Tom Kearns and Kathleen Kearns interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3884924
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kearns, Tom, 1932-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2006 October 20
- 2 sound files (ca. 132 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Tom Kearns born 19 September 1932, in county Sligo, Ireland; talks about parents background; childhood memories; father a singer; influence of singers Delia Murphy and Nutty family; discovering that he could sing; house parties; Australian connection with Delia Murphy; schooling; his childhood living on a farm; scarcity of money; house parties and other social functions; Sean-noss dancing; Kathleens father; Kathleen Kearns born 1942 in Ballymore in Ireland; her family history; her childhood memories; social functions; enjoyed dancing more than singing; no spoken Gaelic at school or home; predominantly male singers; dancing Ceilidh; Tom and Kathleen living in close proximity; his aunty and uncle; schooling; working on farm; collecting wood; interest in singing; origin of Sean-noss; learning songs from the old men; their marriage (1965); migrating to Australia (1970) on the Ten Pound Scheme; landing at Fremantle; jobs both in England and Australia; her raising the children; her occupation as lecturer in the Billings Method of Natural Family Planning; both involved as volunteer workers; Aboriginal families; reasons for living in Perth; involvement with the Irish community; President of the Gaelic Football Association (1974); Knights of the Southern Cross; work commitments; daughter Dympna plays whistle was in a band; recipes; role of the Australian/Irish Heritage Association; St Bridgets Cross; Tom discusses singing; Kathleens father great influence on his singing; recordings of his music; style of singing.
- Partial contents:
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- Sings songs and tells stories: story about his father going to wakes to listen to songs
- Sings Down by the Lough Arrow
- sings lullaby 'Castle of Dromore' in Gaelic and English
- sings first song learnt (fragment)
- story about a house party
- explanation of 'rambling house' social functions
- whistling 'Whistling air of far away in Australia'
- sings 'Air of far away in Australia'
- story of the song
- story of meeting Kathleen
- story of being treasurer of the Credit Union
- story about the pet pig
- recitation: lines from the song
- sings unidentified song to show double rhyming
- story on the song Far away in Australia
- whistles song 'Far away in Australia'
- story on the song 'Noch Schee'
- sings 'Noch Schee' (fragment)
- stories of unidentified songs
- sings unidentified songs
- explains lilting
- lilting as a jig and reel
- story of his childhood home.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Accompanying photographs.
- Recorded on October 20, 2006 at Perth, W.A.
- Related Material:
- Related video recording with Tom Kearns: located at; National Library of Australia Oral History & Indigenous Programs collection at ORAL TRC 6936/82.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 65 leaves)
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