- Aidan O’Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 14 [sound recording] / [various performers]
- Aidan O’Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 14 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Sound Recording
CID:
ITMA Reference:
- 869-ITMA-REEL
Material Type:
Archive Location:
- 869a-ITMA-REEL/CDR (band one/two)
Creation Location:
- Ship Cove, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada [Tracks A1-A8, A11-A17]
- St. Brides, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada [Tracks A9-A10]
Creation Date:
- 1 May 1976 [Tracks A1-A10]
- 2 May 1976 [Tracks A11-A17]
Catalogue Number:
- a-ITMA-REEL/CDR on-site copy:
- a-ITMA-REEL/CDR off-site copy:
- a-ITMA-REEL/CDR user copy:
- b-ITMA-REEL/CDR on-site copy:
- b-ITMA-REEL/CDR off-site copy:
- b-ITMA-REEL/CDR user copy:
People:
Creator:
- Brennan, Carrie, singing in English, speech in English
- Nash, Henry, singing in English, speech in English
- Murphy, Tom, singing in English, speech in English
- Murphy, Minnie, singing in English, speech in English
Contributors:
- O'Hara, Aidan, collector
Contents:
Track A:
- Where ships are sailing [‘One night as I roamed out …’], song ; speech [song origins, prevalence of songs about Waterloo] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
- Fain Waterloo [The plains of Waterloo], song ; speech [song origins, historical accuracy of lyrics] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
- Mary and Willy, song ; speech / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
- Speech [talk about learning 'Mary and Willie', words for song about a shipwreck: 'Tobias Murphy'] / Carrie Brennan, speech in English
- The Southern Cross, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
- We loosed from the downs to fair London town (fragmented), song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
- Tobias Murphy [The August gale] (fragmented), song ; speech [song origins] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English ; [unidentified speaker]
- County Tyrone, song / Henry Nash, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
- The bonny bunch of roses, song / Tom Murphy, singing in English, speech in English ; Minnie Murphy, singing in English, speech in English
- When I was young and in my prime, song ; speech [song origins] / Minnie Murphy, singing in English, speech in English ; Tom Murphy, speech in English
- Bold Wolfe, song ; speech [song origins] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English ; [Henry Nash ?], speech in English
- Speech [story about a castle in Ireland, Lord Nelson and the crooked nose] / Carrie Brennan, speech in English
- The croppy boy (fragmented) ; speech [recites lyrics] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
- Banna's banks, song ; speech [song origins, ‘The croppy boy’] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English
- The bonny banks of Bann (unfinished), song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
- Galway Bay, song ; speech [song origins] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English ; Henry Nash, speech in English
- I got married to a scolding wife, song ; speech [song origins] / Carrie Brennan, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]
Physical Description:
- 1 sound tape reel : analog
Documentation:
- Spoken information on tape
- See related ephemera
- Carton: `Cape Shore Coll. / TAPE #14, 1 May '76'
- Spool: `'
Commercial Y/N:
- Non-commercial Sound Recordings
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Description:
- Donated as part of the Aidan O'Hara collection, this recording features songs about Waterloo as performed by Caroline (Carrie) Brennan of Ship Cove, Newfoundland. Recordings were made on a portable Uher 200 Report IC reel-to-reel.