Sam Henry (musicologist)
Sam Henry | |
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Born | Samuel Henry 9 May 1878 Coleraine, Ireland |
Died | 23 May 1952 | (aged 74)
Occupation(s) | customs officer, pension officer, antiquarian, lecturer, writer, photographer, musician, folklorist, folk-song collector |
Children | Olive Mary Henry Craig[1]: xix |
Samuel Henry (9 May 1878 – 23 May 1952) was an Irish customs officer, pension officer, antiquarian, lecturer, writer, photographer, folklorist, folk-song collector and musician.
He is best known for his collection of ballads and songs in Songs of the People, the largest and most comprehensive collection of just under 690 folk-songs from Northern Ireland assembled between the wars (1923–1939), when he was song editor for the Northern Constitution, a weekly newspaper in Coleraine.
Early life
[edit]Henry was born and educated in Sandleford, Coleraine, Ireland.[2][3] He came from a prominent Coleraine family and was the youngest of five sons: his brother William was town clerk of Coleraine; Robert, principal of the Model School; James, vice principal of The Honourable The Irish Society's Primary School; and Tom, a civil servant.[4] In 1897, when he was 19, Sam passed two examinations, one as teacher and the other as an exciseman, choosing to follow the latter career.[5]: 5
Description
[edit]According to his daughter, Mrs Olive Mary Henry Craig, Henry was a "very large man, tall, broad and burly" who weighed over sixteen stone (225 pounds, over 100 kilograms).[1]: xxii He rode a bicycle and also used a car in his travels around the northern counties, as well as the public transport system (bus and train).[1]: xxii Henry described himself as "an ardent amateur naturalist, archaeologist, antiquarian, genealogist, and photographer."[1]: xx He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and could therefore append the letters FRSAI after his name.[1]: xxiii He was also an amateur ornithologist regarded as an authority on the birds of the north of Ireland.[1]: xxiii As a well-known lecturer who communicated his enthusiasm and knowledge of his special hobbies to other people, Henry contributed many articles on such matters to the local papers.[1]: xx
Career
[edit]After service as a customs & excise officer in England (1903-4), Henry returned home, where he served mainly around Coleraine.[5]: 6 When Lloyd George instituted the Old Age Pensions Act 1908, Henry was appointed to administer it in his area, while still carrying out his duties for the Inland Revenue.[5]: 6
Henry began to assemble his collection of folk songs while he was still a civil servant and continued it after his retirement.[1]: xxiii When he was appointed Pension Officer, Henry's duties included visiting the poor and elderly people in some of the most isolated areas of Northern Ireland, to determine if they were eligible for old age pensions or relief. To overcome the natural reticence of country people in those remote areas, Henry often took his fiddle and tin whistle with him, played a tune and then asked if anyone in the household knew any of the old songs.[1]: xxiii He would then record these songs by writing them down using a basic music notation system called tonic sol-fa.[1]: xxiv
Songs of the People
[edit]When he became song editor for the Northern Constitution in 1923, Henry used his column to specify what type of old songs he wanted. In return, the readers contributed songs that he published in a weekly series he called Songs of the People: "Let it be our joyful task to search out, conserve, and make known the treasures of the Songs of the People".[1]: xxv In order to motivate the readers, Henry ran weekly song competitions, offering "a weekly prize of a free copy of the Northern Constitution for six months for the best old song submitted."[1]: xxv
The first song in the series, "The Flower of Sweet Dunmull" (Henry number H1)[1]: 191 was printed on 17 November 1923,[1]: 522 and the last one, "The Lass of Mohee" (H836),[1]: 372 on 9 December 1939.[1]: 531 A long period of illness caused Henry to suspend his editorship after "Ann O'Drumcroon" (H246)[1]: 249 was printed on 28 July 1928,[1]: 526 and he resumed his duties on 22 October 1932[1]: 526 with the printing of "The Braes of Sweet Kilhoyle" (H464).[1]: 167 During his long absence, the Songs of the People series was looked after by other editors[note 1] who published just over 200 articles altogether (numbered 247-463), which therefore do not appear in Henry's scrapbooks.[2] When the series ended on 9 December 1939, Henry had contributed just under 690 songs of high quality,[1]: xxviii many with multiple variants.[note 2] Although the songs were collected in a single district around Coleraine, there is a great amount of diversity, including not only native Irish songs but also songs from Scotland, England and North America.
