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 Robert John Shields [in his house in Belfast], August 1961. [tracks1–5]
Recorded in Magilligan, Co. Derry [in Downhill Post Office, Eddie Butcher’ s house and elsewhere], August 1961. tracks 6–31
Recorded in Attagh, Drumlea, Co. Tyrone (in Mrs Ellen Devlin’s house), May 1965. [tracks 32–36]
Recorded in Dublin from Kitty and Michael Shields (in Hugh Shields’s house), May 1964–June 1965. [tracks 39–55]
Recorded in Mulick, Belleek, Co. Fermanagh (in the house of Mr Patrick and Mrs Brigid Tunney), May 1965. [tracks 56–57, 86–9]
Recorded in Dublin from Paddy Tunney (in Hugh Shields’s house, Dublin), February 1965. [tracks 61–85]
Ranafast, Co. Donegal. Copies of stories in Irish by Micí Sheáin Néill Ó Baoill (recordings provided by E. Gordon Quin of TCD, titles as published in the booklet Maith thú a Mhicí, ed. an tAthair Seosamh Mag Uidhirin). [tracks 92–100]
Off-air recording of BBC 3rd programme radio broadcasts, 1964. [tracks 37–38]
Domestic copy of Gael Linn commercial recordings, [tracks 58–59, 101–103]

Performers:
Shields, Robert John (Hugh's father), Belfast, [age about 60], recitation in English Tracks 1-5;
Butcher, Eddie, Aughil, Magilligan, co. Derry, [1900-1980], singing in English Tracks 6, 8-17, 20, 21-26, speech in English Tracks 18-19, Track 22;
Shields, Nora (Hugh's mother), Belfast, [age 55], singing in English Track 7;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 22, 36, singing in English Tracks 27-31 (to Robert Butcher's airs);
Devlin, Ellen, [Attagh, Drumlea, co. Tyrone, age about 88], singing in English Tracks 32, 36;
Unidentified performer [Mrs Devlin’s 6 year old grandson], recitation in English Tracks 33-35;
Prévert, J,[French poet] recitation in French Track 37;
Michel Butor, speech in English Track 38;
Butor, Michel, recitations in French Track 38;;
Shields, Kitty, [Dublin, daughter of Hugh S., age 5 & 6] speech in English 39-42, 47, 50, 55, recitation in English Track 44, singing in English Track 45;
Shields, Michael, [Dublin, son of Hugh S., age 4+] singing in English Tracks 46, 48-49, speech in English Tracks 51-55
Tunney, Mrs [Bridgit, Mulick, Belleek, co. Fermanagh, native of co Donegal] (Paddy's mother), singing in English Tracks 56, 88, 91, recitation in English Tracks 87, 90, speech in English Tracks 89, 90;
Tunney, Mr. [Mulick, Belleek, co. Fermanagh] (Paddy's father), recitation in English Tracks 57, 86; speech in English Track 57;
Gallagher, A [Aine Ni Ghallchobair, Bean Ui Laoi, Gweedore, co Donegal and Dublin],. singing in Irish Tracks 59, 102, 103;
Devanny, H. [Aodh Ó Duibheannaigh, (Hiudaí Phadai Hiudaí), Ranafast, co Donegal], singing in Irish E1, H5;
Unidentified performers, singing in Hungarian Track 60;
Lloyd, A.L., speech in English Track 60;
Tunney, Paddy, singing in English Tracks 61-66, 76, 24, 84-85, lilt Tracks 84-85, riddles Tracks 67-73, 78, 80, speech in English Tracks 62, 77, 83, recitation in English Tracks 21-23, 25, 83;

Ó Baoill, Micí Sheáin Néill,[Ranafast, co Donegal] speech in Irish Tracks 92-100

Running Order:
1. Excel jujubes ; Porridge whey, rhymes / Robert John Shields, speech in English
2. Paddy going along the road with butter eggs, story / Robert John Shields, speech in English
3. Paddy selling tubs, story / Robert John Shields, speech in English
4. Paddy and the lady’s dog), story / Robert John Shields, speech in English
5. The Bangor boat’s away, rhyme / Robert John Shields, speech in English
6. Hello there stranger, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The task (‘To love someone more dearly every day...’), song / Mrs Norah Shields, singing in English
8. It’s only a step from Killarney to Heaven (‘It was at a campfire...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. The two sweethearts (‘A group of young soldiers one night at a spree...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. John Mitchell (‘I am a true born Irishman...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Distressed maid (‘I am a maid...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. Canada-i-o (‘It’s of a merchant’s daughter...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. Sailing to Americay (‘You brave Irish people wherever you may be...’)
