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Title:Children's rhymes, jokes and songs from the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne for the Wendy Lowenstein Australian folklore and social history collection [sound recording].
Published:[1969?].
Description:1 digital audio tape.
Series:Wendy Lowenstein Australian folklore and social history collection
Contents:Side 2: Pop-eye, the sailorman -- Tarzan swings -- The Protestant, the Catholic and the Jew (joke) -- Two men with the long thing and the man with the small thing (joke) -- Under the bamboo -- Have you ever ever in your long legged life -- Teddy bear, hop, hop, hop -- Red white and blue -- Jack and Jill went up the hill -- Hitler had only one brass ball -- Harry what have you done to me? -- Coomela vista -- The boy stood on the burning deck (two versions) -- Shirley Temple is a star -- Charlie Chaplin is a star -- Mary was on the dancing floor -- The night was dark and stormy -- Chapter one, one, one -- Going down the highway (two versions) -- Listen to a story about a man named Jed -- They called him knobby all -- The goat slid on the grass -- Dominic, inic, inicker had a forty four foot dicker -- They walked the lane together -- A man's occupation -- The captain's name was Ugger (from the Good Ship Venus) -- smart definitions, riddles etc. -- Georgy porgy -- Mary, Mary -- Auntie Mary had a canary -- Cock-a-doodle-doo -- Hey diddle (another version).00000000000.
Side 2 (continued): Jews, Catholics, Protestants etc. (joke) -- Why you shouldn't go to bed with a basketball player (joke) -- The elephant who gives wishes (joke) -- The proposal of the Prince to Cinderella (joke). Boys' rhymes from the inner South-Eastern suburbs: Three German officers crossed the line -- The old brown cow -- Carlton Bitter, Carlton Bitter -- Charlotte the harlot, lay dying -- Mary had a little bike -- Little Miss Muffet -- Two grass hoppers (joke) -- Mary Mary quite contrary (another version)
Notes:Side 1 of this tape is the continuation of an interview with Sam Long.
Recorded in Melbourne in 1969?
Subjects:Children's songs -- Australia.
Children's songs -- Victoria -- Melbourne.
Humor in children -- Australia.
Humor in children -- Victoria -- Melbourne.
Other Authors:Lowenstein, Wendy, 1927-
Access Conditions:Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (3506424) ORAL TRC 2915/92

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