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Date(s)
- [c. 1987-1991?] (Creation)
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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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Scope and content
Cassette tape containing a recording of a two-part radio programme, The Wandering Ballad, produced by Ciarán Mac Mathúna and hosted by Dick Cameron. On Side A, Cameron sings and plays the songs ‘A Soldier Came from Georgia Way’, ‘Pretty Saro’, ‘Sam Hall’, ‘Barbara Allen’, ‘Lolly Too Dum’ and ‘The Lake of Champlain’. Duration 00:31:50. On Side B, Cameron sings and plays the songs ‘The Rambling Irishman’, ‘Green Grows the Laurel’, ‘The Catalpa’, ‘With My Swag All on My Shoulder’, ‘The Banks of Newfoundland’, ‘The Falling of the Pine’ and ‘The Old Man He Came Home One Night’. Duration 00:32:44.
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Conditions governing access
No access to magnetic tape. For digital access to contents, please consult with the staff.
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Language of material
- English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Cassette of magnetic tape requiring a cassette player.