Recorded on location and at Avondale Studios, Dublin;
Produced by Dave Bland;
Notes and transcriptions by Hugh Shields;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Eddie Butcher: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Enniskilling Dragoon (Roud 2185; Henry H98b) (3.26)
2. I Long for to Get Married (Roud 2947) (1.09)

Side 2

3. Adam in Paradise (Roud 2955) (1.47)
4. The Cocks Are Crowing (Roud 22568; G/D 4:783) (7.02)

All tracks trad.

Recorded on location and at Avondale Studios, Dublin;
Produced by Dave Bland;
Notes and transcriptions by Hugh Shields;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Eddie Butcher: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (Roud 2124; Henry H32)
2. The Daysman (Roud 2942)
3. Man, Woman and Mouse story
4. David’s Flowery Vale (Roud 2943; Henry H212)
5. Tossing the Hay (Roud 2940; G/D 5:957; Henry H635)
6. Conversation spoken
7. Creel of Peats spoken
8. Killyclare (Roud 2739; Henry H833)

Side 2

9. The Fan (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474)
10. Don’t Come Again (Roud 412; Laws P10; Henry H589)
11. The Farmer’s Daughter (Roud 2293)
12. Youghal Harbour (Roud 2734; Henry H503)
13. The Ship’s Carpenter’s Wife (Roud 2898; Henry H226)
14. Another Man’s Wedding (Roud 567; Laws P31; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab)

All tracks trad.

Recorded by Neil Wayne and Lyn Murfin in 1975 in the north of Ireland;
Edited at Livingston Studios;
Sleeve design by Sue Dransfield

Musicians

Eddie Butcher: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. Heather Down the Moor (Roud 375; Henry H177) (3.11)
2. The Lion’s Den (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (5.08)
3. To My Son in Americay (Roud 2970) (4.15)
4. Shores of Benone (Roud 2965; Henry H52a) (5.51)
5. The Week’s Work (0.38)
6. Let Them Come to Ireland (Roud 2969) (3.10)

Side 2

7. The Hiring Fair (Roud 2942) (2.52)
8. Flora (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (4.35)
9. Wee Window (Roud 989; Laws O18; G/D 7:1512) (4.57)
10. Thousands Are Sailing (Roud 2904) (4.00)
11. Coleraine Regatta (Roud 2968; Henry H36) (6.21)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3 words Ali McLoughlin, music trad.

Recorded by Bobbie Hanvey at Eddie Butcher’s house in Magilligan, Co Derry on 9 April 1978;
Cover photo of Eddie Butcher by Bobbie Hanvey Photography

Musicians

Eddie Butcher: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

1. The Naming of the Child (Roud 6658) (2.35)
2. Flower of Corby Mill (Roud 2928; Henry H612) (2.19)
3. The Paisley Canal (Roud 6659) (2.45)
4. T for Thomas (Roud 419; Henry H593) (2.26)
5. Teddy Regan (Roud 6660) (2.50)
6. Lovely Bann Water (Roud 889; Laws O2; Henry H86) (3.17)
7. Girl I Left Behind (Roud 262; Laws P1; G/D 5:1059; Henry H188) (7.08)

Side 2

8. The Marriage (Roud 6661) (2.48)
9. The Titanic (Roud 6662) (2.34)
10. The Tractor (Roud 6663) (3.43)
11. The Hedges of County Down (Roud 6664) (4.19)
12. Dandy Mick McCluskey (Roud 6657) (3.19)
13. Laurel Hill (Roud 2917; Henry H8) (5.57)
14. Eddie Talk Out

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 John and William Brownlee

Recorded by Neil Wayne and Lyn Murfin in 1975 in the north of Ireland

Musicians

Eddie Butcher: vocals [1-12];
Joe Holmes: vocals [13-17, 19-20];
Len Graham: vocals [13-14, 16-18, 20-21]

Tracks

Eddie Butcher: I Once Was a Daysman

1. Heather Down the Moor (Roud 375; Henry H177) (3.13)
2. The Lion’s Den (Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474) (5.10)
3. To My Son in Amerikay (Roud 2970) (4.17)
4. Shores of Benone (Roud 2965; Henry H52a) (5.57)
5. The Week’s Work (0.39)
6. Let Them Come to Ireland (Roud 2969) (3.11)
7. The Hiring Fair (Roud 2942) (2.54)
8. Flora (Roud 948; Henry H30a) (4.36)
9. Wee Window (Roud 989; Laws O18; G/D 7:1512) (4.49)
10. Thousands Are Sailing (Roud 2904) (4.00)
11. Coleraine Regatta (Roud 2968; Henry H36) (6.25)

Eddie Butcher: Benus Track

12. The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (Roud 2124; Henry H32) (3.15)

Joe Holmes & Len Graham: Chaste Muses, Bards and Sages (excerpt)

13. True Lover John song (Roud 179; Child 248; Henry H699) (4.06)
14. Merrily Kiss the Quaker lilt (2.14)
15. Tumbling Through the Hay song (Roud 153; Henry H697) (2.44)
16. Bonny Brown Jane song (Roud 7000; Henry H613) (3.43)
17. Wellington’s Medal lilt (1.54)
18. When I Was a Bachelor song (Roud 1572; G/D 7:1291) (2.28)
19. Dark-Eyed Gypsy song (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (5.10)
20. Molly Brannigan song / lilt (Roud 13375) (1.22)
21. Flower of Gortade song (Roud 2740; Henry H178) (5.10)

All tracks trad. except
Track 8 words Ali McLoughlin, music trad.