When publication of the Northern Constitution weekly column ended with the advent of World War II, Henry continued to collect and annotate songs after his retirement[1]: xxiii [7] and tried to have his collection published in book form. To this end, he assembled two scrapbooks containing most of the material, edited and augmented by his notes of variations, plus other details and corrections of misprints. This material was in the form of cuttings, proof or typescript copies.[2]: 3 He also assembled three separate sets of Songs of the People:[5]: 1 the Belfast Central Library set, consisting mainly of offprints and cuttings from the Northern Constitution;[5]: 2 the National Library of Ireland (Dublin) set,[5]: 2 and the Library of Congress (Washington, DC) set, the latter two consisting of three scrapbooks each.[5]: 2 All these sets were assembled in varying degrees of completeness.[5]: 1 The Belfast set was subsequently copied by the BBC and one of the copies presented to the English Folk Dance and Song Society where it is kept in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House. The BBC also commissioned Sean O'Boyle to create an index intended for internal use.[5]: 2 Independently of Henry's efforts, another set had been compiled by A. Albert Campbell, a Belfast solicitor and bibliophile who had corresponded with Henry. Campbell bequeathed his set of eight scrapbooks to the Belfast Linen Hall Library and, although also incomplete at the time, this set was later augmented and any gaps filled with photocopies of the BBC set of Henry's own scrapbooks.[2]: 3–4
Legacy
[edit]Despite Henry's attempts to have his collection of folk songs published in book form, this would not happen until 1990, 38 years after his death, when Sam Henry's Songs of the People was published by the University of Georgia Press. This book includes all the songs Henry had published in the Northern Constitution from 17 November 1923 to 28 July 1928 (H1 to H246), and from 28 October 1932 to 9 December 1939 (H464 to H836),[1]: 522–531 with all the songs' tunes transcribed from tonic sol-fa to standard staff notation,[1]: xxxii–xxxvi plus extensive appendices, indexes and reference aids developed by the book's editors: Gale Huntington, Lani Herrmann and John Moulden.[1]: 522–631
Henry's collection was the subject of extensive scholarship by Moulden, yielding several publications[8] and a conference address to the Library of Congress on 2 May 2007.[9][10][11] The collection inspired recordings by folk singers such as Margaret Barry, Paul Brady, Eddie Butcher, Cara Dillon, Joe Heaney, Joe Holmes & Len Graham, Dolores Keane, Paddy Tunney, and many others. Andy Irvine, who first consulted the Dublin set in the mid-1960s,[12]: 44 has interpreted an extensive selection of its songs since the early 1970s[13] as a solo artist and with Planxty, Paul Brady, Patrick Street, and Mozaik.
In addition to his collection of songs, Henry left behind a large aggregate of 11,000 items, comprising photographs[14] and documents,[15] donated to the Coleraine Museum by his grandson, Gordon Craig, on 25 August 2011.[16]
A documentary in two episodes on Songs of the People was aired by the BBC, during April 2019.[17]
Publications
[edit]Books by Sam Henry
[edit]- A Hank of Yarns (No date)[18]
- Tales of the Antrim seaboard: Dunluce, Giant's Causeway, Fair Head (c.1930)[19]
- Rowlock rhymes and Songs of exile (1933)[20]
- Ulster folk tales: poetry, lore and tradition of the North-East (1939)[21]
- Songs of the people: collected from traditional sources (3 vol. musical score) (1941?)[22]
- The Story of St Patrick’s Church, Coleraine (1941?)[23]
- Dunluce and the Giant’s Causeway (c.1945)[24]
Books about Songs of the People
[edit]- Moulden, John, ed. (1979). Songs of the People: Selections from the Sam Henry collection, Part 1. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 978-0-85640-132-9.
