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Recorded from Eddie Butcher at Frank Harte’s house in Dublin, July 1966. [tracks 1–6]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher on a journey between Dublin and Magilligan, July 1966. [tracks 7–8]
[Copies of] s recordings made by members of the Butcher family at O'Hagan’s pub in Coleraine, Co. Derry, July 1966. [tracks 9–17]
Recorded at Jimmie Butcher’s house in Limavady, Co. Derry, from members of the Butcher family, July 1966. [tracks 18–28]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher [at his house] in Magilligan, Co. Derry, July 1966. [tracks 29–57]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher [at his house] in Magilligan, Co. Derry, March 1966. [tracks 58–70]
Domestic recordings of commercial discs. [tracks 71–83

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, Aughil, Magilligan, co. Derry [1900-1980], singing in English Tracks 1-8, 18, 28-29, 30-39, 45-46, 49-52, 54, 56, 58-59, 64-65, 66-70, speech in English Tracks 19, 34, 36, 59, 63-64, 66, recitation in English 60;
Butcher, Robert, singing in English Tracks 9-12;
Butcher, John Junior, Downhill, Dunboe, singing in English Tracks 14, 16-17;
Unidentified performer, singing in English Track 13;
O'Hagan, Lizzie, singing in English Track 15;
Butcher, Jimmie, Limavady, co. Derry, singing in English Tracks 20-27;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 34, 42, Tracks 59-61, 63-64, 66;
B[utcher], Mrs [Maria, wife of John B. senior], singing in English Tracks 44, 54
Butcher, John senior, Magilligan, co. Derry, singing in English , Tracks 40-43, 47-48, 54-55, 57, speech in English Track 42, lilting Track 53;
Tunney, Paddy, singing in English Tracks 71-78, speech in English Track 76;
McMahon, Dolly, singing in English Tracks 80-81, singing in Irish Tracks 80-81;
Ennis, Seamus, pipes solo Track 79 , singing in English Track 79, singing in Irish Track 79, whistle solo Track 79;
Unidentified Ulster performers, singing in English Track 82, fifes and drums in group instrumental Track 82;
Unidentified performers, singing in English Track 83, singing in Irish Track 83, singing in Scots Gaelic Track 83

