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Record Id:7847868 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Lowenstein, Marti.
Title:[Folkloric recording : Marti Lowenstein and Sophie Gerardis demonstrate and talk about children's rhymes and games] [sound recording] / [recorded by Norm O'Connor].
Published:1966 Feb. 26.
Description:1 tape reel (ca. 46 min. 15 sec.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track mono ; 7 in.
Playing Time:004615
Series:Norm O'Connor folklore collection
Contents:Singing clapping rhymes : 13. 'Longlegged', 14. 'Dutch girl', 15. 'A sailor went to sea', two brief versions, 16. 'My mother said', 17. 'Criss cross (Rubber dolly)' ; singing skipping rhymes : 18. 'Teddy Bear', 19. 'Cowboy Joe', 20. 'Salt & pepper', 21. 'Blue bells', 22. 'When I say', 23. 'Charlie Chaplin', 24. 'Andy Pandy', 25. 'Cup and saucer', 26. 'I know a blackfella' ; singing counting-out rhymes : 27. Tic tac toe', 'Little Miss Pink', 'Big fat snake', 'Silver top taxi', 'Eenie meenie' ; conversation : various rhymes and games discussed, 'In the kitchen', 'Vote for Marti', 'All in for a bottle of gin', 'Down the Mississippi', French, German and Double Dutch, insults (eg. 'Red, white and blue'), ball games ; side 2 : demonstration of : 'Two more weeks & we shall be', 'Auntie Mary had a canary', 'Peter had a boat', 'Fried eggs for Christmas', 'I'm a little Dutch girl', 'Who stole the cookies', 'Flee fli flo'
Notes:Demonstration and conversation.
Preservation, working duplicate and cassette copies made.
Lending copy: 1 cassette.
Recording begins 29 minutes into reel, side 1, and continues for ca. 11 minutes on side 2.
Speed of recording varies from 3 3/4 ips to 7 1/2 ips.
Part of a collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Recorded in Melbourne, Vic. on February 26, 1966.
Subjects:Folk songs, English -- Australia.
Games -- Australia.
Children's songs -- Australia.
Other Authors:O'Connor, Norman.
Gerardis, Sophie.
Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Access Conditions:Open access.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) ORAL TRC 2539/048

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