- — (1994). Thousands are sailing: a brief song history of Irish emigration. Portrush, Northern Ireland: Ulstersongs. ISBN 978-1-898437-01-7.
- Huntington, Gale; Herrmann, Lani; Moulden, John, eds. (1990). Sam Henry's Songs of the People (hardcover) (1st ed.). Athens, GA and London: The University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-1258-3.
- —; —; —, eds. (2010) [First published 1990]. Sam Henry's Songs of the People (softcover) (Reprinted ed.). Athens, GA and London: The University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3625-1.
Selected discography
[edit]The following table shows a selection of songs recorded from Henry's collection.
- Title – the title of the song (this column is sortable)
- No. – the song's Henry number (Hxxx) (this column is sortable)
- Singer – the name of the singer on the recording (this column is sortable)
- Album – the title of the album featuring the recorded song (this column is sortable)
- Year – the year the album was released (this column is sortable)
- Notes – a reference about the song and/or its recording (this column is not sortable).
Title | No. | Singer | Album | Year | Notes |
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"Blackwater Side" | H811 | Cara Dillon | Wanderer | 2017 | [1]: 461 |
"Bonny Bonny" | H75b | Cara Dillon | Sweet Liberty | 2003 | [1]: 199 |
"Bonny Brown Jane" | H613 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
Chaste Muses, Bards And Sages | 1976 | [1]: 396 |
"Bonny Woodha'" | H476 | Dick Gaughan | The Bonny Pit Laddie | 1975 | [1]: 84 |
Andy Irvine | Andy Irvine/Paul Brady | 1976 | [1]: 84 | ||
"Boston Burglar" | H202 | Margaret Barry | Ireland's Own | 1976 | [1]: 119 |
"Bright Morning Star" | H146 | Cara Dillon | A Thousand Hearts | 2014 | [1]: 180 |
"Captain Co(u)lston" | H562 | Paddy Tunney | The Flowery Vale | 1976 | [1]: 113 |
Andy Irvine | Parallel Lines | 1982 | [1]: 113 | ||
"Carrowclare" | H169 | Andy Irvine | All in Good Time | 1993 | [1]: 298 |
"Coleraine Regatta" | H36 | Paul Brady | The Barley Corn | 1969 | [1]: 74 |
Eddie Butcher | I Once Was A Daysman | 1975 | [1]: 74 | ||
"Come With Me Over The Mountain" | H61b | Andy Irvine | Rain on the Roof | 1996 | [1]: 459 |
"Dark-Eyed Gipsy" | H124 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
Chaste Muses, Bards And Sages | 1976 | [1]: 509 |
"Donald of Glencoe" | H655 | Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon | 2001 | [1]: 319 |
"Éirigh Suas a Stóirín" | H42a | Cara Dillon | A Thousand Hearts | 2014 | [1]: 147 |
"Farewell To Balleymoney" | H615 | Andy Irvine | Rainy Sundays... Windy Dreams | 1980 | [1]: 343 |
"Farewell To Old Ireland" | H743 | Andy Irvine | Rainy Sundays... Windy Dreams | 1980 | [1]: 200 |
"Flora" | H637 | Eddie Butcher | I Once Was A Daysman | 1975 | [1]: 385 |
"Going To Mass Last Sunday" | H625 | Margaret Barry | I Sang Through The Fairs | 1998 | [1]: 342 |
"Grá Mo Croi" | H204 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 388 |
"Green Grows the Laurel" | H165b | Andy Irvine | Street Life | 1997 | [1]: 260 |
Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon | 2001 | [1]: 260 | ||
"Green Grows the Rashes" | H165a | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 260 |
"Her Mantle So Green" | H76 | Margaret Barry | Street Songs and Fiddle Tunes | 1957 | [1]: 314 |
Andy Irvine | Made in Cork | 1997 | [1]: 314 | ||
"I Am A Youth That's Inclined To Ramble" | H788 | Paul Brady | Welcome Here Kind Stranger | 1978 | [1]: 300 |
Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon | 2001 | [1]: 300 | ||
"Jack Tar" | H779 | Andy Irvine | Live at Foxrock Folk Club | 1971 | [1]: 54 |