Running Order:
1. My barque leaves the harbour tomorrow, song / Eddie Butcher, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Ballycartin ball (‘Assist me lads of merriment attend both one and all...’) , song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Skewball (‘Come all you noble gentlemen...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. I'll climb up a high high tree [fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. True lovers' discussion (‘Oh one pleasant evening when pinks and daisies...’) [= True lovers' discourse], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Lovely Derry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There's a spot on this earth it's a spot of great fame...’),song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. Jack the jolly ploughboy was ploughing up his land, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. There was a widow woman (‘There was a widow-woman in the west moorlands...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. When a man's in love [copied in Coleraine, beginning defective], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
10. Maid of seventeen (‘Down by a shady harbour there resides a pleasant maid...’) [copied posthumously in Coleraine], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
11. Nothing (‘When rhyming and verses came first into fashion...’) [copied posthumously in Coleraine], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
12. Granny's Heiland hame (‘[In the Heilands of Scotland] there stands a wee hoose...’) [copied posthumously in Coleraine], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
13. Blue velvet band (‘Come listen till I tell you a story...’) / unidentified performer, singing in English
14. Maggie (‘I wander a day [?] to the hills, Maggie...’), song / John Butcher, junior, singing in English
15. Bonny Irish boy (‘Once I was courted by a bonny Irish boy...’), song Lizzie O’Hagan, singing in English
16. Town of Coleraine, song (‘There's a sweet little spot in the county of Derry...’), song / John Butcher, junior, singing in English
17. Fare you well lough Derg, song / John Butcher, junior, singing in English
18. Pat McGuire (‘Oh come all you true bred Irish men of country and town...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
19. The lodger (‘An ould fella was married to a woman...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
20. Erin's lovely home (‘You patriot sons of Paddy's land come listen unto me...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
21. James McKee (‘James McKee they do call me the same I'll ne'er deny...’) [incomplete], song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
22. James McKee (‘James McKee they do call me the same I'll ne'er deny...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
23. Beautiful Bundoran (‘In the heart of old Tirchonaill...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
24. Banks of Kilrea ‘One evening for my recreation as I strayed by the lovely Moss Ban...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
25. Eileen McManus (‘One day as I strolled along Broadway...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
26. Ann O'Brien (‘You young and old I now make bold, I pray you lend an ear...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
27. Far far away in an African desert, song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
28. The Royal Charter (‘From fair Australia with a pleasant gale...’) , song / Eddie Butcher singing in English
29. Lowlands low (‘Emily sat lamenting when young Edmond first did roam...’) (fragment], song / Eddie Butcher singing in English [end of band one]
30. Lowlands low (‘Young Emily sat lamenting when young Edmond first did roam...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
31. The night of the wedding (‘Och but that was the terrible tear...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
32. I wish my love was a red red rose growing in yon garden fair [fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
33. [Murlough shore=Murloch Mary], (‘Oh you hills and dales and flowery vales lies nigh to the Murlough shore...’) [fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
34. Oh Cofer John gave me a wink, talk about this song, song and speech, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in Enlish ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
35. Casey Jones (‘Come all you gay people...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
36. Town of Garvagh (‘Captain D.... says my boys...’) [one verse], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
37. Patrick Sheehan (‘My name is Patrick Sheehil [sic]...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
38. Shores of Benone (‘Oh kind friends I'm just come here tonight to sing to all of you...’),
39. Strands of Magilligan (I'm a stranger in this country from America I came...’) [two-line fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
40. Star of Donegal (‘One evening fair to take the air alone I chanced to stray...’) [incomplete], song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English
41. By the side of a clear crystal fountain (interrupted), song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English
42. Oh, it's just about ten years ago as far as I can tell, talk about the preceding song; song and speech / John Butcher, senior, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
43. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a summer's morning...’), song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English
44. Moville along the Foyle (‘There's a dear old spot I often...’), song / Mrs Maria Butcher (wife of John Butcher senior), singing in English
45. Sailor boy (‘One dark and stormy wintry night as the snow lay on the ground...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
46. Father's serving boy (‘I live between Dungannon and the town of Aghnacloy...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English ; John Butcher, senior, singing in English
47. Maid of Culmore (‘From sweet Londonderry to fair London town...), song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English
48. Parish of Dunboe (‘I am a bold undaunted youth, I mean to let you know...’), song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English ; Eddie Butcher, singing in English
49. Down by the canal (‘As I went a walking one evening in June...), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
50. We're the true-born sons of Levi [fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
51. Whose oul heid is that oul heid where my oul heid should be, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
52. Sailing to America (‘[Come all you] good people wherever you be...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English ; John Butcher, senior, singing in English
53. Untitled tune, lilt / John Butcher, senior, lilting
54. Green fields of America ‘Oh farewell to old Ireland, the home of my father ...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English ; John Butcher, senior, singing in English ; Mrs John Butcher, singing in English
55. Free and easy to jog along (‘Oh it's of my rambles I'm going to sing ...’), song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English
56. Todd's sweet rural shade (‘Oh one evening fair to take the air as I carelessly did stray ...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
57. Robin Thompson's smithy (‘Oh my mother mended my oul breeks ...’), song / John Butcher, senior, singing in English
58. Johnny and Molly (‘Oh says Johnny to Molly ...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
59. The green veil (‘Come all you gay fellows that wants to be mellow ...’) , talk about it, song ; speech / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
60. First verse of ‘The green veil’ spoken, speech / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
61. Nancy's whiskey (‘These five long quarters I have been weaving ...’), talk about it , song ; speech / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
62. Bonny bunch of roses (‘By the margin of the ocean one morning in the month of June [fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
63. Talk about the Butcher family and about Margaret Clyde's house, speech / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
64. Flower of Corby mill (‘Oh come all you tenderhearted chaps I hope you'll lend an ear ...’) and talk about it, song ; speech / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; [Gracie Butcher], speech in English
65. Walling of the men (‘Oh come all you jolly working men, ...’) , [unfinished], song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, [end of band two]
66. Walling of the men (‘Oh, come all you jolly working men...’), talk about this song and about another ‘The smuggler’ also with words by Eddie, song [ words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
67. The ‘Trader’ (‘We bid them all a long farewell for we will never see them more...’) [1-verse fragment], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
68. Parish of Dunboe (‘I am a bold undaunted youth I mean for to let you know...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
69. Bonny Irish boy ‘Once I was courted by a bonny Irish boy...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
70. Johnny and Molly ‘Oh, says Johnny to Molly...’) [fragment of first verse], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
71. Craigie Hill (‘It being in Spring and the small birds were singing...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
72. Lark in the morning (‘The lark in the morning she rises off her nest...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
73. Johnny, lovely Johnny (‘Oh, Johnny, lovely Johnny, do you mind the day [Johnny, lovely Johnny] [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
74. The cow that drank the poteen (‘There's a man in Ardaghy...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English;
75. Blackwater side (‘Oh, as I roved out one bright summer's morn...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English, song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
76. Talk about the following song, Out of the window (My young love said to me, my mother won't mind...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song and speech, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English,speech in English
77. The month of January (‘It was in the month of January...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
78. The wearing of the britches (‘Come all you men where'er you be...’) [dub from Topic LP ‘The Irish edge’], song, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
79. [off-disc dub]: 'Bonny bunch of roses', LP by Seamus Ennis (Tradition TLP 1013)
80. [off-disc dub from]: 'Dolly' LP by Dolly McMahon (Claddagh CC3) [end of band three]
81. [off-disc dub ]: 'Dolly' LP by Dolly McMahon (Claddagh CC3) continued [off-disc dub]
82. Orangemen of Ulster (Folkways FW3033, 1961) [off-disc dub]
83. [off-disc dub]: (Folksongs of Britain vol. 6: 'Sailors and serving maids' (Topic 12t194) [end of band four]

