Simon McDonald plays fiddle and sings folk songs in the Norm O'Connor folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1763261
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McDonald, Simon, 1907-1968, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1960
- 1 tape reel (ca. 53 min.) : analog : 7 1/2 ips, half track mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
- Full contents:
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- Fiddle: 1. Father O'Flynn, jig ; 2. Shoemakers fancy, jig ; 3. Connanghtman's rambles, jig ; 4. Rakes of Kildare, jig ; 5. My love she's but a lassie yet ; 6. Irish washerwoman, jig ; 7. Frog potters, waltz ; 8. Finnegan's wake ; 9. Turkey in the straw ; 10. Kathleen Mavourneen ; 11. Shillelagh under me arm, barn dance ; 12. Green shades of Gash ; 13. Wind that shakes the barley, jig ; 15. The lad, sailor's hornpipe ; 16. Pibroch of Donal Dink ; 17. Blue bonnets over the ocean ;
- Singing: 18. The banks of Claudy ; 19. The banks of Claudy ; 20. Ginny over the moor ; 21. Billy Brink, comic song ; 22. The last sailor. Side 2. Singing: 1. Grey dawn ; 2. Gentle Annie, fragment ; 3. On the bridge at midnight ; 4. Apprentice boy, incomplete ; 5. Golden vanity ; 6. The light in the window shines brightly tonight ; 7. Grandpa's chair is vacant ; 8. Cockies of Bungaree ; 9. Old man kangaroo ; 10. Wild colonial boy.
- Notes:
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- A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
- Collected by Norm O'Connor and Maryjean Officer.
- Recorded at Creswick, Victoria during 1960.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Some transcripts available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
This collection contains 121 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2030 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1960
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