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Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]

  • AOH-18693/1/258704
  • Item
  • 1977 [tracks 1-2] ; 17 July 1977 [tracks 3-4] ; 18 July 1977 [tracks 5-20] ; 2 August 1977 [tracks 21-26] ; 3 August 1977 [tracks 27-30] ; 5 August 1977 [tracks 31-34]
  • Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 10 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Carroll, Ernest, singing in English A1-3, 9-11, speech in English A1-3, 9-12;
Carew, Aggie, singing in English A4-8, 13-15, speech in English A4-8, 12-13;
Lushman, Jack, singing in English A17-25, speech in English A17-22, 25;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A20

Running Order:
1. The faithful sailor boy, song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English ; Aggie Carew, speech in English
2. Sure I got drunk again, song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English
3. [Barley Barley] , song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English
4. Pretty Nancy, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English, speech in English
5. Untitled, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
6. The lass of Swansea Town, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
7. Sweet Willie, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English, speech in English
8. Annie Franklin, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
9. Indian in a birch bark canoe, song / Ernest Carroll, singing in English, speech in English; Aggie Carew, speech in English
10. Turkey in the straw, song / Ernest Carroll, lilting, singing in English, speech in English
11. Green grow the rushes, song / Ernest Carroll, lilting, singing in English, speech in English
12. Speech [people dancing whilst lilting and singing ; singing for drinks] / Ernest Carroll, speech in English ; Aggie Carew, speech in English
13. Polly Holland, song ; Speech [description of the Union from St. John’s] / Aggie Carew, singing in English, speech in English
14. The Union from St. John's, song / Aggie Carew, singing in English
15. The dark-eyed gypsy o (fragment) , song / Aggie Carew, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
16. The dark-eyed gypsy o, song [continued from track 15] / Aggie Carew, singing in English
17. The jam on Gary's Rock, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
18. Cape Breton boy, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
19. About the penny fair, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
20. The blue wave, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English, speech in English ; Aggie Carew, speech in English
21. One night at a club, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
22. Untitled (fragment), song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
23. The dole song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
24. The sidewalks of New York, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English
25. Cock a doodle do, song / Jack Lushman, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 14 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Power, Martin, singing in English A1, 3, speech in English A1-2 recitation in English A2,;
Keyes, Leo, singing in English A4-5, speech in English throughout;
[Keyes ?], Kevin, singing in English A6-8, 13-16, speech in English throughout;
Keyes, Mrs, singing in English A9, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A10-12, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Mike Kelly, song / Martin Power, singing in English
2. Jim Hawks, recitation / Martin Power, speech in English
3. Michael McCarty, song / Martin Power, singing in English
4. The soldiers farewell, song / Leo Keyes, singing in English
5. The lights of western stars, song / Leo Keyes, singing in English
6. Untitled [‘A Story, A Story’], song ; Speech [song requests] / Kevin Keyes, singing in English ; Mrs. Keyes, speech in English
7. The Southern Cross, song ; Speech [song requests] / Kevin Keyes, singing in English ; Mrs. Keyes, speech in English
8. The foxy rum, song ; Speech [songs] / Leo Keyes, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Seven years I loved a sailor, song ; Speech [song requests] / Mrs. Keyes, singing in English
10. Twenty-one years, song / [Dan ?], singing in English
11. Butcher boy, song [fragmented] ; Speech [song requests] / Unknown singer, singing in English
12. The cold storage, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
13. Lumberman's alphabet, song / Kevin [Keyes], singing in English
14. Thirty days in jail, song / Kevin [Keyes], singing in English
15. The Spanish captain, song / Leo Keyes, singing in English
16. In fair London City, song / Kevin [Keyes], singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 15 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Coombes, Agnes, recitation in English A1, speech in English A1;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A2, speech in English A2;
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A3;
Wareham, Wilf, speech in English A4, singing in English A5-6

Running Order:
1. Untitled, recitation / Agnes Coombes, speech in English ; Brid Coombes, author
2. Paddy Kelly's Dream, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
3. Untitled [music for square dance], single / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
4. Speech [talk about sea songs heard in Newfoundland] / Wilf Wareham, speech in English
5. Haul on the bowline, song / Wilf Wareham, singing in English
6. Speech [sea songs] ; Jolly Poker, song ; Johnny Boker, song / Wilf Wareham, singing in English ; [Unidentified speaker], speech [END OF BAND ONE]
7. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 16 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Keogh, Benedict, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Dooley, William, singing in English A2-3, speech in English A2-3;
Hynes, James, singing in English A4;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A5, singing in English A6-10, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Bottle of brandy, song / Benedict Keogh, singing in English
2. Jimmy, song / William Dooley, singing in English
3. Mantle of green, song / William Dooley, singing in English
4. Three grains of corn, song / James Hynes, singing in English
5. Paddy Kelly's dream [The Lobster Salad], recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
6. Lord Bateman, song / John Joe English, singing in English
7. Come on ye jolly seaman bold, song [fragment] / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Come on ye jolly seaman bold, song [fragment continued from track 7] / John Joe English, singing in English
9. Down on Erin's wild shore, song / John Joe English, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed sailor, song / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 17 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
[Hearn ?], Kitty, speech in English A1, singing in English A2;
Snow, Mrs Elizabeth, speech in English A4-10, recitation in English A5-10

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about learning songs, singing on boats in the harbour] / Kitty [Hearn], speech in English
2. When the bees are in their hives, song / Kitty [Hearn], singing in English
3. My old Kentucky home, song ; talk about singing in concerts / Kitty [Hearn],
4. Speech [talk about writing poetry, reciting poetry at local events] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
5. Going to Church [written in 1954], recitation ; Speech [talk about the following poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
6. Saint Paul's sale, recitation ; Speech [background on Mrs Huff and the rector] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
7. Mrs Huff and the rector, recitation ; Speech [background on A voice within] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
8. A voice within, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
9. A boy leaving home ; Speech [describes a performance of A boy leaving home] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. The faithful few, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
11. We are all gathered here today, recitation ; Speech [describes next poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English, author
12. Sister Goodlynn, recitation ; Speech [background on next poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
13. O why was I chained to a wife, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
14. You tell me I'm getting old, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
15. Remembrance Day, recitation ; Speech [describes The high cost of living] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
16. The high cost of living, recitation ; Speech [other poems] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
17. Speech [reads out a letter about the founding of the local senior citizens club] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
18. Speech [talk about local senior citizens parties] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 2 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 20 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Murphy, Andy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about local people, cures for seasickness] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
2. Red river valley, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
3. St. Anne's reel / Andy Murphy, fiddle
4. Haste to the wedding, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
5. I’m going to be married, waltz / Andy Murphy, fiddle
6. Farewell to Nova Scotia, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
7. [I don’t care if I do], waltz ; Speech [remember what the tunes are] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
8. The wild rover, waltz ; Speech [the words to tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
9. Irish washerwoman, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
10. Redwing, barndance / Andy Murphy, fiddle
11. Bold Jack Donohue, waltz ; Speech [tune origins, story about learning Irish tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
12. The merry widow, waltz ; Speech [tune origins] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
13. Loch Lomond, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
14. Turkey in the straw, barndance [fragmented] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
15. Over the waves, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
16. Whiskey on beer, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
17. When I am sixty four, air ; Speech [talk about music in the family] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Speech [talk about music in the family] [continued from track A17] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
19. Untitled, hornpipe / Andy Murphy, fiddle
20. Speech [stories about feats of strength] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO][The remainder of BAND TWO is a direct copy of material from 53-ITMA-CS, Aidan O'Hara Cassette 4 tracks A23-35; not included on the CDR copy]

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