Recorded from Paddy Tunney in the house of Hugh Shields in Dublin, March 1961. [tracks 1–5]
Recorded from Dennis Healey, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, July 1961. [tracks 6–17]
Off-air recording of RTÉ program 'Bards and ballad-makers' by Hugh Shields, June 1961. [track 18]
Recorded [in the house of Eddie Butcher and elsewhere], Magilligan, Co. Derry, August 1961. [tracks 19–112]

Performers:
Paddy Tunney, singing in English, Tracks 1, 3, 5, 18, lilt Tracks 2, 4-5. speech in English Track 2 ;
Dennis Healey, singing in English Tracks 6-17;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 18-19, 61, 63, 101, singing in English Tracks 28-36, 101;
Unidentified performer, singing in English Track 101;
Robert Butcher, singing in English Tracks 19-27, 57;
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 38, 40, 42, 44-54, 56, 58-60, 65-71, 73-75, 79-82, 84-93, 102, 104-104, 107-112, 96-100, speech in English Tracks 94-95;
Charlie Begley, singing in English Tracks 39, 43;
Evelyn Butcher, singing in English Tracks 41, 55, 57, 72, 83, 106;
Mary Harte (neé Butler, originally from Derry city), singing in English Tracks 61-63, 102-103, speech in English Tracks 61,63;
Mrs McCloskey, singing in English Track 78;
Marion McCloskey (age 7), singing in English Tracks 64, 76-77;
Hilda McCloskey (age 8), singing in English Tracks 64, 76-77, speech in English Track 64;
Lizzie Butcher, singing in English Track 72

