[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 from Jimmy Butcher (youngest brother of Eddie, born 1913) at his house in Grange Park, Limavady, Co. Derry, 5 May 1983 [tracks 1–12]

Performers:
Butcher, Jimmy, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 7, 9, 11, speech in English Tracks 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 12

Running Order:
1. The town I loved so well (‘In my memory I can always see the town that I have loved so well...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
2. Shamrock shore [=Edward O’Connor] (‘You lovers of this countery, attend for a short while...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘Shamrock shore’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Slieve Gallen braes (‘As I went a-walking one morning in May...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
5. Talk about the song ‘Slieve Gallen braes’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
6. Talk about the song ‘Alexander’ and a singer who sang it / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Alexander (‘Oh, don’t you know the reason, love...’), song / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
8. Talk about the song ‘Alexander’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
9. Strands of Magilligan (‘I’m a stranger to this country, from America I came...), song [learnt from Mary Somers (Mrs Osborne), see 6920] / Jimmy Butcher, singing in English
10. Talk about the song ‘Strands of Magilligan’ / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
11. Poor Susan walked along the beach (‘Poor Susan walked along the beach that skirted Sligo shore...’), song
12. Talk about the song ‘Poor Susan walked along the beach’ [learnt from his brother Willy] / Jimmy Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded from Bill Quigley at his house in Bellarena, Co. Derry, 6 May 1983 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin), 4 June 1983 [tracks 7–12]

Performers:
Quigley, Bill, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 6, speech in English 3, 5;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 3, 5;
Browne, Frank, tin whistle solo Tracks 7-9, speech in English Tracks 10, 11, singing in English Track 11;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 10, 12;
O'Flynn, Barbara, speech in English Tracks 10, 12

Running Order:
1. Dawning of the day (‘As I went out one morning being in the month of May...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English
2. Dawning of the day, song [fresh start], song / Bill Quigley, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘Dawning of the day’ / Bill Quigley, speech in English
4. Star of Moville (‘You folks of this nation that hears my narration...’), song [fragment] / Bill Quigley, singing in English
5. Talk about the song ‘Star of Moville’ / Bill Quigley, speech in English
6. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a spot in old Ireland, it’s a spot of great fame...’), song / Bill Quigley, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Men of the west, waltz / Frank Browne, whistle
8. Peggy Malone, waltz / Frank Browne, whistle
9. Londonderry air / Frank Browne, whistle
10. Talk about the tune ‘Londonderry air’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara O’Flynn, speech in English
11. Peggy Malone (‘Oh, I went to the fair on a fine summer’s morning...’), song / Frank Browne, singing in English
12. Talk about the song ‘Peggy Malone’ /Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Barbara O’Flynn, speech in English [session continued on 8304] [END OF BAND TWO]