One of 6 pages of typed script, with added handwritten notes and corrections, under heading ‘ Songs of Soldiers, Sport and Sinister Songs’ – part of ‘…

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One of 6 pages of typed script, with added handwritten notes and corrections, under heading ' Songs of Soldiers, Sport and Sinister Songs' - part of 'Ulster's Heritage of Song' series. Marked '5th talk'. Uses local dialect. Songs of: war and soldiers; sports such as greyhound racing and the Route hunt - includes song about Richard Hunter, a local man from Ballyvelton, Coleraine; songs about murder, burglary sung at hiring fairs, including one about a Glasgow baker.