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Folkloric recording: John Dengate sings topical songs [sound recording] / interviewer, John Meredith
Bib ID 2066887
Format AudioAudio
Author
Dengate, John, 1938-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research use. 
Description 1985. 
2 sound tape reels (ca. 44 min.) ; 7 in. 
Series

John Meredith folklore collection. The complete works of John Dengate, political satirist

Full contents REEL 52. Singing:- 1. Cocky Caldwell song. c1967 (sungto the tune of: Bobbie Dundee). 2. Bougainville copper (tune: Laird of Wikpen). 3."The member for Adelaide -Anonymous". c1967 (tune: Villikins). 4. Catholic contraception. 1966 (tune: Irish washerwoman). 5. City boundary song. Mid-60s (tune: Barbara Allen). 6. Askin woos the Catholics. Mid-60s (tune: Kevin Barry). 7. Teacher's strike. Oct. 1968 (tune: Old Reilly's daughter). 8. Westmorland song. Mid-60s (tune: High Germany). 9. Take your armalite rifles. Mid-60s (tune: Franky & Johnny). 10. My Lai massacre. 60s (tune: Collier laddy). 11. President Johnson's visit. 60s (tune: Yellow rose of Texas). REEL 53. Singing:- 1. Bill from Erskinville. Early 70s (original tune). 2. The song of the sheet metal worker. Late 60s (tune: Valley of Nockmure). 3. The peach pickers. Mid-60s (tune: Flash Jack from Gundagai). 4. Carlingford to Clyde. Mid-60s (tune: Casey Jones). 5. Great-Grand-Dad's song (tune: Ten thousand miles). 6. Road to Ivanhoe. c1960 (tune: British Grenadiers). 7. 16 men on a dead man's chest (traditional ex Don Ayrton, 1950s). 8. The flying cloud (incomplete) (traditional ex Don Ayrton). 
Notes

Also numbered as: Dengate three and Dengate four.

Recorded at Glebe, New South Wales, on January 10, 1985.

Subjects Dengate, John, - 1938- - Interviews.  |  Political ballads and songs - Australia.  |  Satirical songs - Australia.  |  Protest songs - Australia.  |  Australia - Social conditions - 20th century.
Other authors/contributors Meredith, John, 1920-2001

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