Sister Dorrie interviewed by John Meredith for the John Meredith folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3017532
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Ricketts, Dorothy, performer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 1986 Nov. 20
- 3 tape reels (ca. 69 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 7 in.
- Series:
- John Meredith folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Sister Dorrie (Dorothy Carroll nee Ricketts) plays accordion and autoharp, talks and recites. She talks about her career as a Tivoli Theatre soubrette, and as the partner of Tex Morton; being honoured at Tamworth in 1985; death of Tex Morton in 1983.
- Full contents:
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- Recitation:
- Tex Morton, Take a bow, own composition; fragment of Beautiful Queensland
- Across the Nullabor, own composition
- Accordion:
- Jingle bells
- Two little girls in blue
- Daisy Bell
- Polka medley
- Varsoviana
- Ring the bell, watchman
- Don't take me home
- Autoharp:
- Swannee River
- Redwings
- Ring the bell, watchman
- Are you thinking of me tonight
- Maggie.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in Potts Point, New South Wales on 20 November 1986.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221517870
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Meredith, John, 1920-2001, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the John Meredith folklore collection.
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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