Hi - on the strength of the BBC documentary I bought the Lomax LP and was disappointed that it didn't include either the Gaelic version of "Goodnight Irene" nor "I'll Go No More A Rovin'" - despite the fact that the BBC's programme notes state:

"Lomax and Ennis pooled their unique archive - from their separate 1947 and 1951 field trips - to assemble the very first anthology of Irish traditional music ever to be compiled on an LP - what they described as '...the first systematic mapping of the folk or oral musical tradition.' Filled with accordions, fiddles, pianos, stories and songs, the album would become a template for future musicians, introducing generations to songs which would eventually become standards: I'll Go No More A Rovin', Whiskey In The Jar, She Moves Through The Fair."

So where did the BBC get its recordings of those two songs from? Clearly not from the Lomax LP. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Dave