Recorded on location and at Avondale Studios, Dublin;
Produced by Dave Bland;
Notes and transcriptions by Hugh Shields;
Sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Eddie Butcher: vocals

Tracks

CD 1

1. Nancy’s Whiskey (Roud 883; G/D 3:603; Henry H745) (3.43)
2. Green Grows the Laurel & So Falls the Dew (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab, H624) (2.49)
3. Dandy Mick McCloskey (Roud 6657) (3.34)
4. My Son in Amerika (Roud 2970) (4.24)
5. The Green Veil (Roud 8111) (3.16)
6. The Flower of Corby Mill (Roud 2928; Henry H612) (2.35)
7. The Smuggler (Roud 23482) (5.48)
8. The Hiring Day (Roud 2516; G/D 4:883) (2.38)
9. John Gaynor (Roud 23427) (1.50)
10. Glenshee (Roud 292; Laws O6; G/D 5:953; Henry H590) (2.39)
11. The Lowlands Low (Roud 182; Laws M34; G/D 2:189; Henry H113) (4.15)
12. Oh, the Marriage, the Marriage (Roud 8661) (3.11)
13. Skewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) (6.10)
14. I’ll Climb up a High High Tree (Roud 419; Henry H593) (2.24)
15. Mary Ackland (Roud 540; Laws M16; Henry H30b, H721) (6.00)
16. The Bureau (Roud 2886) (3.24)
17. Ann Jane Thornton (Roud 1699; Laws N3) (11.02)
18. Sally and Johnny (Roud 1917; Laws O31; Henry H244) (7.03)

CD 2

1. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (2.16)
2. Our Wedding Day (Roud 861; Henry H141) (5.24)
3. The Maid of Faughanvale (Roud 6885; Henry H167) (4.00)
4. I Am a Youth (Roud 6897; Henry H825, H788) (0.51)
5. The Shamrock Shore (Roud 37828) (6.48)
6. The New Mallard Bar (Roud 23424) (2.45)
7. The Pisspot (Roud 23474) (4.39)
8. It Is Now for New England (Roud 552; Laws N10; G/D 1:177) (6.10)
9. Easy-Gaan Tom (Roud 13467) (2.21)
10. The Weary Gallows (Roud 896; Laws L11; Henry H705) (4.29)
11. Katey of Ballinamore (Roud 5172) (3.22)
12. I Wish That the War Was O’er (Roud 8003; Henry H466) (3.24)
13. The Cricket Club & Ball (Roud 13539; Henry H669) (3.33)
14. The Walling of the Men (Roud 23489) (6.21)
15. Come All You Fair Maids (Roud 23484) (4.31)
16. The English Harvest (Roud 13468) (5.37)
17. The Drogheda Festival (Roud 23485) (5.48)
18. Heather Down the Moor (Roud 375; Henry H177) (3.19)

CD 3

1. Lanigan’s Ball (Roud 3011; G/D 3:627) (1.06)
2. Green Grows the Laurel & So Does the Rue (Roud 279; G/D 6:1138; Henry H165ab, H624) (6.07)
3. Baltimore (Roud 7457; Henry H553) (5.10)
4. The Concrete Mile (Roud 23479) (5.59)
5. The Bonny Irish Boy (Roud 5684) (2.45)
6. The Longfield Bank (Roud 23423) (5.18)
7. The Brisk Young Butcher (Roud 167; G/D 7:1466) (3.47)
8. The Parochial House (Roud 23481) (2.26)
9. In Connaught I Was Reared (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71) (5.49)
10. The Point Fair (Roud 23478) (4.16)
11. The Castle Maid (Roud 23488) (1.53)
12. The Jacket So Blue (Roud 819; G/D 5:992; Henry H644; TYG 80) (4.50)
13. Magilligan Gaelic Team (Roud 23476) (6.04)
14. Johnny and Molly (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755) (3.54)
15. The Anglers on the Roe (Roud 23475) (2.36)
16. The Very First Night (Roud 1572; G/D 7:1291) (0.15)
17. The Burning of Downhill Castle (Roud 23426) (0.44)
18. Benevenagh Surrounded in Snow (Roud 23425) (0.43)
19. When the Storm Swept the Countryside (Roud 13718) (1.55)
20. Boyne Water (Roud 795) (0.41)
21. Until the Morning (Roud 23486) (0.38)
22. The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506) (0.10)
23. The Wind and the Rain (Roud 966) (0.50)
24. Take Hault o That Man’s Hand (Roud 23477) (0.30)
25. Drawing Buckets of Water (Roud 11635) (0.23)
26. My Aunt Jane (Roud 5642) (0.25)
27. My Aunt Biddy (Roud 23483) (0.12)
28. I Have a Wee Dog (Roud 20022) (0.14)
29. The Roe Bridge (Roud 23487) (2.55)
30. The Myroe Floods, vv. 1-3 (Roud 23480) (2.20)
31. In The County Exeter, vv. 1-2 (Roud 1151) (1.27)