Running Order:
1. Moorlough Mary (‘The very first time I met my Moorlough Mary...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
2. [The Sligo maid[, [reel] ; [The bag of potatoes], [reel] ; speech / Paddy Tunney, speech in English, lilt
3. Tuckanandy (‘He didn't dance and dance...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
4. [The frieze britches], [jig] / Paddy Tunney, lilt
5. Maggie Picken (‘Maggie Picken’s on the wall...’), song ; lilt / Paddy Tunney lilt, singing in English-
6. Green white and gold (‘The night was still...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
7. She lived beside the Anner (‘She lived beside the Anner...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
8. Green grows the laurel (‘[Once] I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
9. The dawning of the day (‘One morning early as I walked out...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘There was three gypsies lived in the east ...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
11. Betsy McLean (‘When I first went to Dublin to view Barrack street...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
12. The Boston burglar (‘I was born in Boston city...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
13. The factory girl (‘On a fine summer's morning as the sun was arising...’) [v.1], song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
14. If your’e Irish (‘Oh, if you come from Kilkenny or Carlow...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
15. Follow me down to Carlow) (‘May Carlow lift up your face...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
16. Betsy McClean (‘As I went to Dublin for to view Barrack street...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
17. Kevin Barry, song / Dennis Healey, singing in English [incipit inaudible, incomplete, badly recorded]
18. Bards and ballad makers, [off-air recording of RTÉ broadcast, June 1961] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Paddy Tunney, singing in English
19. Milltown (‘In the Hielands of Scotland...’), song ; speech / Robert Butcher, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
20. The ploughboy (‘Girls do wed a ploughboy...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
21. Sally and Johnny (‘As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
22. Blazing star of Drung ('Sure the first time that I saw my love...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
23. Ann Jane Thornton (‘Come all you loyal lovers...’) [vv 1 & 2], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
24. The distressed maid (’I am a poor distressed maid...’), song [v.1] / Robert Butcher, singing in English
25. The distressed maid (entire) (‘I am a poor distressed maid...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
26. John Reilly (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by the riverside...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
27.  Informer Kerry [Carey] (‘Pat O Donnell is my name, I come from Donegal...’) [v. 1] , song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
28. The seven priests (‘You tender-hearted Christians I pray you lend an ear...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
29. John Reilly (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by a riverside...’) [v. 1]  [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
30. Pat O Donnell (‘Oh, Pat O Donnell is my name, I come from Donegal...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
31. The maid of seventeen] (‘Down by a shady harbour there resides a pleasant maid...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
32. Johnny and Molly (‘Says Johnny to Molly I am now going to leave you...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
33.  The hiring day (‘My friends and I left sweet Armoy...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
34.  Erin’s green shore [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher] (‘One evening as late as I strayed...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
35. Another man’s wedding  [=Nobleman's wedding] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher] (‘I was kindly invited to a nobleman’s wedding...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
36. Glencoe] (‘As I went a-walking one evening of late...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
37.  Wee Magee (‘Wee MaGee and a half a dozen more...’), song /John Shields [father of Hugh], singing in English [end of band one]
38. The Faughan side (‘Oh, a stream like crystal it runs down...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
39. Green grows the laurel (‘Oh, its once I had a sweetheart...’), song / Charlie Begley, singing in English
40. The new tractor (‘Oh, come all you gay farmers intending to plough...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
41. The bunch of violets (‘Out in the moonlight garden...’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
42.  The fan (‘In sweet Argyll there lived a lady...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
43. Close of an Irish day (‘Oh, tonight in fancy come and take a trip across the sea...’), song / Charlie Begley, singing in English
44. The ship carpenter’s wife (‘Oh, come all you gay fellows, you flourishing folk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
45. The hiring fair (‘I once was a daysman, I wrought cause anent...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
46.  [A Gordon for me] (‘I’m Geordie McKay from the HLI...’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
47. Shores of Benone (‘We will never leave Magilligan...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
48. The smuggler (‘I was born in old Ireland all on a May day...’), song / [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
49. The ‘Trader’ (‘Oh, come all you gallant seamen bold....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
50. Killyclare/ Carrowclare (‘As Luna spreads her golden rays....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
51. O’er the mountain (‘It happened to be on a moonshining night....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
52. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
53. The mountain streams where the moorcock crows (‘With my dog and gun through yon blooming heather....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
54. Close of an Irish day (‘Oh, tonight in fancy come and take a trip across the sea....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
55. The Irish rover (‘In the year of Our Lord 1806....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
56. Finvola the gem of the Roe (‘In the land of O’Cahan where the dark mountains rise...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
57. Bunch of violets (‘Out in a moonlight garden....’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English ; Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
58. The Roe bridge ‘Dear Basil, this bridge is a wonderful ground...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
