Jim Lowe interviewed by Barry McDonald in the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1869847
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lowe, Jim, 1896-1984, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for both research and public use during the lifetime of the interviewer.
- Description:
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- 1984 Sept. 16
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 17 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording: REEL 2720/41/52. Music: - 1. Song: The Old Bark Hut (fragment, learnt from Bob Sale's wife). 2. The Old Bark Hut (whistling then lilting). 3. The Old Bark Hut (tune on the mouth-organ). 4. Letter edged in black (mouth-organ). 5. Conversation: how he encountered his first flush toilet. 6. Song: Ring the bell, watchman (fragment). 7. Conversation: how he wakes up singing, describes his own physique, how eating the last piece on the plate meant you would never marry, how counting 11 stars for 9 nights meant that the first person you shook hands with you would marry, his existential questions such as why are we here?, is there a God?, why does He permit suffering?, how the little Baldwin girls were burnt at Backwater.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 16 September 1984, at Guyra, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (1 p.)
- Subject:
- 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 2054 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1984
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