IRB30 HUNTING THE HAIR and other pursuits
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
page
1 . The Cat o’ Nine Lives
6 . Stag Party
14 . An Atheist’s Paradise?
22 . The Bald Facts
29 . A Dog’s Manifesto
35 . Friendly Fire
41 . Sugar Daddy
48 . Tragedy to Travesty
54 . The Perils of Self Diagnosis
61 . Vatican Verses
67 . Martine Mischief
79 . Inserts for jewel cases
IRB32 'Tis pretty to be in Ballyderry'
Introduction by Roisín White - p. 3
Introduction by Martin Dowling - p. 5
Introduction by Chris McCarney - p. 7
Maps - p. 8
A tribute from Robert’s family - p. 10
A tribute from Mairéad Ni Mhaoinigh - p. 14
The Ballinderry Balladeer by Chris ‘The Digger’ Scott - p. 15
Glenavy Dear - p. 22
CD2 ‘Tis pretty to he in Ballinderry -The Singers - p. 32
CD2 ‘Tis
pretty to he in Ballinderry - Songs & Notes - p. 36
Acknowledgements - p. 60
CD 1 -
You Rambling Boys of Pleasure
Original sleeve notes, reproduced courtesy of Topic Records Ltd. - p. 24
D 1 - You
Rambling Boys of Pleasure – Robert Cinnamond
1. You Rambling Boys of Pleasure
2. Van Diemen’s Land
3. You Ribbonmen of Ireland
4. The Ricj Shipowner’s Dughter
5. Napoleon Bonaparte
6. The Weaver
7. Youhal Harbour
8. The Beggerman
9. Fly Up, My Cock
10. I’m a Rarnbling Youth
11. The Aghalee Heroes
12. ‘Twas Early Early, All in the Spring
13. Young Willie Reilly
14. Drowsy Maggie
15. The Old Man Rocking the Cradle
CD2 ‘Tis
pretty to he in Ballinderry -The Singers - p. 32
Songs & Notes - p. 36
1. Blow ye Winds - Len Graham & Brian O hA irt
2. Sea Apprentice - Roisín White
3. Reilly the fisherman - Méabh Meir
4. The Irish privateer - Maurice Leyden
5. ‘Tis pretty to be in Ballinderry – Jennifer Orr
6. Brennan on the moor - Roisin White
7. Siúil a ghrá - Jane Cassidy
8. Young Willie O Reilly - Len Graham
9. Gathering mushrooms - Méabh Meir
I O. Canada-I-O – Roisín White
11. The new tramway - Maurice Leyden
12. Maid of seventeen - Jennifer Orr
13. Green grows the laurel - Maurice Leyden
14. If Iwas a blackbird - Jane Cassidy
15 Rich ship-owner’s daughter - Roisín White
ENB31 The Brightest of Entertainers
Contents
1. Preface - Pat Pickles
2. Introduction - Katie Howson
6.
List of illustrations
9. Acknowledgements and Thanks
11.
Chapter I
Descriptions, printed references and
museum examples from the British isles
Including Pat arid Rennie’s early findings
24.
Chapter 2
Jig dolls as a family and community
tradition in the British isles
Case studies - Yorkshire; East Anglia;
the Seth Davy legend and buskers
45
Chapter 3
Dancing dolls beyond the British Isles
Europe; United States and Canada;
Australia; Africa
57.
Chapter 4
Commercially produced jig dolls
UK; overseas; mechanical dancers
80.
Chapter 5
Conclusions, recent developments
and innovations
95.
Appendix
Words to songs: Peter Waggy and Seth Davy
97.
Bibliography
99. Image acknowledgements and sources
101. Index