OT 11110 Track 1
from "1972." by Henry Glassie,
In F-635 Irish Music and Culture
By David McDonald
No streaming derivative is available.
Notebook, file 11, pp. 1954-1970.
November 12, 1972, O'Luiny's bar [?]; Swanlibar; County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Peter Flanagan, Owney McBrien
(Peter Flanagan. Stories.) Story of Bobby Burns. Note: Only the end of the story is recorded.
Poem of Richard dying and the devil doesn’t bother with him because he’s too big.
Poem about man dying from effects of cutting his corns.
Story about Andrew Horn in poetry contest with Bobby Burns.
Discussion about dirty stories.
Story about Thomas Moore meeting a tramp. Learned from Peter Flanagan’s father.
Story about the Butcher’s Wife’s book. Learned from Peter Flanagan’s father.
Story about a man picked up on the road, James the Calf.
Story about a man cleaning a cemetery for priest.
Story about a man who was a fiddler in Derrylin.
Discussion about funny stories followed by jokes from Flanagan’s father; religious jokes.
Winning story from the great lying contest at Hugh Mackan’s house. Discussed primarily by Joseph Flanagan.
Discussion about Michael Boyle’s health and stories; Irish place names.
"Maxwell’s Ball (The Garden Where Pretties Grow)". First whistled and then sung by Peter Flanagan. Discussion song about an old alarm clock to the same tune; about eating hares.
"Oliver’s Harvest Home". Peter Flanagan whistles and the sings first stanza; discussion about the song.
Discussion and recitation of unidentified poem about Molly Maguire.
(Swanlinbar, Fermanagh. O’Luinny’s[?] bar.) "Fermanagh Song", sung by Martin Crudden.
"The Battle of Limerick", sung by Peter Flanagan. Learned from a book.
"The Men of Easter Week (Valley of Knockanure)", sung by Owney McBrien.
"The Rocks of Bawn", Peter Flanagan, tin whistle.
Unidentified tune played on tin whistle by Peter Flanagan.
"Kevin Barry", sung by Peter Flanagan and a man from Enniskillen
"I’m Looking for a Bonnie Wee Lass to Love Me", sung by Peter Flanagan.
"Battleship Sinn Fein", sung by Owney McBrien.
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