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Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 55 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded in the house of Patrick (Patsy) Beatty (79 years), Glack, Limavady, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–9]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Bob McCurry (69 years), of Carrowmena, Myroe and his granddaughter Yvonne Millar (10), 22 July, 1969 [tracks 10–17]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 23 July 1969 [tracks 18–19]

Performers:
Beatty, Patsy, speech in English Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, fiddle solo Tracks 2-5, 8-9;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 18-19;
Butcher, Edward, singing in English Tracks 7, 18-19;
McCurry, Bob, speech in English Track 10;
Miller, Yvonne, speech in English Tracks 11-17, singing in English Tracks 12-13

Running Order:
1. Conversation / Hugh Shields, speech in English / Patsy Beatty, speech in English [session continued from 6903]
2. Shan Gwee, jig / Patsy Beatty, fiddle
3. Talk about this tune ; Follow your old figary oh, jig [air: The young May moon] / Patsy Beatty, speech in English, fiddle
4. Talk about this tune ; Paudeen O’Rafferty [=Larry O’Gaff], speech ; jig [learnt from his father] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Patsy Beatty, fiddle 
5. Barney Kelly, jig [learnt from his father] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Patsy Beatty, fiddle
6. Conversation about Patsy Beatty’s father’s style of fiddling and bowing technique / Hugh Shields, speech in English / Patsy Beatty, speech in English
7. Go you back to your ain place, song [fragment, air: The girl I left behind me] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. Paddy, get up, jig / Patsy Beatty, fiddle
9. The bride’s fancy [=The swallow’s tail], reel / Patsy Beatty, fiddle [end of session]
10. How many persons in the Godhead?, story [‘Funny’], Bob McCurry, speech in English
11. Cowboy Joe from Mexico, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
12. On the hillside stands a lady ; Lady, lady, touch the ground, song ; rhyme / Yvonne Millar, singing in English, speech in English
13. On the hillside stands a lady ; Lady, lady, touch the ground, song ; rhyme [repeated with actions] / Yvonne Millar, singing in English, speech in English
14. I am a guide girl dressed in blue, rhyme [spoken with actions] / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
15. Banana split, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
16. Teddy bear, teddy bear, go upstairs, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English
17. Cinderella, dressed in yellow, rhyme / Yvonne Millar, speech in English [end of session]
18. Conversation with queries about songs recorded from Eddie Butcher / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Conversation with queries about songs recorded from Eddie Butcher / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [breaks of at ‘The Smuggler’, continued at 6902] [END OF BAND TWO]

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