A soldier's life for me in Merry Progress: a radio series examining anthologies of traditional and contemporary folk songs and verse
- Bib ID:
- 8125436
- Format:
- Audio
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research use; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the performer. Written permission also required for public use from the New South Wales Folk Federation.
- Description:
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- 1971
- 1 audiotape reel (approximately 30 min.) : analog
- Series:
- Merry Progress: a radio series examining anthologies of traditional and contemporary folk songs and verse
- Full contents:
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- A soldier's life for me (with singers in order of appearance: Martin Carthy, Marie Little, The Young Tradition, Jumbo Brightwell, Gerry Fox, Bob Scarce, Phil Tanner, A. L. Lloyd; and acting/reciting by Pat Bishop and John Bonney): Verse: I hate that drum's discordant sound
- Singing: Arthur McBride
- Verse: Private reasons
- Singing: The white cockade
- Reading: General's reputation
- Singing: Go laddie go 'wa
- Verse: Over the hills and far away
- Singing: The banks of the Nile
- Reading: Helmet and rifle
- Singing: Follow the hero who goes to Quebec
- Verse: Our bugles sang truce
- Singing: Now General Woolf to his men he did say
- Verse: I've been to the wars and I've lost one leg
- Singing: It's of a gentleman soldier
- Reading: The returning soldier
- Singing: Oh a regimental soldier
- Verse: Johnny has gone for a soldier
- Singing: What did the wife of a soldier get?
- Verse: For the deadly wars
- Singing: Many a widow.
- Notes:
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- Dubbing of a radio series. Scripted by Warren Fahey; spoken by Max Meldrum, Pat Bishop, John Bonney; songs performed by various artists.
- Recordings dubbed during 1971 at Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary not yet available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- New South Wales Folk Federation
- Also Titled:
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- Soldier's life for me
- Merry Progress. Program 8, Soldier's life for me
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Merry Progress: a radio series examining anthologies of traditional and contemporary folk songs and verse.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1971
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