• Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 20 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Sound Recording

CID:

• 55068

ITMA Reference:

• 1020-ITMA-REEL

Material Type:

• Reel-to-reel tape

Archive Location:

• DCS 74-D -- 1020a-ITMA-REEL/CDR

Creation Location:

• Recorded at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin— on the doorstep [tracks A1–34], inside [track A35] or in the garden [tracks A36–40] from Marie Smith (11), Deborah Crowley (9), Kitty Shields (9) and other children, July 1968

Creation Date:

• July 1968

Catalogue Number:

• HS 6818
• 1020a-ITMA-REEL/CDR on-site copy: 3120 2222 3995
• 1020a-ITMA-REEL/CDR off-site copy: 3074 2127 2342
• 1020a-ITMA-REEL/CDR user copy: SA426B 0137480
• 1020a-ITMA-REEL/CDR donor copy: SA426B 0148380

People:

• Marie Smith
• Deborah Crowley
• Shields, Kitty
• Joan Smith
• Raymond Crowley
• Kevin Smith
• David Tracy
• Shields, Denis
• Morgan Crowley
• Peter Church
• Barry Matthews

Creator:

• Smith, Marie (11 years)
• Crowley, Deborah (9 years)
• Shields, Kitty (9 years)
• Smith, Joan (8 years)
• Crowley, Raymond (11 years)
• Smith, Kevin (14 years)
• Tracy, David (10 years)
• Shields, Denis (4 years)
• Crowley, Morgan (5 years)
• Church, Peter (6 years)
• Matthews, Barry (10 years)

Contributors:

• Shields, Hugh

Contents:

• Down in the alley where the green grass grows, song
• Wallflowers, song
• Banana splits, song
• All in together, girls, rhyme
• Vote, vote, vote for De Valera, song
• Three, Six, Nine, rhyme
• My Mother told me, song
• Tilly on the telephone, rhyme
• Policeman, policeman, don't take me, chant
• Cowboy Joe from Mexico, rhyme
• I'm a little guide girl, rhyme
• Jelly on the plate, song
• Please Keep off the grass, sir, rhyme
• I searched high, song
• Salt, mustard, rhyme
• The rippo, the rappo, song
• Chase, chase, chase the hairy elephant, song
• One, Two, Three, Four, song
• Ring a ring a Rosie, song
• (Paschale) and (Alan) were sitting on a tree, rhyme
• Flowers in the Garden, rhyme
• Now (Barr) and (Joan) were under a bush, song
• Eeny meeny miny mo, rhyme
• Humpty Dumpty, rhyme
• Mammy in the kitchen, rhyme
• Bluebells, cockle shells, rhyme
• Where is pointer?, song
• I've got sixpence, song
• C-E-L-T-I-C, celtic, ryhme
• Two, four, six, eight, rhyme
• Where are you going Bob?, rhyme
• Down in the valley where the green grass grows, song
• Mammy, Daddy, Uncle Tom, rhyme
• Come to (Taney), song
• Teacher, teacher with the stick, rhyme
• Up St. Ann's, girls, song
• My name is L-I-L-I, song
• Ching, chong, chinaman, song

Track A:

