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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
Subseries 3: Ireland
AFC 2008/005: SR032
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-1. Mrs. Cronin; original; C7. On reel: Macroom Nov 26.
Down the green fields - Cronin children
What would you do - Cronin children
I have a bonnet - Cronin children
Did you see my man - Cronin children
Fairy king, etc. - Kathleen Sheehen
Alternate documentation indicates that Kathleen Sheehan is the performer, and the recording (or version) is n.g. (no good).
Conversation about straw boys
Conversation about St. Stephen's Day
The bells of heaven (song)
AFC 2008/005: SR033
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-1 dupe. ER-1x; Mrs. Cronin; MCC2; copy; C3. On reel: MCC2 Mrs. Cronin copy.
Down the green fields
What would you do
I have a bonnet
Did you see my man
Fairy king, etc. - Kathleen Sheehen
Alternate documentation indicates that Kathleen Sheehan is the performer, and the recording (or version) is n.g. (no good).
Conversation about straw boys
Conversation about St. Stephen's day
The bells of heaven (song)
AFC 2008/005: SR034, November 24, 1952
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-2. Mrs. Cronin, Macroom; ER 2-2; original; C5. On reel: Mrs Cron /Macroom.
The factory girl
Gather your ducks and mind them
Pussy cats' party (no good)
Pussy got the measles - Mamie O'Connor
Sun has gone down in the west, love (no good)
Kildare Fair (mod.)
Ten weary years since I left Ireland's shore (no good)
As I went walking one morn down by the greenwood side (Irish and English)
Lullabye (in Irish)
Conversation following about song
Lullabye (in Irish)
Conversation following about song
Charming sweet girl that I love
AFC 2008/005: SR035, November 24, 1952
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-2 dupe. Mrs. Cronin; ER 2x; MCC3, C6, copy. According Jean's notes, the following songs were "taken out for lecture tape 5/12/59": Gather your ducks; Pussy's got the measles; and As I went walking one morn down by greenwood side (Irish and Eng).
The factory girl
Gather your ducks and mind them
Pussy cat's party - no good
Pussy's got the measles - Mamie O'Connor
Sun has gone down in the west, love (no good)
Kildare Fair (mod.)
Ten weary years since I left Ireland's shore (no good)
As I went walking one morn down by the greenwood side (Irish and English)
Second lullabye - more conversation
The charming sweet girl that I love
I am a maid that sleeps in love
Lanaghan's ball
AFC 2008/005: SR036
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-3x. MCC; C4. On reel: Mrs. Cronin /copy / Macroom.
Barbara Allen
Cuc a handy
Little pack o'tailors
Darby ram
Lord Gregory
Molly Bam
The Kerry cow - Irish and English
Same tune: girl compares suitors
Farmer's wife I'll be - verse
Some tune: In Dublin town I was brought up
Maid in father's garden
Robbing on the highway
She lived beside the Anner - Mamie O'Connor
AFC 2008/005: SR037, November 24, 1952
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-4. Mrs. Cronin- Macroom; original; C1.
The girl that I love - last verse
Any letter here today
Molly Bam
I am a maid that sleeps in love
Just like the ivy
Lanaghan's ball
Nice little Jenny of Ballinasloe
Bantry Bay - Mamie O'Connell
Barbara Allen - Michael Cronin
Glen Swilly - Johnny Hoare
Lord Randal - M. Cronin
AFC 2008/005: SR038
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-5. Mrs. Cronin; Tail Out R; ER 5-5 (Comp. Copy); Michael Cronin; Johnny Hoare (fiddle). A note indicates the recording of Lord Randal was "taken out for lecture tape," May 12, 1959.
Barbara Allin [sic] - Michael Cronin
Glen Swilly - Johnny Hoare
Lord Randal - Michael Cronin
Ramblin' Irishman - Johnny Hoare
Where the bright lovely waters flow - Michael Cronin
On board the Kangaroo - Michael Cronin
Bonnie bunch of roses - Michael Cronin
The pipe and the harp, and Flanagan's ball - Johnny Hoare, fiddle
The Londonderry hornpipe - Johnny Hoare, fiddle
A set dance
AFC 2008/005: SR039
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-6. Seamus Ennis; Edited js; ER-6 6; copied js.
Dark-eyed sailor - Thomas Ennis - false start
Dark-eyed sailor - Thomas Ennis with guitar - false start
Dark-eyed sailor - Thomas Ennis - with guitar - good (copied)
Dark-eyed sailor - no guitar- false start
Dark-eyed sailor - no guitar
Sound of the drum - Gaelic - then English - remarks by Seamus Ennis
Sound of the drum - English, with fiddle
Remarks by Thomas
Fiddle selection - singing of Hares on the mountain (i.e., Blackbirds and thrushes) with fiddle
AFC 2008/005: SR040, April 3, 1953
1 sound tape reel : analog, 15 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-7. Edited js; ER 7-7; copied js. On reel: Seamus Ennis #2 /our house.
Dance to your daddy-o - Seamus Ennis - good (fiddle)
Froggy went a-courtin - good
Molly Malone - translation - good
Molly Malone - sung in Gaelic - false start and retake (explanation) (fragments)
The Prickle-eye bush - good
AFC 2008/005: SR041, April 3, 1953
1 sound tape reel : analog, 15 ips ; 7 in.
Original ID # ER-9. ER 9-9; edited js; copied js. On reel: Seamus Ennis #1 /at our house. Processor's note: the tape has vinegar syndrome.
What's keeping my true love - Seamus Ennis - good
Talking explanation
My bonny boy is young but growing - good - explanation
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