Mabs Hutcheson interviewed by Barry McDonald in the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5070772
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hutcheson, Mabs, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewer.
- Description:
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- 1984
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 121 min.) : analog, mono.
- Series:
- Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording: Mabs Hutcheson sings, plays and discusses songs of Nambucca, Armidale District and New England, N.S.W.; his father's biography; Albert 'Dooley' Chapman; the song The wedding of Locky McGraw; and 'home made' music in the bush.
- Full contents:
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- CASSETTE 1, Mabs Hutcheson, singing:
- Maude
- Australian birds in the bush
- Grace darling
- Maude (repeat)
- Down on the farm
- Bury me beneath the willows
- There's only the two of us here
- I never knew
- Genevieve
- Juanita
- Soft as the voice of an angel (aka.: Whispering hope)
- Whisper my name to Nell (Gallipoli song)
- The faithful sailor boy
- You'd better stay at home
- On the banks of the Clyde
- Massa's in the cold, cold ground
- In the days of auld lang syne
- In the days of auld lang syne (repeat)
- CASSETTE 2, Mabs Hutcheson, singing:
- Down in the cane brakes
- Jock McGraw (comic song)
- All men are devils (comic song)
- The rose, shamrock and thistle
- If all the sea was made of beer
- Wait till the clouds roll by
- Jim
- On the banks of Allan Water
- Good old Jeff
- The old apple tree
- Just a bunch of golden wattle
- That old pal o'mine
- Look for a silver lining
- Somebody's waiting for me
- The miner's dream of hope
- Maggie
- Don't laugh at the Irish
- Recording of her sister, Jenny McKenzie:
- (Unidentified) (fiddle)
- Mabs Hutcheson:
- Babes in the wood (singing)
- The sun shines bright (mouth organ)
- (unidentified) (mouth organ)
- Home sweet home (tin whistle).
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 1 January 1984, at Nambucca, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
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- Hutcheson, Mabs -- Interviews
- Folk singers -- New South Wales -- Nambucca -- Interviews
- Folk musicians -- New South Wales -- Nambucca -- Interviews
- Folk songs -- New South Wales -- Nambucca
- Singing -- New South Wales -- Nambucca
- Fiddling -- New South Wales -- Nambucca
- Harmonica music -- New South Wales -- Nambucca
- Penny whistle music
- Nambucca (N.S.W.) -- History
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- McDonald, Barry, 1955-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
This collection contains 121 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2050 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1980
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