Charles O'Leary interviewed by Barry McDonald in the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1717710
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- O'Leary, Charlie, 1900-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research and public use during the lifetime of the interviewer.
- Description:
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- 1989
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 95 min.): analog, mono.
- Series:
- Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording: Charles O'Leary plays the accordion, sings, recites and discusses local history of the Barraba Region, N.S.W.; learning songs; how he kept in time playing music; his relations in New England; his Indian background; his family and his marrige; Kingstown musicians; his birth in Barraba; busking after WWI; Sergeant Small; his concertina; playing cards; his upbringing; his children; his vamping techniques on accordion; playing in Jimmy Shand's band; working as a shearer; Maudie (Alice) Doran; Sergeant Small; his father; playing and the difference between a jig and a stepdance; George Flynn; Ray Doran; his mother and other concertina players; his parents; his playing style; Jack McDowell from Kingston; travelling to Kingstown to play at dances; and his early stay as an orphan in a convent.
- Full contents:
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- CASSETTE 1, Side A, Charlie O'Leary, accordion music:
- Set tune, Do what you do do well
- Set tune, Get a little dirt on your hands
- Ring the bell watchman
- Billy Brown's schottische (?)
- Barry McDonald, violin music: Waltz (unidentified)
- Charlie O'Leary, accordion music: Cileo lindo (?)
- Waltz of Vienna
- Side B, Charlie O'Leary, concertina music:
- The blue velvet band
- Set tune (unidentified)
- The blue velvet band (repeat)
- Barry McDonald, concertina music: Home sweet home
- Charlie O'Leary, singing: Welltown Alice is my name (Goondiwindi song)
- Barry McDonald, singing: Jacky, Jacky
- Charlie O'Leary, singing: Ring dang doo
- The monkey song
- Accordion music: Waltz (unidentified)
- Set tune (unidentified)
- Goodnight Irene
- Waltz (unidentified)
- Ring the bell watchman (accordion music)
- CASSETTE 2, Side A, Charlie O'Leary, accordion music:
- Waltz (unidentified)
- Ring the bell watchman
- Green grow the rushes, O
- Waltz of Vienna
- Ring the bell watchman (repeat)
- Mazurka (unidentified)
- Step tune, Snake in the long grass
- Billy Brown's schottische
- Singing and accordion music: Do what you do well
- Accordion music: Waltz (unidentified)
- Ring the bell watchman (repeat)
- Set tune (unidentified)
- Ring the bell watchman (repeat)
- Barry McDonald, accordion music: Set tune (unidentified)
- Charlie O'Leary, accordion music: On top of Old Smokey
- Do what you do well (repeat)
- Ring the bell watchman (repeat)
- Waltz (unidentified)
- CASSETTE 3, Side A, Charlie O'Leary, recitation:
- Booblieye and mind your eye.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in 1989, at Barraba, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (8 p.)
- Subject:
-
- O'Leary, Charlie, 1900- -- Interviews
- Folk musicians -- New South Wales -- Barraba -- Interviews
- Folk music -- New South Wales -- Barraba
- Accordion music -- New South Wales -- Barraba
- Concertina music -- New South Wales -- Barraba
- Violin music -- New South Wales -- Barraba
- Recitations
- Barraba (N.S.W.) -- History
- New England (N.S.W.) -- History
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- McDonald, Barry, 1955-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
This collection contains 121 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2059 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1989
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