Performers:
Brennan, Mrs Caroline, speech in English throughout, singing in English A1-2, 4-5, 7, 9-13, B1, B2-11, 14, recitation in English B13
Running Order:
1. Speech [recites words of the ‘Dinny Blake’] ; I’m Dinny Blake from the County Clare, song [fragment] ; Speech [Her mother used to sing it, she said, and saw it in a book. Kenny asks her for her favourite song. She says it’s ‘My Own Dear Galway Bay’] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
2. My own dear Galway, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English ; composed by Francis Fahy
3. Speech [talk about occasions where people met to sing and dance] / Caroline Brennan, speech in English
4. Fain Waterloo, song ; Speech [songs about Waterloo] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
5. Mary and Willie, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
6. Speech [talk about ways to finish a song, talking versus singing the last line ; talks about her husband’s sea songs] / Caroline Brennan, speech in English
7. The schooner Annie, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English ; Peter Leonard, composer
8. Speech [talk about the story of ‘The schooner Annie’ and the emotion of the song, another song about Fr. O'Driscoll, recites lyrics for a song about Tobias Murphy] / Caroline Brennan, speech in English
9. The dewy dells of Yarrow, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
10. Jack was a sailor on board of a whaler, song ; Speech [children’s songs] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
11. Comrades, song ; Speech [AOH’s notes: It was taught in school to the boys by the master, she said, Jack was a Sailor was also taught in school, she said. When I asked her if she needed a drink, a drop of the cratur, maybe, she laughed and added, “I sang at a concert in St. John’s, one time, and the man said, Mrs Brennan wants a drink of water, or something, or something with a kick in it.” Laughs] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
12. Henry and Maryann, song ; Speech [recites the last verse, learned it from Mike Brennan, her husband’s brother] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
13. The scolding wife, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. The fox and the hare [The man with six wives] ; Speech [AOH notes: A comical song Carrie got it from old Esther Tobin, wife of Joe Power, parents of Anthony Power’s. She talks about the old Irishmen, the first in Ship Cove that sang songs and played music. When she was born and teaching; talks about her father and grandmother who sang this next song] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
15. Speech [AOH notes: Kenny asks her how old she is. She says she was 86 about a month ago (July 1978). She was born in July 1892). Follows with talk about her education. Her father couldn’t sing or dance. His mother was Irish & she was a good singer and dancer. Her favourite song was Patrick Sheehan] / Caroline Brennan, speech in English
16. Patrick Sheehan, song ; Speech [talks about the number of songs she knows] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
17. The shadow of the pines, song ; Speech [AOH notes: Tells where she got it—John Hennessy’s mother. Talks on ‘times’ on the Cape Shore and when they’d happen. A ‘time’ is an occasion for music, song and dance. Carrie said John Hennessy’s mother had that song—she was a King from the Southeast (Bight?) – and she got it from her] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
18. Doran’s ass, song ; Speech [gob music for dancing] ; Connickmore, song ; Speech [used for doubles] Follow me up to Carlow, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
19. Rock a bye baby, song ; Speech [lullabies, lumbering songs] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
20. The badger drive, song [talk about a song competition in the lumberyards. AOH notes: She said that when her brother, Bernard Nash, came back from the lumbering woods in Deer Lake one year, he said, “Carrie, there was twenty dollars put out this year for the man who could compose the best song. And he told me about the fellow who won it’] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
21. In York’s fair city, song ; Speech [songs about unwanted pregnancies] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English]
22. The happy Christmas time, song ; Speech [songs to be sung in church for Christmas and Easter] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
23. The true lovers’ conversation, song ; Speech [long songs] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
24. The silvy tide, song [fragmented] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
25. Speech [describes the conclusion of the Silvey Tide; AOH notes: She said the old Tobin men used to make up comic songs. The Barasway crowd didn’t get along with the people on the Cape Shore. They were called the Poisoners of Barasway] ; Rhyme on Barrasway boys, recitation / Caroline Brennan, speech in English
26. Two glasses, recitation [fragment] / Caroline Brennan, speech in English
27. As I walked out one night, song / Caroline Brennan [END OF BAND TWO]
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