59. The concrete mile (‘Oh, now all you men of J.B. Warnes....’), song / [ words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
60. Down by the drainside (‘It was down by drainside I spied two old fellas...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
61. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a neat little spot....’) song, with talk about the next song ‘The Kerry recruit’, song ; speech / Mary Harte, speech in English, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
62. The Kerry recruit (‘When I was in Ireland and digging up land...’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English
63. The green volunteer (‘Assemble ye boys for the time’s drawing nigh...’), song ; speech / Mary Harte, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
64. Jelly on the plate, children’s rhyme; Old Roger is dead, song, / Marion McCloskey [age 7], speech in English, singing in English ; Hilda McCloskey [age 8], speech in English, singing in English [end of band two]
65. In Connaught I was reared (‘In Connaught I was reared not of a mean degree....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
66. The bonny wee window (‘I’ll sing of a lass and her name it was Nell....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
67. Robin Thompson’s smithy (‘Oh, my mother mended my old breeks and oh, but they were needy....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
68. Youghal harbour (‘Youghal harbour on a summer’s morning....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
69. It’s just 6 months [vv. 1-3] (‘It’s just 6 months since I was a swell boy...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
70. Our wedding day (‘There were once I had a sweetheart....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
71. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a place in the North, it’s a spot of great fame....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
72. You didn’t read my letter (Untitled), song / Lizzie Butcher, singing in English ; Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
73. Lonely I wandered (‘Lonely I wandered through scenes of my childhood....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
74. Inniskillen dragoons (‘There was a fair lady lived in Monaghan town....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
75. The Magilligan Gaelic team (‘Oh, come all you true-born Irishmen....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
76. My bonnie lies over the ocean (‘My bonnie lies over the ocean....’), song / Hilda McCloskey [age 8], singing in English ; Marion McCloskey [age 7], singing in English
77. Raggle taggle gipsies (‘Three gipsies stood at the castle gate....’), song / Hilda McCloskey, singing in English ; Marion McCloskey, singing in English
78. Smashing the van) (‘’Twas on the fourth of May, boys...’), song / Mrs McCloskey, singing in English
79. Baltimore (‘Come all you loyal lovers, give ear all for a while....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
80. Down the moor (‘One morn in May when fields were gay....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
81. Ballycartin ball (‘Assist me in my merriment...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
82. The true lovers’ discourse [=True lovers’ discussion] (‘One pleasant evening when pinks and daisies...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
83. Fraulein (‘Far across the deep blue water....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
84. Ann Jane Thornton (‘Come all you loyal lovers I pray you lend an ear....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
85. The seven priests (clipped) ‘Oh you feeling-hearted Christians...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band three]
86. The seven priests, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [contd. from band three]
87. Sally and Johnny (‘As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
88. [The farmer’s daughter] (‘Oh there was a farmer’s daughter and she longed for a baby, O...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
89. The crockery ware (‘Oh, this young man all in the dark....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
90. The hedges of co. Down (‘In a dream of the boy....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
91. The nobleman’s wedding [=Another man’s wedding] (‘Oh, I was invited to another man’s wedding....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
92. Adam in Paradise (‘When Adam was in Paradise in the first of recreation....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
93. The Paisley canal (‘Pray look on this victim of Tubot [Cupid]...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
94. Tramp and the fancy man, story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
95. Moose at your fadge...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
96. A soldier and a sailor (‘A soldier and a sailor went a-walking one day....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
97. Come all you rakish fine young men(‘Oh, come all you rakish fine young men that courts a blooming maid....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
98. Coleraine regatta (‘Oh, kind folks I tell you true and now my song commences....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
99. Lovely Jane (‘Oh, come you loyal heroes, I pray you lend an ear....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
100. The old Orange flute (‘In the county Tyrone near the town of Dungannon....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
101. Pop goes the weasel (‘A penny for a cotton ball, a halfpenny for a needle....’), song /Unidentified performer, singing in English
102. Ann O Brien (‘You young and old, I now make bold, I hope you will lend an ear....’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English ; Eddie Butcher, singing in English [last line only]
103. The dear old shamrock (‘I was leaving dear old Ireland....’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English
104. Hushaby baby (‘Hushaby baby on the tree top....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
105. The journeyman tailor 'As I went out walking one morning in May...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
106. Kitty of Coleraine (‘As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
107. [Every one’s done it but you] (‘When I was a lad sure the master once said...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
108. Doonaree (‘Oh to be in Doonaree with the sweetheart I once knew....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
109. Master McGrath (‘Eighteen sixty-nine was the date of the year....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
110. Todd’s sweet rural shade (‘Oh, one evening fair to take the air as I carelesslie did stray....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
111. Only a bunch of shamrock (‘Only a bunch of shamrocks, a bunch of shamrocks green....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
112. Free and easy to jog along (‘It is of my rambles I am going to sing...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band four]