"Jacket So Blue" | H644 | Cara Dillon | A Thousand Hearts | 2014 | [1]: 367 |
"John Mitchell" | H179ab | Joe Heaney | Irish Songs In Gaelic And English | 1965 | [1]: 125 |
Paddy Tunney | Ireland Her Own | 1966 | [1]: 125 | ||
"Johnny and Molly" | H755 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 297 |
"Kellswater" | H695 | Andy Irvine | The Woman I Loved So Well | 1980 | [1]: 442 |
"Loughinsholin" | H176 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 146 |
"Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle" | H813 | Margaret Barry | Ireland's Queen Of The Tinkers Sings | 1960 | [1]: 468 |
"Lovely Glenshesk" | H28a | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 194 |
"Mary and the Soldier" | H782 | Paul Brady | Andy Irvine/Paul Brady | 1976 | [1]: 473 |
"Moorlough Mary" | H173 | Cara Dillon | A Thousand Hearts | 2014 | [1]: 250 |
"Molly Bawn" | H114 | Seamus Ennis | World Library: Volume I - Ireland | 1955 | [1]: 143 |
Mick Hanly | The 5th Irish Folk Festival | 1978 | [1]: 143 | ||
"My Love Nell" | H49 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 200 |
"Nights in Carrowclare" | H169 | Andy Irvine | Changing Trains | 2008 | [1]: 298 |
"Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" | H192 | Paul Brady | Welcome Here Kind Stranger | 1978 | [1]: 101 |
Dolores Keane | Farewell To Éirinn | 1980 | [1]: 101 | ||
"Pat Reilly" | H574 | Eddie Butcher | Shamrock, Rose and Thistle project | 1966 | [1]: 80 |
Andy Irvine | The Well Below the Valley | 1973 | [1]: 80 | ||
"Roger O'Hehir" | H486 | Andy Irvine | The Woman I Loved So Well | 1980 | [1]: 121 |
"She's Like the Swallow" | H683 | Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon | 2001 | [1]: 393 |
"She Moves Through the Fair" | H141 | Margaret Barry | Songs of an Irish Tinker Lady | 1956 | [1]: 395 |
"Spanking Maggie From The Ross" | H516 | Andy Irvine | Made in Cork | 1997 | [1]: 35 |
"Streets of Derry" | H705 | Andy Irvine | Andy Irvine/Paul Brady | 1976 | [1]: 132 |
Cara Dillon | After the Morning | 2005 | [1]: 132 | ||
"Sweet Bann Water" | H722 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 343 |
Andy Irvine | (Live at Róisín Dubh, Galway) | 2001 | |||
"The Banks of the Foyle" | H2 | Cara Dillon | Wanderer | 2017 | [1]: 215 |
"The Bonny Light Horseman" | H122a | Andy Irvine | High Kings of Tara | 1980 | [1]: 88 |
"The Emigrant's Farewell" | H743 | Cara Dillon | Sweet Liberty | 2003 | [1]: 200 |
"The Factory Girl" | H127 | Margaret Barry | Songs of an Irish Tinker Lady | 1956 | [1]: 368 |
"The Faughan Side" | H621 | Eddie Butcher | Shamrock, Rose and Thistle project | 1966 | [1]: 191 |
Cara Dillon | Wanderer | 2017 | [1]: 191 | ||
"The Flower of Gortade" | H178 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
Chaste Muses, Bards And Sages | 1976 | [1]: 233 |
"The Flower of Sweet Strabane" | H224 | Margaret Barry | Songs of an Irish Tinker Lady | 1956 | [1]: 390 |
"The Galway Shawl" | H652 | Margaret Barry | Songs of an Irish Tinker Lady | 1956 | [1]: 269 |
Ged Foley | On the Fly | 2007 | [1]: 269 | ||
"The Girl I Left Behind" | H118 | Andy Irvine | Way Out Yonder | 2000 | [1]: 401 |
"The Green Fields of Amerikay" | H743 | Len Graham | Wind And Water | 1977 | [1]: 200 |
"The Green Fields of Canada" | H743 | Paddy Tunney | The Man Of Songs | 1962 | [1]: 200 |
Andy Irvine | Cold Blow and the Rainy Night | 1974 | [1]: 200 | ||
"The Hare's Lament" | H12 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 31 |
"The Hills of Donegal" | H196 | Margaret Barry | Songs of an Irish Tinker Lady | 1956 | [1]: 210 |
