Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]
- HSH-18739/1/259006
- Item
- 13-Oct-68
Part of Hugh Shields Collection
Performers:
Foster, Alex (aged 87), singing in English A1-7
Running Order:
1. Down the moor (‘As I roved out one morn in May, it being fine summer weather...’), song [learnt from his father] / Alex 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] / Alex 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] / Alex 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] / Alex Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. The ‘Saldanha’ (‘Come all you gallant seamen bold and listen to my song...’), song / Alex 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] / Alex 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] / Alex Foster, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]