Recorded at the house of John Butcher (brother of Eddie), Drumavally, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in Greta Deehan’s bar, Big drain bridge, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Tom Anderson of Aughil, Magilligan (age about 73) and his wife (aged about 65), 23 July 1969 [tracks 4–9]

Performers:
Butcher, Mary Ellen, singing in English Tracks 1-2;
Butcher, Jimmy, singing in English Track 3;
Anderson, Tom, singing in English Tracks 4, 6-8, speech in English Track 5;
Shields, Hugh speech in English Track 5;
Anderson. Mrs. Tom, singing in English Track 9

Running Order:
1. The shores of America (‘I’m bidding farewell to the land of my youth and the homes I love so well...’), song / Mary Ellen Butcher (daughter of John Butcher, age about 20), singing in English
2. Erin’s lovely  home (‘You patron [r. patriot] sons of Paddy’s land, come listen unto me...’), song [learnt from her uncle Jimmy Butcher of Limavady] / Mary Ellen singing in English
3. The banks of Kilrea (‘One evening for my recreation as I strayed by the lovely Moss Bann...’), song / John Butcher, singing in English [session continued at 6905]
4. The shores of Castlerock (‘The time is come and I must go, I’ll bid you all adieu...’), song [air ‘Adieu to Belashanny’] / Tom Anderson (age about 73), singing in English [session continued from 6925]
5. Talk about the song ‘The shores of Castlerock’ and its author Seamus McLoughlin / Tom Anderson, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English 
6. The rambling rakes of poverty (‘Oh come all you rambling fellows, oh from town to town I steer...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The shores of America (‘I am a sporting Irish boy now far across the sea...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
8. Free and easy (‘Oh it’s of my rambles I’m going to sing...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
9. The banks of the Bann (‘Down by yon harbour near sweet Coleraine...’), song [learnt from her grandfather, Thomas McGough] / Mrs Tom Anderson (age about 65), singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]  

Recorded at the house of Michael O’ Hara, Tartnakelly, Glack, Limavady, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 from his wife Lizzie and daughter Ursula [tracks 1–8]
Recorded in the house of Patrick (Patsy) Beatty (75), Glack, Limavady, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks A9–11, 25–27]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher, Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 12–24]