14. I long for to get married, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. It’s oh that I ever was married, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
16. The green veil (‘Oh come all you gay fellows...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. Erin’s green shore (‘One evening of late as I strayed by the banks...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
18. Cuckoo, riddle / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
19. Bread, riddle / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
20. Dreary gallows (‘My love is one of the nicest young men...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
21. Green bushes (‘As I went a walking one morning in May...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
22. Girl I left behind (‘My parents reared me tenderly had ne’er a child but me...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English
23. Girl I left behind (‘When I look back in good Coleraine the tears does fall and blind me...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
24. James McKee (‘Oh, James McKee they do call me, the same I’ll ne’er deny...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
25. Flora and I (‘As I went a-walking one evening in June...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
26. The battle was over (‘The battle was over and the victory was won...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
27. Factory girl (‘As I went a-walking one fine summer’s morning...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
28. Shores of Americay (‘I am a sporting Irishman far across the foam...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
29. Van Dieman’s land (‘You rambling boys for pleasure, you rambling boys take care...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
30. Erin the green (‘You truehearted sons of Hibernia...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
31. Banks of Claudy (’Twas on a summer’s morning...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
32. Glenswilly (‘My stalwart boys around me stood, these comrades kind and true......’), / Mrs Ellen Devlin, singing in English
33. The grand old Duke of York, rhyme / Mrs Ellen Devlin’s 8 year old grandson, speech in English
34. Sally wan, rhyme / Mrs Ellen Devlin’s 8 year old grandson, speech in English
35. The fox went out, rhyme / Mrs Ellen Devlin’s 8 year old grandson, speech in English
36. John Mitchell, (‘I am a true-born Irishman, John Mitchell is my name...’), talk about this song, speech ; song / Mrs Ellen Devlin, speech in English, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of band one]
37. The French poet, Jacques Prévert reading his own poems for children, radio broadcast (BBC 3rd programme, 20 June 1964) / Jacques Preévert, speech in French
38. Radio programme: Michel Butor presenting a selection of French poems (Corneille, Lafontaine, Lamartine and Hugo), radio broadcast (BBC 3rd programme, 1964) / Michel Butor, speech in French
39. The elephant, story / Kitty Shields (5), speech in English
40. The lion, story / Kitty Shields (5), speech in English
41. The sausages, story / Kitty Shields (5), speech in English
42. Hansel and Grettel, story / Kitty Shields (5), speech in English
43. Humpty Dumpty, rhyme / Kitty Shields (5), speech in English
44. Polly put the kettle on, rhyme / Kitty Shields (5), speech in English
45. Oh, dear, what can the matter be, song / Kitty Shields (5) singing in English
46. Baa baa black sheep, song / Michael Shields (4+), singing in English
47. The tortoise, story / Kitty Shields (6), speech in English
48. Sing a song of sixpence, song / Michael Shields (4+), singing in English
49. Three blind mice song / Michael Shields (4+), singing in English
50. Girls and boys, story / Kitty Shields (6), speech in English
51. Bendy and the tractor, story / Michael Shields (4+), speech in English
52. Bendy’s cake, story / Michael Shields (4+), speech in English
53. Story: The tortoise, the giraffe and the mugger [crocodile], story / Michael Shields (4+), speech in English
54. Santy and the rubbish bin, story / Michael Shields (4+), speech in English
55. The God Jupiter ; The king, stories / Michael Shields (4+), speech in English ; Kitty Shields (6), speech in English
56. The mountain stream where the moorcocks crow (‘Then farewell darling for another season...’) [concluding verse of song unfinished at track F 9], song / Mrs Brigid Tunney, singing in English
57. Mummers’ verses from Co. Tyrone, rhymes ; speech, / Mr [Patrick] Tunney, speech in English [end of band two]
58. Úir-chill an Chreagáin (‘Ag úir-chill an Chreagáin is ea chodail mise aréir faoi bhrón ...’), [dub from Gael Linn 78 disc], song / H[ugh] Devanny [Aodh Ó Duibheannaigh], singing in Irish
59. Ar maidin de mairt (‘Ar maidín De Máirt bhí ábhar mór goil agam féin ...’)[dub from Gael Linn 78 disc], song / A, Gallagher [Áine Ní Ghallchobhair], singing in Irish
60. Bartok as folk collector, presented by A.L. Lloyd, parts 1 and two, radio broadcasts, off-air recordings from BBC 3rd programme, 1964 / A.L. Lloyd, speech in English ; various performers, singing in Hungarian
