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Folkloric recording: John Dengate sings topical songs [sound recording] / interviewer, John Meredith
Bib ID 544477
Format AudioAudio
Author
Dengate, John, 1938-
 
Access Conditions Open access. 
Description 1985. 
3 sound tape reels (ca. 69 min.) ; 7 in. 
Series John Meredith folklore collection. The complete works of John Dengate, political satirist 
Summary

Dengate explains the events that inspired each song.

Full contents REEL 55. Singing: - 1. The answer's Ireland (complete). 2. The schooner Eclipse. Mid-60s (sung to the tune of: Memory of the dead). 3. Malaysia song. 1964 (tune: Kelvin Grove + descant). 4. Tear it down. 60s (tune: Road to the Isles). 5. The Big Ben pie. Early 70s (tune: Flash Jack). 6. Cook's Bicentennial song. 1970 (tune: Kerrie Muir). 7. Another royal visit. 1970 (tune: Mush, mush, mush). 8. The Randwick races. 70s (tune: Galway races). 9. The Poker machine song. 70s (tune: traditional but unknown). REEL 56. Singing: - 1. The poker machine song (concluded from R-55). 2. Take your bulldozers away. Early 70s (original tune). 3. Thanks to the Yanks. Mid-70s (tune: Seamus O'Brien). 4. Anti Metrics. Mid-70s (tune: The dreary black hills). 5. A.S.I.O. c1978 (original tune). 6. The battle of Castle Hill, Mid-60s (tune: Maid of Fife). 8. Muddy Bank. Mid-70s (tune: I'm a rambler). REEL 57. Singing: - 1. Song of Childhood. c70s (original tune). 2. Bare legged Kate. c70s (tune: Bare legged Joe). 3. Old Calabrian man. 1976 (original tune). 4. Amalgamated Metal Workers and Ship Union song. 70s (tune: White, orange and green). 5. Coopers sparkling ale. 70s (original tune). 6. Train to Guilford. 70s (original tune). 7. Train to Lidcome. 1982 (tune: Garden where the praties grow). 8. Yo ho ho and a bottle of saki (tune: Blow ye winds to morning, Rule Brittania). 
Notes

Working duplicate and user cassette copies made.

Singing and conversation.

Lending copy: 3 cassettes.

Also numbered as: Dengate six, Dengate seven, and Dengate eight.

Recorded at Glebe, New South Wales on January 16, 1985.

Subjects Dengate, John, - 1938- - Interviews.  |  Political ballads and songs - Australia.  |  Protest songs - Australia.  |  Satirical songs - Australia.  |  Australia - Social conditions - 20th century.
Other Authors Meredith, John, 1920-2001
Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 2222/R55-57 Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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Members of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori communities are advised that this catalogue contains names and images of deceased people. All users of the catalogue should also be aware that certain words, terms or descriptions may be culturally sensitive and may be considered inappropriate today, but may have reflected the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written.