Performers:
Ursula O' Hara, singing in English Tracks 1, 4–5, 8, speech in English Tracks 3, 6–7, 15, 18, 20–24;
Lizzie O' Hara, singing English Tracks 2, 14;
Patrick (Patsy) Beatty, fiddle solo Tracks 9–11, 25–26, speech in English Track 27;
Micheal O' Hara, singing in English Track 12, speech in English Tracks 13, 19;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 15, 19, 27;
Edward Butcher, speech in English Tracks 16–17

Running Order:
1. The Boston burglar (‘I was born and raised in Boston, a place you all know well...’), song / Ursula O’Hara (10), singing in English [session continued from 6902]
2. The star of Donegal (‘I met with many a pretty lass in lands far over the sea...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English
3. Poor little sandy girl sitting on a stool, rhyme / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
4. In and out goes the dusty bluebells, song / Ursula O’Hara, singing in English
5. Skip, skip, skip to Maloo, song / Ursula O’Hara, singing in English
6. Ring a ring a rosie, rhyme / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
7. Round and round the garden, rhyme / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
8. The sweet nightingale (‘Pretty maid, come along...’), song [learnt in classroom] / Ursula O’Hara, singing in English [end of session]
9. Untitled [=Mrs McLeod’s], reel / Patrick (Patsy) Beatty (75), fiddle solo
10. Untitled [=The harvest home], hornpipe / Patrick (Patsy) Beatty), fiddle solo
11. Untitled [=Scully Casey’s?], hornpipe / Patrick (Patsy) Beatty, fiddle solo
12. Brian O’ Lynn (‘Brian O’ Lynn and his wife and his mother...’), song / Michael O’Hara, singing in English
13. Brian O’ Lynn, recitation [verses one and two] / Michael O’Hara, speech in English
14. Here’s a health to the company, song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English
15. If a fellow met a fellow, tongue-twister / Ursula O’Hara (10), speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
16. Old madam Buntyfoot, tongue-twister / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
17. Three wee roo-ra curly munted [?] pigs, tongue-twister / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
18. A creel of peats, tongue-twister / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
19. Says he to me, is that you?, tongue-twister [spoken twice, fast and slow] / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
20. Keep the kettle boiling, rhyme / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
21. Someone’s under the bed, rhyme [take one] / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
22. Someone’s under the bed, rhyme [take two / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
23. I like coffee, rhyme [take one] / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English
24. I like coffee, rhyme [take two / Ursula O’Hara, speech in English)
25. The heathery breeze reel / Patrick (Patsy) Beatty (75), fiddle
26. Mrs. McLeod reel / Patrick (Patsy) Beatty, fiddle
27. Talk about fiddle-playing and his father, speech [clipped, but continued at 6919] / Patrick (Patsy) Beatty, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 16 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded at the house of Michael O’ Hara, Tartnakelly, Glack, Limavady, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 4–6]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, from Robert Butcher junior [age about 48, son of Eddie’s brother Robert, deceased] 21 July 1969 [tracks 7–8]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 23 July 1969 [track 9]

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, speech in English Tracks 2, 9;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 2, 5, 9;
Lizzie O' Hara, singing English Tracks 4, 6, speech in English Track 5;
Robert Butcher (junior), singing in English Tracks 7–8

Running Order:
1. The Boston burglar (‘I was born and bred in Boston, a city you all know well...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6901]
2. Conversation about ‘The Boston burglar’, speech / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. The wild colonial Boy (‘It’s of a wild colonial boy, Dan Dolan was his name...’), song [learnt from Bill Quigley] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session]
4. The bonny wee lass of the glen (‘It being on a bright summer’s morning, alone as I carelessly strayed...’), song [learnt from her elder sister] / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara (age about 56, from Carnymuff) singing in English
5. Conversation about ‘The bonny wee lass of the glen’, speech / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
6. The bright silvery light of the moon (‘As I strayed by a cot, it being at the close of day...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English [continued at 6903] [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Old Falcarragh town (‘Last week I had a pleasant trip, I treasured every mile...’), song [ words attributed to Paddy O’Grady of Balliness, & learnt by Robert from Falcarragh girls visiting, air ‘Lovely Leitrim’] / Robert Butcher junior singing in English
8. Lovely old Fintown (‘My countrymen, I take my pen to write a verse or two...’), song / Robert Butcher junior singing in English [session continued on 6925]
9. Queries on songs, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [session continued from 6919] [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher in his house at Aughil, MagilliGan, Co. Derry, 16 July 1969 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Edward Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–4, speech in English Track 5;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 5

