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Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1980s?] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 cassette tape
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard ‘Dick’ Cameron was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1929. He came to Ireland in the mid-1950s and was heavily involved in the folk revival of the 1960s and 1970s and instrumental in the establishment of the An Góilín Singers Club, founded by Tim Dennehy and Dónal de Barra in 1979. His warm baritone made him popular on the radio, where he hosted the Ballads of a Saturday series on Radio Telefís Éireann and appeared in many other folk music programmes. He died in Dublin in 1997.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Cassette tape containing recordings of Dick Cameron signing songs and accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar. The songs included on the tape are ‘Carnloch Bay’, ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘Sloop John B’, ‘The Gypsy Rover (The Whistling Gypsy)’, ‘Pretty Saro’, ‘Come All Ye Tramps and Hawkers’ , ‘She Moved Through the Fair’, ‘Lord of the Dance’, ‘The Dark-Eyed Sailor’, ‘Said Judas to Mary’, ‘Johnny Appleseed’, ‘The Night Visiting Song’, ‘Tin Angel’, ‘Pretty Little Baby (Virgin Mary)’, ‘Sweet Nightingale’ and the first few lines of ‘Colorado Trail’. Duration 00:49:45.
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Conditions governing access
No access to magnetic tape. For digital access to contents, please consult with the staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Cassette of magnetic tape requiring a cassette player.