Recorded from Paddy Tunney and Dermot Leahy (age about 40) at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 4 July 1968 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Paddy Tunney, singing in English Tracks 1–2
Dermot Leahy, singing in English Track 3

Running Order:
1. Tam Lin (‘Lady Margaret, Lady Margaret with a needle and thread...’), song [learnt from A.L. Lloyd] / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
2. Edward (‘Where have you been the whole afternoon...’), song  [ learnt from Paddy Doran] /  Paddy Tunney, singing in English
3. The walls of Jerusalem (‘Oh the poor man lived outside the walls of Jerusalem...’), song [learnt from his father] / Dermot Leahy, singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–2]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–2

Running Order:
1. The banks of Newfoundland (‘Oh sure they may bless their happy lot that lie serene on shore...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English
2. David’s flowery vale [=Young McCance] [=Drummond’s land] (‘It was down by David’s flowery vale...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) while staying in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–8]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–8

Running Order:
1. The Mason word (‘You men and maids, I pray attend and listen to me a while...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Kitty of Ballinamore (‘When I was young I was fond of fun like many’s a roving lad...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Farewell to Kilnood (‘And on the twelfth day of July...’), song [fragment of an Orange ballad], Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. On the twelfth day of July (‘It being on the twelfth day of July in the year of ’89...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The battle of Garvagh (‘Captain Dooey says, My boys...’), song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. The Boyne water song (‘Up come the Pope with a shamrock in his coat...’), song [single verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. Dandy McCloskey (‘You ancient sons of Cumberland and offsprings of old Erin...’), song [to the air of ‘Boyne Water’], Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. My Jamie Lee (‘On a hill in bonny Scotland stood a soldier...’), song [music hall, clipped at end of tape] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Mrs Nora Cooper at the house of Mr & Mrs Joe Cooper, Aughavilla, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 30 June 1968 [tracks 1–9]

Performers:
Mrs. Nora Cooper, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7–9 speech in English Tracks 2–4, 6–9
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 2, 4

Running Order:
1. Squire Hall’s watery park (‘In the year eighteen hundred aye and forty-nine...’), song [learnt from John and Matt Rooney] / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
2. Talk about the previous song ‘Squire Hall’s watery park’, speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Willy Reilly, talk about it, song [air learnt from John and Matt Rooney, words learnt from Bessie Grant] ; speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English, speech in English
4. Talk of local singers, John and Matt Condy Rooney, speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
5. The Armagh Rover (‘I’m a rover from Armagh and the truth I will declare...’) / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
6. Talk about the previous song, speech / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English
7. Talk about the following song ; Green gravel, speech ; song / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English, speech in English
8. Talk about the following song ; Cups and saucers, speech ; song / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English, singing in English
9. Talk about the following song ; Obadiah, speech ; song / Mrs Nora Cooper, speech in English, singing in English [session continued at 6806] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Joe Cooper (age about 65) and Mrs Nora Cooper at their house in Aughavilla, Warrenpoint, Co. Down, 30 June 1968 [tracks 1–7]

Performers:
Mrs. Nora Cooper, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-5
Mr. Joe Cooper (aged 65?), singing in English Tracks 3, 6-7, speech in English Track 6
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 6

Running Order:
1. My father’s servant boy (‘You lovers all both great and small, pay attention to my theme...’), song [false start, v.1-2, text recommences and is completed] / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English [session continued from 6805]
2. How pleasant sweet birdies (‘How pleasant sweet birdies to wake in the dawn...’), song [fragmented] / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
3. The wedding of Laghie M’Grath (‘Oh we had a terrible tear...’) / Joe Cooper, singing in English
4. The maid of the Mourne shore (‘Adieu green fields and flowery dales...’), song / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
5. The bonny green tree (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer’s evening...’), song / Mrs Nora Cooper, singing in English
6. Talk about the song ; The Moygannon stream (‘I remember my young days, for younger I’ve been...’), speech ; song [words by Joe Cooper to the air of ‘The Muttonburn stream’] / Joe Cooper, speech in English, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in Engish
7. My father’s big turnip (‘There’s a thorn tree that grows by the Moygannon river...’), song [words by Joe Cooper to the air of ‘Teddy O’Neal’] / Joe Cooper, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-17, speech in English Track 3;
Frank Harte, speech in English Track 1

