| Contents: | Conversation: born in Germany, life under the Nazis, decision to move to Australia and join the Snowy Scheme, journey across by ship, reception by the Snowy Authority, struggle to gain a suitable job for his qualifications, discrimination, Australian jealousy of immigrants, family coming out to Australia, buildings designed. Music: with the accordion plays German tunes and tunes learnt from Italians in Germany: Bavarian "Landler"; "Shue Plattler" German shoe slapping dance tune; tune "I have loaded my wagon", words; tune "The Birds wanted to to have a wedding"; repeated; German folk song "King Arthur from England was a bad man", words; Walking song, words; folk song "As the Romans got cheeky", words and explanation; songs passed onto the children; tune; song "All the birds are turning to the south", words; song from the 30 Years' War, words; children's song "Listen what's coming from outside"; "I walk through a grass green forest"; own song "On the well"; tune and song; tune "Be happy to be alive"; church song; children's song "Clap, clap, clap"; old song "Strasbourg"; repeat, words and explanation of words; song "The Tailor has a mouse"; Russian tune; song "All my ducklings are swimming on the sea"; song "Cuckoo, cuckoo"; Christmas carols; song "A Twig has sprung up, words; song "Come all ye"; "Sleep well you heavenly boy"; song "Where the shepherds find the truth", German/Latin; songs learnt in Germany before WWII from Italian workers; Italian song "What time are you coming tonight; "Ducha, Ducha" an Italian song about Mussolini; Dutch clog dance song; National song of Hamburg, words.
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