1. Down in the alley where the green grass grows, song / Deborah Crowley (9) and other children, singing in English
2. Wallflowers, song / Deborah Crowley and other children, singing in English
3. Banana splits, song [for skipping] / Deborah Crowley and others, singing in English
4. All in together, girls, rhyme [for skipping] / Deborah Crowley, speech in English
5. Vote, vote, vote for De Velera, song [for skipping] / Deborah Crowley and others, singing in English 
6. Three, six, nine, rhyme [fragment] / Deborah Crowley, speech in English 
7. My mother told me, song / Deborah Crowley, singing in English
8. Tilly on the telephone, rhyme / Marie Smith (11), speech in English ; Deborah Crowley, speech in English; Kitty Shields (9), speech in English
9. Policeman, policeman, don’t take me, rhyme [chanted] / Marie Smith (11), speech in English ; Deborah Crowley, speech in English; Kitty Shields (9), speech in English
10. Cowboy Joe from Mexico, song / Deborah Crowley, singing [chanting] in English
11. I’m a little guide girl, rhyme / Marie Smith, speech in English ; Deborah Crowley, speech in English; Kitty Shields, speech in English
12. Jelly on the plate, song [for skipping] / Marie Smith, singing in English ; Deborah Crowley, singing in English; Kitty Shields, singing in English
13. Please keep off the grass, sir, rhyme / Marie Smith, speech in English
14. I searched high, song [pop?] / Marie Smith, singing in English ; Deborah Crowley, singing in English ; Kitty Shields, singing in English
15.  Salt, mustard, rhyme / Marie Smith, speech in English ; Deborah Crowley, speech in English; Kitty Shields, speech in English
16. The rippo, the rappo, song / Marie Smith, singing in English ; Deborah Crowley, singing in English; Kitty Shields, singing in English
17. Chase, chase, chase the hairy elephant, song / Marie Smith, singing in English ; Deborah Crowley, singing in English; Kitty Shields, singing in English
18. One, two, three, four, song / Marie Smith, singing in English ; Deborah Crowley, singing in English; Kitty Shields, singing in English
19. Ring a ring a rosie, song / Deborah Crowley, singing in English
20. [Paschale] and [Alan] were sitting on a tree, rhyme / Joan Smith (8), speech in English
21. Flowers in the garden, rhyme / Raymond Crowley (11), speech in English
22. Now [Barry] and [Joan] were under a bush, song / Kevin Smith (14), singing in English
23. Eeny meeny miny mo, rhyme / David Tracy [Treacy] (10), speech in English
24. Humpty Dumpty, rhyme / Kittty Shields, speech in English ; Denis Shields (4), speech in English
25. Mammy in the kitchen, rhyme / David Tracy [Treacy], speech in English
26. Bluebells, cockle shells, rhyme / Deborah Crowley and others, speech in English
27. Where is Pointer? [sung to the air of ‘Frère Jacques’], song [learnt in classroom] / Morgan Crowley (5) / singing in English
28. I’ve got sixpence, song / Raymond Crowley, singing in English ; David Tracy [Treacy], singing in English
29. C-E-L-T-I-C, Celtic, song [football] / Raymond Crowley, singing in English
30. Two, four, six, eight, rhyme / Raymond Crowley, speech in English ; David Tracy [Treacy], speech in English
31. Where are you going Bob?, rhyme / Raymond Crowley, speech in English ; David Tracy [Treacy], speech in English ; various performers, speech in English
32. Down in the valley where the green grass grows, song / Kevin Smith, singing in English
33. Three, six, nine, rhyme / David Tracy [Treacy], speech in English
34. Mammy, Daddy, Uncle Dick ; Mammy, Daddy, Uncle Tom, rhymes / Morgan Crowley [item 1], speech in English ; Peter Church (6) [item 2], speech in English
35. Come to [Taney], song [air ‘My darling Clementine’] / Barry Matthews (10), singing in English
36. Down in the valley where the green grass grows, song / Joan Smith [skipping and then turning the rope], singing in English
37. Teacher, teacher with the stick, rhyme / Joan Smith, speech in English ; Deborah Crowley, speech in English ; Kitty Shields, speech in English
38. Up St. Ann’s, girls, song / Joan Smith, singing in English
39. My name is L-I-L-I, song [learnt from Margaret Cleary, a bigger girl] / Deborah Crowley, singing in English ; Joan Smith, singing in English ; Kitty Shields, singing in English
40. Ching, Chong, Chinaman, song [short fragment] / Deborah Crowley, singing in English ; Kitty Shields, singing in English ; Joan Smith, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Physical Description:

• 1 sound tape reel : analog

Documentation:

• Indexes provided by Hugh Shields, see related ephemera
• Carton: `Songs & rhymes MASTER UFM 18'
• Spool: `UFM Master /18'

Commercial Y/N:

• Non-commercial Sound Recordings

External Resource:

• ITMA Dusty Bluebells project, which includes the song titles linked in most of the tracks of this record

Subjects:

• Ireland: Singing in English
• children's songs, rhymes and games

Language:

• English
• Irish

Temporal:

• 1960s

Geographical Location:

• Dublin

Collection Title:

• Hugh Shields Collection