SCD CDA BBC 341
Sound Lib. CDA
CD archive project : Ireland 41
- 2004-6.
- 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Compact disc. Musical instruments: Voice.
Tracks 1-4: BBC 17033 (acc. 270). Costello, Mrs Cecilia (nee Kelly), recorded 30/11/51, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England: 1. Intro -- 2. Ballad: The Cruel Mother -- 3. Song: Shule Agra -- 4. I am a Maid That's Deep in Love -- Tracks 5-10: BBC 17034 (acc. 271). Costello, Mrs Cecilia (nee Kelly), recorded 30/11/51, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England: 5. Intro -- 6. The Jew's Garden (Sir Hugh or the Jew's Daughter) -- 7. The Frog and the Mouse [fragment] -- 8. Wedding Song (Write Me Down the Powers Above) -- 9. The Handsome Cabin Boy -- 10. My Johnny (My Bonny) -- Tracks 11-12: BBC 17035 (acc. 272). Costello, Mrs Cecilia (nee Kelly), recorded 30/11/51, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England: 11. Intro -- 12. The Wexford Murder -- Tracks 13-16: BBC 17363 (acc. 287). MacKinnon, Donald Joseph (of Barra), recorded 16/12/51, Glasgow: 13. Intro -- 14. Oran Nam Braithrean (The Song of the Brothers) -- 15. Latha Blair Na H Eaglais Brice (The Day of the War of the Speckled Church) -- 16. Oran Na Cloiche (The Song of the Stone) -- Tracks 17-21: BBC 17603 (acc. 292). Slade, Stanley, recorded March 1950, Bristol, Gloucestershire, by Kennedy, Peter: 17. Intro -- 18. It's Time For Us To Leave Her -- 19. A Hundred Years Ago -- 20. We're All Bound To Go -- 21. Round the Corner Sally -- Tracks 22-31: BBC 17604 (acc. 293). Slade, Stanley, recorded March 1950, Bristol, Gloucestershire, by Kennedy, Peter: 22. Intro -- 23. The Black Ball Line -- 24. Johnny Bowker (1st stanza) -- 25. The Girl With the Blue Dress On (1st stanza) -- 26. Tom's Gone To Ilo (1st stanza) -- 27. Johnny's Gone To Hilo -- 28. Goodbye, Fare You Well -- 29. Roll the Cotton Down -- 30. The Dead Horse -- 31. Won't You Go My Way (all 1st stanza) -- Tracks 32-34: BBC 17779 (acc. 296). Richards, Sidney, recorded 02/05/52, Curry Rivel, Somerset, by Kennedy, Peter & Karpeles, Maud: 32. Intro -- 33. The Trees They Do Grow High -- 34. The Green Mossy Banks of the Lea -- Tracks 35-38: BBC 17810 (acc. 306). Strachan, John, recorded 21/04/52, Crichie, St Katherine's, Aberdeenshire: 35. Intro -- 36. The Lothian Hairst (bothy ballad) - spoken introduction -- 37. The Hairst o' Rettie (bothy ballad). An assemblage of discs recorded onto one CD. Includes some Irish songs recorded in England.