. One lonely night in summer, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
5. The silver tide, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
6. There's somebody waiting for me, song / Esther Casey, singing in English ; [unknown speaker]
7. Will you love me when I'm old and grey, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
8. The best things in life, song / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
9. Mussels in the corner, single [fragmented] / Esther Casey, accordion [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Down by the green bushes, song ; Speech [singing style] / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
11. British man-of-war, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
12. Speech [talk about music and singing and dancing in houses, learning to sing in school] / Esther Casey, speech in English
13. An old sweetheart of mine, song / Esther Casey, singing in English
14. A cowboy and his sweetheart, song / Esther Casey, singing in English, speech in English
15. Untitled [Wild Buffalo], song / Tom Turner, singing in English
16. Speech [talk about learning to sing, fishing, working in the lumber woods] / Tom Turner, singing in English
17. Western rangers, song [unfinished] / Tom Turner, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Pearce, Annie, singing in English A1-7, speech in English A1-7;
Pearce, Ross, singing in English A8-13, speech in English A8, 10-14;
Pearce, John, singing in English 15-17, speech in English 15

Running Order:
1. The star of Logy Bay, song ; Speech [getting the song right] / Annie Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
2. A mother's love is a blessing, song ; speech [source of songs] / Annie Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
3. The shores of Twin Lake, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
4. It been lately since you told me you love me, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
5. Does Jesus care, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
6. The girl from Donegal, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
7. Elliston sands, song / Annie Pearce, singing in English
8. The loss of Ella M. Rudolph, song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
9. Me old ragadoo, song [fragment] / Ross Pearce, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Me old ragadoo, song [fragment] / Ross Pearce, singing in English, speech in English
11. From Liverpool across the Atlantic [The Little Stowaway], song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
12. The blind child's prayer, song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
13. Two little girls in blue, song / Ross Pearce, singing in English
14. Speech [Jokes] / Ross Pearce, speech in English
15. Pretty Polly, song / John Pearce, singing in English
16. Lovely Nancy, song / John Pearce, singing in English
17. Untitled [‘6 of us left Elliston …’], song / John Pearce, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]