Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Description
Harry Slack, recorded at home in Leeds, sings 'Little Mother of Mine', 'Bonny Irish Boy'; singing style (adornment); sings 'The Shannon Golden'; learning songs; sings 'The Woman from Wexford'; the stories behind the songs, helping to maintain their popularity; sings 'Paddy McGinty's Goat'; thoughts on song texts and tunes; sings 'Cod Liver Oil'; discussion of 'Uncle Dan McCann' - sings whole song [including the part missed when recorded on tape A276r]; reference to songs about John Kelly and other people; singing in Leeds - revival since the mid-1960s; compares singing with that in Ireland; singing style and singers at the Regent pub; fairy belief - leprechauns and personal experience narrative [getting lost, sitting down, turning jacket inside out]; Devil story; fairy (light) sighting; small children playing, sighting of little boys and girls - belief in fairies; sings [ 'The Green Volunteers'] and [ 'If We Had Old Ireland Here']; informant's ?granddaughter sings 'Old Wexford Town'. 7 of 8.
Metadata
| Identifier | b5wb9zt8 |
| IRN | 414330 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A280r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/b5wb9zt8 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Ashton, John |
| Date | [1974/1975] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 63' 43". |