Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 13

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29-Jul-78

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The scolding wife, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 15

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29-Jul-78

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Speech [AOH notes: Kenny asks her how old she is. She says she was 86 about a month ago (July 1978). She was born in July 1892). Follows with talk about her education. Her father couldn’t sing or dance. His mother was Irish & she was a good singer and dancer. Her favourite song was Patrick Sheehan] / Caroline Brennan, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 16

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29-Jul-78

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Patrick Sheehan, song ; Speech [talks about the number of songs she knows] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 18

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29-Jul-78

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Doran’s ass, song ; Speech [gob music for dancing] ; Connickmore, song ; Speech [used for doubles] Follow me up to Carlow, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 17

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29-Jul-78

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The shadow of the pines, song ; Speech [AOH notes: Tells where she got it—John Hennessy’s mother. Talks on ‘times’ on the Cape Shore and when they’d happen. A ‘time’ is an occasion for music, song and dance. Carrie said John Hennessy’s mother had that song—she was a King from the Southeast (Bight?) – and she got it from her] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 12

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29-Jul-78

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Henry and Maryann, song ; Speech [recites the last verse, learned it from Mike Brennan, her husband’s brother] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 10

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29-Jul-78

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Jack was a sailor on board of a whaler, song ; Speech [children’s songs] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 11

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29-Jul-78

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Comrades, song ; Speech [AOH’s notes: It was taught in school to the boys by the master, she said, Jack was a Sailor was also taught in school, she said. When I asked her if she needed a drink, a drop of the cratur, maybe, she laughed and added, “I sang at a concert in St. John’s, one time, and the man said, Mrs Brennan wants a drink of water, or something, or something with a kick in it.” Laughs] / Caroline Brennan, singing in English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 29 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 3