61. Barbry Allen (‘They sent for her by the high post chaise ...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
62. Talk about this parody , Lord Lovatt (‘So he threw himself down by the side of the corp...’), speech / song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
63. When a man’s in love he feels no cold, song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
64. If Moses supposes, song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
65. One two three O’Leary, song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
66. As I was going down Glasgow toon (Wee O’Hara), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
67. Riddle: Riddle me riddle me ranty bo, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
68. What goes round the house, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
69. What goes over the water, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
70. What goes round the house, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
71. There was a fiddler in Dublin, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
72. As round as a riddle, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
73. What goes through the wood, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
74. Toast of the grand jury of the Orange Lodge, recitation / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
75. They’re like a pair of wully wee-chils dabbling on a burn broo, Lagan saying, / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
76. Old Roger is dead, song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
77. Black Peter ; Fire on the mountain ; Wolf and sheep, games [described] / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
78. As I went through yon guttery gap, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
79. Here’s to the white pigeon (Hibernian toast), recitation / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
80. A lepper of ditches, riddle / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
81. Johnny O’Connor says he loves her, song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
82. There was an old woman and she lived in a shoe, rhyme / Paddy Tunney, speech in English
83. Talk about mummers ; mummers’ play (including two mumming songs: ‘We’ll join our hands together’ ‘The twelve beats the eleven’ [= Tom Brown / The cardplayers’ song ]), speech ; recitation ; songs / Paddy Tunney, speech in English, singing in English
84. She wouldn't do it, song ; lilt, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English, lilt
85. Love will you marry me, song ; lilt, / Paddy Tunney, singing in English, lilt
86. Mummers’ rhymes / Mr [Patrick] Tunney, speech in English
87. Mummers’ rhymes / Mrs Brigid Tunney, speech in English
88. Song: Fare thee well lough Derg, song / Mrs Brigid Tunney, singing in English
89. Song: I loved charming Jenny, Song [about lough Derg] ; speech / Mrs Brigid Tunney, singing in English, speech in English
90. I never will return to my friends for relief, recitation / Mrs Brigid Tunney, speech in English
91. The mountain stream where the moorcocks crow (‘With my dog and gun through the blooming heather ...’) song, [unfinished: continues at track D 4] / Mrs Brigid Tunney, singing in English [end of band three]
92. [An óige 's an saol mór agus an bás], story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?] / Micí Sheáin Néill Ó Baoill [Ranafast, co Donegal], singing in Irish
93. [Giolla na mbréag] , story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?] / Micí Sheáin Néill Ó Baoill [Ranafast, co Donegal], singing in Irish
94. [Taisce Ghleann Domhain] , story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?] / Micí Sheáin Néill Ó Baoill [Ranafast, co Donegal], singing in Irish
95. [An capall rua] , story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?] / Micí Sheáin Néill Ó Baoill [Ranafast, co Donegal], singing in Irish
96. [An ceathrar ceardaí óilte] , story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?] / Micí Sheáin Néill Ó Baoill [Ranafast, co Donegal], singing in Irish
97. [An fear a rabh an fios aige], story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?]
98. [Scéal Iúr Cinn Trá], story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?]
99. [An Sracadh a bhí in Ó Dónaill], story [recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD?]
100. Untitled story;[recorded by E.Gordon Quin of TCD??]
101. Ag geaftaí Bhaile Buí a rinne mise an gníomh (Geaftaí Bhaile Buí) [dub from a Gael Linn gramophone record]
102. Mo chreach is mo chrá mór nach fíon an t-uisce (Bríd bhéasach) [dub from a Gael Linn gramophone record], song / A. Gallagher [Áine Ní Ghallchobair, Bean Uí Laoi, Gweedore, Cos Donegal and Dublin],. singing in Irish
103. Ar mo ghabháil chun an chuain domh [dub from a Gael Linn gramophone record], song / A. Gallagher [Áine Ní Ghallchobair, Bean Uí Laoi, Gweedore, Cos Donegal and Dublin], singing in Irish [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]