Mick Pilley, Jack Wright, Muriel Whalan and Bill McGuinness interviewed by John Meredith for John Meredith folklore field recordings, 1953-1961 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 148561
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pilley, Mick, -1972, performer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1959
- 1 tape reel (min. 30 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- John Meredith folklore field recordings, 1953-1961.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
- Full contents:
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- Mick Pilley, fiddle music: two schottische tunes
- Paddy McGinnity's goat (schottische tune)
- Jack Wright talks about the origins of the song: Garrawilla
- Singing: Garrawilla
- Wright talks about the song: "Sixteen thousand miles from home' and the difficulties experienced by early Irish settlers in Australia
- Singing: Sixteen thousand miles from home
- Wright talks about: 'Fol the diddle di do', a cook who worked at the Liverpool Plains
- the origins of the song 'The fish'
- Singing: The fish
- Wright explains the term 'masher'
- Singing: The masher
- Muriel Whalan, singing: Jambaroora gold (fragment)
- Harry Dale the drover (The ballad of the drover)
- Pommy's lament
- Muriel Whalan talks about the song: Sergeant Small, set in the days of the Great Depression (Sergeant Small arrested individuals 'jumping the rattler', that is boarding trains without having paid the fare)
- Muriel Whalan, singing: Sergeant Small (fragment)
- The billy boils over
- Bill McGinness, singing: The wild colonial boy.
- Notes:
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- Singing.
- Recording begins approximately 5 min. 40 sec. into Tape 29B.
- Recorded in 1959 in Coogee and Mudgee, N.S.W. ; on 16 April 1959 in Katoomba, N.S.W. ; and on 17 April 1959 in Bathhurst, N.S.W.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214824175
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and transcript of songs, p. 121-125, p. 226-230.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the John Meredith folklore field recordings, 1953-1961.
This collection contains 59 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2029 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1959
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