Running Order:
1. My son in America(‘A long time ago in the county Mayo the story it first began...’), song [learnt from the singing, to a different air, by its author Alf McLaughlin of Dublin] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. The New Mallard Bar (‘There’s a spot in Magilligan ’way down near the tide...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The lowlands low(‘Oh, young Emily sat lamenting when young Edmund first did roam...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher to the air of ‘The Mountains of Mourne’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. The wedding of Sandy McNab(‘I’m on my road hame from a wedding...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Conversation about the song ‘My son in America’, speech / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [session continued at 6902] [END OF BAND ONE]

[Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) for Hugh Shields in the Avondale Studio, Dublin] Copy of studio recording

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English [tracks 1-5]

Running Order:
1. The 'Trader' ('Oh, come all you gallent seamen bold, now listen here a while to me...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Inniskilling dragoon [= Enniskillen dragoon] [clipped at start], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The mountain stream where the moorcock crows ('With my dog and gun through the blooming heather...') , song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. The Fan [= The Bold lieutenant] ('In sweet Argyll there lived a lady ..'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Another man's wedding [= Nobleman's wedding] ('I was invited to another man's wedding...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Recorded at the house of John Butcher (brother of Eddie), Drumavally, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Butcher, John, singing in English Tracks 1-2, speech in English Track 2;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Track 3;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2

Running Order:
1. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a summer’s morning abroad as I did go...’), song / John Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6904]
2. The cocks are crowing (‘The cocks is crowing, daylight’s appearing...’), song ; speech / John Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. It is now for New England (‘It is now for New England fain would I go...’), song [clipped: for complete see 6906] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued at 6906] [END OF BAND ONE]

[Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) for Hugh Shields in the Avondale Studio, Dublin, July 1966] Copy of studio recording

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Down by the canal (‘As I went a-walking one evening in June...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. When a man’s in love (When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Pat Reilly (‘Oh, as I went a-walking one morning in May, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The ship carpenter’s wife, (‘Oh, come all you gay fellows, you flourishing folk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The bold lieutenant [= The fan] (‘In sweet Argyle there lived a lady...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. The mountain streams where the moorcock crows (‘With my dog and gun through yon blooming heather...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Recorded in his house in Belfast from Alec Foster (aged 87), who learned most of his songs around 1900 in the Birdstown Glen, Inishowen, Co. Donegal, 13 October 1968 [tracks 1–7]

Performer:
Alec Foster (aged 87), singing in English Tracks 1–7

Running Order:
1. Down the moor (‘As I roved out one morn in May, it being fine summer weather...’), song [learnt from his father] / Alec Foster, singing in English
2. I had a wee duck (‘I had a wee duck when I lived in Drummuck...’), song [learnt from his father, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
3. The town of Anterim (‘It was in the town of Anterim near to the river Bann...’), song [learnt from Artie Gilmour, actor and singer in Belfast around 1918] / Alec Foster, singing in English
4. A nobleman’s fair daughter (‘A nobleman’s fair daughter come walking down yon lane...’), song [learnt from his uncle Andrew Foster in Birdstown, Inishowen] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. The ‘Saldanha’ (‘Come all you gallant seamen bold and listen to my song...’), song / Alec Foster, singing in English
6. Roll me from the wall (‘When I was young and in my prime...’), song [from Fanad, sung with MS aid] / Alec Foster, singing in English
7. [=The keach in the creel] (‘How can I get to your chamber love? ...’), song [learnt from Dan Harkin, born c. 1890] / Alec Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]