Item is an audio recording of Gaelic song selections as performed by various informants on Cape Breton's North Shore. Recording opens with fiddle selections by Donald Angus Beaton, Mabou, N.S. Side 2 opens with fiddle tunes by Donald Angus Beaton of Mabou.

Side 1:

MacLeod, Dan (North River Bridge) : Song " Hi Horo 's na bheil air m' Aire"

MacLeod, Malcolm Angus (Skir Dhu): Song "O Gur Trom Trom Mo Cheum"

MacLeod, Dan: Song "Illean Aigh"

Carmichael, Kenny (Boston): Song "Hi Ri Iu Le Ho Horo Mo Chuachag"

Shaw, John (Wreck Cove): Song "Gu Dé Nì Mi Mur Faigh Mi Thu"

MacLeod, Malcolm Angus: Song "Cha Threiginn Fhìn Mo Chruinneag Dhonn"

Carmichael, Kenny and Malcom Angus MacLeod: Song "Thuirt an Gille 's Tu Mo Laochan"

MacLeod, Dan: Song "Theirinn Horo Hug is Hoireann"

MacLeod, Malcolm A. Sgir Dubh, Victoria County "An Gille Dubh a Raill o..."

MacLeod, Malcom Angus: Song "Air Faill Ill Eileadh O Hug O". Some verses in Brìgh an Òrain p. 293. Final verses local.

MacLeod, Malcolm Angus: Song "Chunna mi 'n Làir Dhonn Aig Seumas"

MacLeod, Malcolm Angus: Song "Mo Nigheann Donn Ghuanach". Slow

Side 2:

Beaton, Donald Angus: Fiddle tunes

MacNeil, Stephen R. Iona, Victoria County "Moch an Diugh a Rinn Mi Gluasad"

Shaw, John Wreck Cove. Victoria County "Faill Ill Oro Faill Ill Oro" . To the tune of "Gur Mise tha Trom Airtneulach" but different lyrics.

MacLeod, Dan North River Bridge, Victoria County "Dh' Òlainn Deoch air Làimh mo Rùin"

MacLeod, Malcolm A.; Carmichael, Kenny Sgir Dubh, Victoria County, Boston, Mass. "Mhòrag 's na Horo Gheallaidh"

MacLeod, Malcolm A.; Carmichael, Kenny Sgir Dubh, Victoria County, Boston, Mass. "An Seann Tigh Sgoil" .

MacLeod, Malcolm A. Song "Dheanainnn Sùgradh ris an Nighean Duibh"

Shaw, John Song "O Horo 's na Bheil air m'Àire" Continued on Side 1.

Item is an audio recording of Malcolm Angus MacLeod, John MacLeod and an unidentified singer performing a selection of Gaelic songs.

John MacLeod North Shore
"Cha mhor nach bu mhath dhuinn sguir a bhi stri..."
"Bithibh aotrom 's togaibh fonn..."

Malcolm Angus MacLeod North Shore "An Te a chaill a'Ghaihlig"

Unidentified Singer "Ho ro mo nigh 'n donn bhoiheach"

Unidentified Singer Gaelic psalm - precenting

Unidentified Singer "Tha mo bhreacan dubh fo'n dile..."

Malcolm Angus MacLeod North Shore
"Cha bhi mi buan..."
"Chunna mi lar honn aig Seumas..."
"Ho ro 's tu mo run thu..."
"Cha threiginn fhein mo chruinneag dhonn..."

MacAskill, Murdoch (North Shore) "'S fheudar dhomh le firinn sgur dhe'n dram..."

Shaw, John (North Shore) "Mo chridhe trom 's cha charaich e"

Shaw, John and MacAskill, Murdoch (North Shore) Do'n Chuthaig

Shaw, John (North Shore) "Ailein duinn..."

Shaw, John (North Shore) "Mo chuachag a rill u..."

Shaw, John (North Shore) "Mo ruin, mo nighean donn bhoidheach..."

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) "Bithibh aotrom 's togaibh fonn..."

MacAskill, Murdoch (North Shore) "Ma bhuannaich thu nighean ghrinn.."

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) Oran a Phoitseir

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) An t-Each Ruadh

MacAskill, Murdoch (North Shore) Oran a' Choin Bhain

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) Oran a' Mhortgage (one verse)

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) "A story about Murdoch Dan..."

Shaw, John (North Shore) "Seann mhart..."

Shaw, John (North Shore) "E ho ro mo mhaighdean lurach..."

MacAskill, Murdoch (North Shore) A Mhairi Bhoidheach

Shaw, John (North Shore) Leis a' Mhaighdean

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) Oran na Muice

MacAskill, Murdoch (North Shore) "Cha threiginn fhin mo chruinneag dhonn"

Carmichael, Hector (North Shore) "Oran na Torachd..."

Dan Morrison North Shore
"Nighean donn a' bhroilleach shoilleir"
"Gaol an t-seolaair"

Neil MacQuarrie North Shore "Ma phosas mi, cha ghabh mi te mhor"

Unidentified Singer "The mo bhreacan dubh fo'n dile..."

Unidentified Singer "Il o, il ho, horo eile..."

George MacAskill Precenting - Psalm 68

George MacAskill North Shore "Ma phosas mi, cha ghabh mi te mhor..."

Unidentified Singer
"Hi ill iu ill agus o..."
"O hi ri ill obha ho..."
Unidentified Informant "Domhnall agus Alasdair..."

John Matheson "Eilean an Fhraoich"

John Matheson "A' Mhairi Bhoidheach"

Item is an audio recording of a milling frolic in French River, N.S. The end of the tape includes english songs by Norman Kennedy, Lizzie MacNeil and Johnny Edward Macneil.

Milling frolic songs are as follows:

Fear a' Bhata
Leis a mhaighdean o hi u
O hi og i o
Tha mo bhreacan s fo dile
Thug mi gaol dhan fhear bhan
Ho ro mo nighean donn bhoidheach
He mo leannan o mo leannan
Ged tha mi gun crodh gun aighean

Campbell, Hector Hillsdale, Inverness County (N.S.) "Nighean Righ Eireann"

Morrison, Dan J. Breton Cove, Victoria County "Gaol an t-Seòladair"

MacDonnell, Hughie Dan Broad Cove, Inverness County (N.S.) Port-a-beul

Morrison, Sandy Wreck Cove. Victoria County "Gur e mo rùn an Domhnallach..."

MacLeod, Malcolm Agnus Sgir Dubh, Victoria County "Annt a rill u o..."

Morrison, Sandy Wreck Cove. Victoria County "Airfaill irinn o..."

Morrison, Sandy Wreck Cove. Victoria County "Airfaill irinn o..." (cont.)

Morrison, Sandy Wreck Cove. Victoria County

Campbell, Hector Hillsdale, Inverness County (N.S.) "Ceadach MacRigh nan Collach"