FS. When you say street songs, are you talking about children's rhymes, games etc., or Belfast broadside songs?

If the former, probably the best starting point is Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood, by Alice Kane, edited by Edith Fowke. Wolfhound. 1983. 0 86327 005 0.

AK was born in Belfast bt emigrated to Canada aged 13. Hence the Edith Fowke connection.

Also, Picking Up The Linen Threads by Betty Messenger. Blackstaff. 1980. ISBN 0 85640 210 9. This is about the folklore of the Northern Ireland linen industry, but I'd be surprised if there are no street rhymes in there.

There are some children's songs in Belfast, City of Song; Maurice Leyden, ed. Brandon. 1983. ISBN 0 86322 110 6. Plus there's plenty of songs that would have been sung by adult street singers.

Finally, there's All In, All In by Eilís Brady. Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann. 1984. ISBN 0 901120 85 5. As far as I rememebr, this entirely comprises street games and rhymes of Dublin children. But I'll bet there's a lot of material in there which overlaps with Belfast.

The MacColl, Behan disc, which someone mentioned, is of Dublin and Salford children's songs, not Belfast.