John Willis interviewed by John Meredith, Peter Ellis and Dennis O'Keeffe in the John Meredith folklore collection[sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 668199
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Willis, John, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Open access.
- Description:
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- 1991
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 80 min.)
- Series:
- John Meredith folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
- Full contents:
- TAPE 2590/16. Conversation: - 1. The spittoon. 2. Kangaroo remedy. 3. Red flannel fish bait. 4. Dad & Dave. 5. Dave & Mabel. 6. Dirty Dinny's glass eye. 7. Professor Rule. 8. When Jack was in the Army. 9. Aspros. 10. The haystack. 11. The boat. 12. The rat & the cocktail. 13. The corpse at "The Stump". 14. Phil Locke. 15. Phil Locke in Melbourne. 16. The miser. 17. The brown snake and the oars. 18. Terrick Rose and crucification. 19. Rat Gallagher. 20. Tom Kernon in the grave. 21. The young couple and the fart. 22. The straight-six Buick. 23. O.T. drink. 24. The new wireless. 25. The dry year. 26. Kingsford Smith. 27. The camel. 28. Horses. 29. Six o'clock closing. 30. Wimpels (snipe) and the boat. 31. Jobs at Nestles. 32. Irish migrants. 33. The trials. 34. Pat & Mick & the crocodile skin boots. 35. Pat and the helicopter. 36. The executions. 37. Look alikes. 38. Song: Spider lynch (O'Keeffe with Willis on mouth organ). 39. Song: The parson's cow (+ discussion of the tune). 40. Music: Waltz of Vienna (Willis on mouth organ). 41. Music: The Maxina (Willis on mouth organ). 42. The Carson Robinson medley (Willis on mouth organ). 43. Aunty Mary. 44. Ring the bell, watchman. 45. Tipperary. 46. Pack all your troubles. 47. Discussion: tells the story of The Illegal Cray-pot.
- Notes:
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- Recording begins from 32:01 to 01:52:20.
- John Willis tells local traditional stories and plays the mouth organ, and his nephew Dennis O'Keeffe sings
- Recorded on July 12, 1991 at Warrnambool, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
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- Until 2061 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1991
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