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Mr Ollie Moore sings music hall and World War I songs [sound recording] / Recorded by John Meredith and Rob Willis
Bib ID 358691
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Moore, Ollie, 1906-, Performer
 
Access Conditions Access open for research. 
Description 1992 
1 digital audio tape (ca. 52 min.) 
Series

John Meredith folklore collection.

Summary

Folkloric recording.

Full contents Singing: Bourke Street Saturday Night. Conversation: family musical background; origins of his songs. Singing: My Name Sing Sing; You Will Never Meet Her; There's a Light Burning Bright; She Does Not Care For Me; My Sister Jane Maria; Down in the Coalmine; From Liverpool Across the Atlantic. Conversation: learning singing; performances. Singing: My Name is Paddy McGuire, aborted, then restarted; Only One of the Toys; repeated; Australia Will Be There; It's Mine When You're Done With It; repeated (aborted); repeated; Some Hearts Will be Joyful; Home Again to Dear Old Aussie; Rally Round the Banner of Your Country (Australia Will Be There); Come Out! Come Out!; Early in the Morning; Silver Bell (fragment); Follow the Tram Track; Hitch Your Wagon to a Sunbeam (fragment); When We Were Lads (fragment). Story: Good Morning. Singing: You Called Me Baby Doll; I've Just Come Down; On the Mississippi (fragment); Japan Can Go To Hell (fragment); John! John! John!; Since My Old Woman Went To Scotland; Lay Your Head on My Shoulder; What Would You Take For Me Papa?; When the Great Red Dawn is Shining; When the Boys Come Marching Back; Daisies Don't Tell (Handsome Harry); Scrub! Scrub! Scrub!; Thomas the Cat (Our Tomcat). 
Notes

Singing and conversation.

Recorded at Swan Hill, Vic. on 21 August 1992.

Subjects Folk songs, English -- Australia.  |  War songs -- Australia.
Other authors/contributors Meredith, John, 1920-2001, Interviewer  |  Willis, Rob, 1944-, Interviewer

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