"The Kilgrain Hare" | H12 | Andy Irvine | Cornerboys | 1996 | [1]: 31 |
"The Lakes Of Pontchartrain" | H619 | Paul Brady | Cold Blow and the Rainy Night | 1976 | [1]: 373 |
"The Lass of Glenshee" | H590 | Cara Dillon | Hill of Thieves | 2009 | [1]: 486 |
"The Lion's Den" | H474 | Eddie Butcher | I Once Was A Daysman | 1975 | [1]: 488 |
"The Lonesome Scenes of Winter" | H637 | Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon | 2001 | [1]: 385 |
"The Longford Weaver" | H745 | Andy Irvine | Rainy Sundays... Windy Dreams | 1980 | [1]: 47 |
"The Maid of Culmore" | H687 | Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon | 2001 | [1]: 302 |
"The Maid of Mourne Shore" | H27a | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 371 |
"The Mountain Road" | H515 | Margaret Barry | The Blarney Stone | 1961 | [1]: 273 |
"The Mountain Streams" | H32 | Eddie Butcher | I Once Was A Daysman | 1975 | [1]: 269 |
"The Parting Glass" | H769 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
After Dawning | 1979 | [1]: 65 |
"The Rambling Siúler" | H183 | Andy Irvine | After the Break | 1979 | [1]: 268 |
"The Rocks of Bawn" | H139 | Seamus Ennis | World Library: Volume I - Ireland | 1955 | [1]: 42 |
Joe Heaney | Irish Music in London Pubs | 1965 | [1]: 42 | ||
Paul Brady | The Given Note | 1995 | [1]: 42 | ||
"The Thatchers of Gleanrea" | H186 | Dick Gaughan | No More Forever | 1972 | [1]: 46 |
"The Verdant Braes of Skreen" | H593 | Cara Dillon | Hill of Thieves | 2009 | [1]: 389 |
"The Wild Colonial Boy" | H750 | Margaret Barry | Street Songs and Fiddle Tunes | 1957 | [1]: 120 |
"The Yellow Bittern" | H830 | Joe Heaney | Come All Ye Gallant Irishmen | 1975 | [1]: 64 |
Paddy Tunney | The Stone Fiddle | 1982 | [1]: 64 | ||
"Thousands Are Sailing" | N/A | Eddie Butcher | I Once Was A Daysman | 1975 | [26]: 4–5 |
Andy Irvine | Words & Music | 1983 | [26]: 4–5 | ||
"Three Huntsmen" | H185 | Johnny Moynihan | Sweeney's Men | 1968 | [1]: 128 |
Andy Irvine | Abocurragh | 2010 | [1]: 128 | ||
"True Lover John" | H722 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
Chaste Muses, Bards And Sages | 1976 | [1]: 343 |
"Tumbling through the Hay" | H697 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
Chaste Muses, Bards And Sages | 1976 | [1]: 278 |
"When I Was a Bachelor" | H694 | Joe Holmes and Len Graham |
Chaste Muses, Bards And Sages | 1976 | [1]: 503 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ "The Songs of the People series in the Northern Constitution weekly newspaper of Coleraine, County Londonderry was initiated by Sam Henry in 1923 and continued until 1939. From a date in 1928 until a date in 1932 the series, numbers 247-463, was edited, not by Sam Henry but principally by two others, James Moore and William Devine, Moore for about 8 months and Devine for around three years, with occasional interventions by three others."[6]
- ^ "A Henry number is assigned to each item, corresponding to the number of the original column and preceded by a letter "H". If the column contains two or more items, the Henry number is followed by a lowercase letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. A separate letter is assigned to each variant; for example, two texts that share a tune, or two tunes with the same text, are listed as two items. The purpose here is to give a unique differentiating label to each variant combination."[1]: xxxi
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr Huntington, Gale; Herrmann, Lani; Moulden, John, eds. (1990). Sam Henry's Songs of the People. Athens, GA and London: The University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-1258-4.
