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This series contains long play vinyl records of songs performed by Dick Cameron.

This collection contains recordings of songs performed by Dick Cameron and radio programmes hosted by him.

Audio reel containing recordings of four programmes in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Ballads of a Saturday produced by Colin Morrison and hosted by Dick Cameron and Elizabeth Colclough. In the first programme, they perform the songs ‘The Old Woman from Wexford’, ‘The Turtle Dove’, ‘The Keeper’, ‘I Never Will Marry’, ‘Old Joe Clark’ and ‘Pretty Little Miss (I’ll Be Sixteen on Suday)’. In the second programme, they perform the songs ‘New York Girls (Can’t You Dance the Polka)’, ‘Coulter’s Candy’, ‘She’s Like the Swallow’, ‘The Banks of the Roses’ and ‘Sweet Nightingale’. In the third programme, they preform the songs ‘Liza Jane’, ‘Mary Hamilton (The Four Marys)’, ‘Time to Be Made a Wife’, ‘Diamond Joe (Roll on Boys)’ and ‘Pick a Bale of Cotton’. In the fourth programme, they perform the songs ‘Johnson Boys’, ‘Farewell, Dearest Nancy’, ‘A Great Big Sea Hove in Long Beach’, ‘Whistle, Daughter, Whistle’, ‘Sally Goodin’ and the children’s song ‘Jig Along Home’. The sound quality of the fourth programme is poor. Between programmes one and two is a fragment of another programme from the series, in which Kate Lucey sings the start of the song ‘The Gallows Tree’. Between programmes two and three is a fragment of a radio documentary about life in the nine glens of Antrim in the 1920s. The tape concludes with ‘Jessie’ singing the song ‘Marco Polo’ and Dick Cameron singing the song ‘The Kangaroo’ (sound quality very poor). Duration 01:13:08.

Reel containing a recording of a programme in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Cabaret Gael Linn, in which Martin Fay, Seán Potts and Muiris Kennedy perform the songs ‘Peigín Leitir Móir’ and ‘Vanish Misfortune’; Dick Cameron and Elizabeth Colclough perform ‘Sweet Nightingale’, Dick Cameron performs ‘Hiram Hubbard’; Fay, Potts and Kennedy perform ‘Twenty Men from Dublin Town’ and ‘Anach Cuain’, Cameron and Colclough perform ‘Liza Jane’, Elizabeth Colclough performs ‘Mary Hamilton (The Four Marys)’, Fay, Potts and Kennedy perform ‘An Poc ar Buile’ and ‘Mo Mhúirnín Bán’; Cameron performs ‘New York Girls (Can’t You Dance the Polka)’, Cameron and Colclough perform ‘Kisses Sweeter than Wine’; and Fay, Potts and Kennedy perform ‘Buachaill on Éirne’, ‘Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir’ and an instrumental piece, which concludes the programme. After a small break in the recording, there follow three programmes in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Ballads of a Saturday, hosted by Dick Cameron. The first two programmes feature Tom Paxton, who in the first programme performs the songs ‘The Last Thing on My Mind’, ‘Georgie on the Freeway’ and ‘Victoria Dines Alone’. The programme concludes with Dick Cameron singing ‘Bottle of Wine’. The recording suffers from wow and flutter. In the second programme, Paxton performs the songs ‘The Marvelous Toy’, ‘I Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound’, ‘Sully’s Pail’ and ‘Ramblin’ Boy’. The quality of the recording is poor. The third programme, broadcast on 26 August 1967, features Sharon Collen, who performs the songs ‘The Lass from the Low Country’, ‘Darcy Farrow’ and ‘Jamie (Dewy Dells of Yarrow)’. The progamme ends abruptly. It is followed by Dick Cameron singing the song ‘The Bonny Cuckoo’ twice. The recording suffers from wow and flutter. The reel concludes with a recording of a radio programme for children, in which Dick Cameron performs the songs ‘The Barnyard Song’, ‘Going to the Zoo’, ‘Uncle Reuben’, ‘The Monkey and the Elephant’ and ‘Jig Along Home’. Duration 01:49:53.

Audio reel containing a recording of a programme in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Ballads of a Saturday produced by Colin Morrison and hosted by Dick Cameron and Elizabeth Colclough, who perform the songs ‘Pretty Little Miss (I’ll Be Sixteen on Suday)’, ‘Kisses Sweeter than Wine’, ‘Blackbirds and Thrushes’, ‘Git Along, Little Dogies (Whoopie Ti Yi Yo)’ and ‘Poor Paddy on the Railway’. The programme concludes at 00:15:21 and is followed by 50 minutes of an impromptu recording of Dick Cameron chatting and playing with a child called Robin [his son?]. At 01:06:25, there follows a recording made on 13 May 1967, in which Jonathan Hanahan gives a talk on narcissism and the marriage crisis. Duration 02:01:50.

Audio reel a recording of two programmes in the BBC Radio 4 series Over to You, aimed at schoolchildren aged 12-14, consisting of songs and stories about different topics. The programmes, entitled ‘London 1850 – Part 1’ and ‘London 1850 – Part 2’, were written by Steward Love, produced by David Hammond and presented by Dick Cameron. They were broadcast on 17 October 1967 and 31 October 1967, respectively. Duration 00:40:36.

Audio reel containing a recording of two programmes in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Ballads of a Saturday produced by Roisin Lorrigan. Both programmes are hosted by Dick Cameron and feature the folk band Sweeney’s Men (Andy Irvine, Johnny Moynihan and Joe Dolan). In the first programme, they perform the songs ‘Travelling down the Castlereagh’, ‘Erin go Bragh’, ‘Come All Ye Fisher Lassies’, ‘The Ballad of James Connolly’ and ‘The Exile’s Jig’. In the second programme, they perform the songs ‘The Derby Ram’, ‘Rattling Roaring Willie’, ‘Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues’, ‘Crooked Jack’ and ‘Old Maid in the Garrett’. Duration 00:34:11.

Audio reel containing a recording of part a radio programme [in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Ballads of a Saturday] hosted by Dick Cameron, in which Tom Crean, Niall Fennell, Sean Corcoran and Dave Smith of the a cappella group The Press Gang perform the songs ‘Spencer the Rover’, ‘Abroad for Pleasure’, ‘Leave Her Johnny’ and ‘The Pace-Egging Song’. This last song ends abruptly at 00:12:45 and is followed by an impromptu recording of a small child [Cameron's son?] singing to the accompaniment of a guitar. Duration 00:25:36.

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.

Cassette tape containing home recordings of Dick Cameron signing songs and accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar. Side A contains the songs ‘Sweet Nightingale’, ‘The Lord of the Dance’, ‘The Foggy Foggy Dew’, ‘On Top of Old Smokey’, ‘Jimmy Crack Corn’, ‘Go Tell Aunt Rhody’, ‘Wee Cooper O’Fife’, ‘Gentle Fair Jenny’, ‘Bashful Courtship’, ‘Lukey’s Boat’, ‘Ah! Si Mon Moine’, ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ and ‘The Bonny Cuckoo’. Duration 00:31:20. Side B contains the songs ‘I Ride an Old Paint’, ‘The Tailor and the Mouse’, ‘Monday Morning’, ‘The Begging Song’, ‘The Bullfrog Song’, ‘The Bold Soldier’, ‘Mr Froggie Went A-Courtin’’, ‘The Leather-Winged Bat’, ‘She Moved Through the Fair’, ‘Chevaliers de la Table Ronde’ and ‘The Lark in the Morning’. Duration 00:32:59.