Running Order:
1. It’s just about ten years ago, song [recording level reduced half-way] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, Frank Harte, speech in English
2. I long for to get married, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The fancy man (‘There was a man one time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
4. Oh 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
5. In Connaught I was reared [= The Sheffield apprentice] (‘In Connaught I was reared not of a mean degree...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Pat Reilly [=Johnny Goligher] (‘As I went a-walking...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The crockery ware (‘Oh this young man all in the dark...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. The farmer’s daughter (‘Oh there were a farmer’s daughter, she longèd for a baby...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]...
9. Youghal harbour (‘Ah, Youghal harbour on a summer’s morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Oh, the Germans are coming to Ireland, they say, song [1914 song to the air of ‘Green bushes’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. The old Orange flute (‘In the county Tyrone near the town of Dungannon...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. Erin’s lovely home (‘My father sold the second cow...’), song [verse 3 only]/ Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. Baltimore (‘Oh come all you loyal lovers give ear all for a while...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. The Faughan side (‘A stream like crystal it runs down...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
16. When the storm swept the countryside, song [local recent song to the air ‘Macnamara’s band’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. When the storm swept the countryside, song [take two] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued on 6602] [end of band two]...

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

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

Running Order:
1. Our wedding day (‘Oh I once had a sweetheart and I loved her well...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6601]
2. Green grows the laurel (‘Once I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The Arranmore disaster (‘Good people dear, pray] lend an ear, I’ll tell yous one and all...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Erin’s green shore (‘Oh, one evening of late as I strayed by the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Oh the marriage (‘It’s oh, that I ever was married...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]
6. It’s of a row I’ll tell you now, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The Longfield Bank (‘On a dull October morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English 
8. The Longfield Bank song [a further verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [end of band two] 

Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon) in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin, 4 June 1983 [tracks 1–7]

Performers:
Browne, Frank, singing in English Tracks 1, 4, 6, speech in English Tracks 2-3, 5, 7;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2-3, 5, 7;
O'Flynn, Barbara, speech in English Tracks 2-3, 7

Running Order:
1. Mantle so green (‘As I went out walking one morning in June...’), song / Frank Browne, singing in English [session continued from 8306]
2. Talk about the song ‘Mantle so green’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara Flynn, speech in English
3. Talk about the song ‘Jack come, pulled the string’ green’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara Flynn, speech in English
4. Jack come, pulled the string (‘Jack come, pulled the string She got up and let him in...’), song / Frank Browne, singing in English
5. Talk about the following song ‘A mother came when stars were paling’ / Frank Browne, speech in English
6. A mother came when stars were paling [=The fairy boy, words by Samuel Lover]
7. Talk about cases of changelings and fairies / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara Flynn, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon) in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin, June 1983 [tracks 1–5]

Performers:
Browne, Frank, speech in English Tracks 1, 3, tin whistle solo Tracks 2, 4, singing in English and lilting Track 5;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1, 3

Running Order:
1. Talk about whistling while cycling / Frank Browne, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [session continued from 8306]
2. Unidentified ‘reel’, polka / Frank Browne, whistle
3. Talk about the preceding tune and Frank Browne’s music teacher, Martin Dempsey / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Frank Browne, speech in English ; Barbara O'Flynn, speech in English
4. Green grows the rushes O, fling / Frank Browne, whistle
5. Green grows the rushes O, song ; fling / Frank Browne, singing in English, lilt [session continued on 8307] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Frank Browne (aged 73, of Rath, Bellanagar, Co. Roscommon) in Barbara O’Flynn’s flat in Dublin, 4 June 1983

Performers:
Browne, Frank, singing in English Track 1, speech in English Track 2, singing in English and lilting Track 3

Running Order:
1. Willy Reilly and his colleen bawn (‘Oh, rise up, Willy Reilly, and come along with me...’), song [learnt from a book about Willy Reilly] [session continued from 8304] * See Notes about track missing at this point
2. Talk about the tune ‘The frost is all over’ / Frank Browne, speech in English
3. The frost is all over (‘When the praties is dug and the frost is all over...’), song ; jig / Frank Browne, singing in English, lilt [session continued on 8306] [END OF BAND ONE]