- ^ a b c d Moulden, John (3 March 1977), "The 'Songs of the People' collection", Slow Air, 1: 3–6
- ^ Newmann, Kate (2016). "Dictionary of Ulster Biography". newulsterbiography.co.uk. Ulster History Circle. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "The Sam Henry Collection". niarchive.org (PDF). Northern Ireland Community Archive. (Section: "Click here for a brief overview of the project findings."). Retrieved on 11 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Moulden, John, ed. (1979). Songs of the People: Selections from the Sam Henry collection, Part 1. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 0-85640-132-3.
- ^ Moulden, John (16 April 2010). Details on Northern Constitution song editors (1928-1932) (Website). State College, PA, USA: The Mudcat Café. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ Folk Music Journal (English Folk Dance and Song Society), Vol. 3 No. 3, 1977
- ^
"Most widely held works by John Moulden". worldcat.org. Dublin, OH: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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ignored (help) - ^ "John Moulden : North American Influence on a North Irish Song Collection". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ Moulden, John (Speaker) (2 May 2007). North American Influence on a North Ireland Song Collection (Webcast; sound only). Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Rediscovering Northern Ireland". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ O'Toole, Leagues (2006). The Humours of Planxty. Ireland: Hodder Headline. ISBN 0-340-83796-9.
- ^ Irvine, Andy (1988). Aiming for the Heart (1st ed.). Germany: Heupferd Musik Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-923445-01-1.
- ^ "Rathlin through the Lens: Photographs from the Sam Henry Collection" (PDF). niarchive.org. Northern Ireland Community Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Sam Henry: Revealing History Through Objects Toolkit" (PDF). niarchive.org. Northern Ireland Community Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "New lease of life for the Sam Henry collection". causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk. Coleraine: Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ McTear, Ian (21 April 2019). "A life of song: How Sam Henry saved the people's music". Sam Henry – Songs of the People. Episode 1. BBC Two Arts. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Henry, Sam. A Hank of Yarns. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via nli.ie.
- ^ Henry, Sam (1930). Tales of the Antrim seaboard: Dunluce, Giant's Causeway, Fair Head. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via nli.ie.
- ^ Henry, Sam (1933). "Rowlock rhymes and Songs of exile". nli.ie. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Henry, Sam (1939). "Ulster folk tales: poetry, lore and tradition of the North-East". nli.ie. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Henry, Sam (1941). "Songs of the people: collected from traditional sources". nli.ie. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Henry, Sam (1941). The Story of St Patrick's Church, Coleraine. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via nli.ie.
- ^ Henry, Sam (1945). Dunluce and the Giant's Causeway. Dublin: National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via nli.ie.
- ^ Irvine, Andy (2001). Sweet Bann Water (Video clip). Live at Róisín Dubh, Galway: YouTube. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b Moulden, John (1994). Thousands are sailing: a brief song history of Irish emigration. Portrush, Northern Ireland: Ulstersongs. ISBN 1-898437-01-7.
External links
[edit]- "Sam Henry Collection at Coleraine Museum". niarchive.org. Northern Ireland Community Archive.
- "Exploring Sam Henry's preservation of Ulster-Scot traditions". ulsterscotsagency.com. Ulster-Scots Agency. 19 February 2015.
- 1878 births
- 1952 deaths
- Civil servants from Northern Ireland
- Irish antiquarians
- Male fiddlers from Northern Ireland
- Folk-song collectors from Northern Ireland
- Journalists from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century photographers from Northern Ireland
- Tin whistle players from Northern Ireland
- Musicians from County Londonderry
- People from Coleraine, County Londonderry
- Male flautists from Northern Ireland