Bill Harney performs in the Norm O'Connor folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1766831
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Harney, W. E. (William Edward), 1895-1962, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1960
- 1 tape reel (ca. 42 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Bill Harney sings, reads poems, performs Aboriginal chants and speaks of collecting material.
- Full contents:
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- Singing: 1. Old bullock dray, fragment, 2. Old bark hut
- Aboriginal Chants, 3. Wallecea river, description of chant, 4. Poor fella me, 5. Jimmmy McCaddum ki-i-ki-i
- Poem: 6. Down on the Daly River O
- Singing: 7. Down on the Daly River O, 8. Wild Colonial boy
- Conversation: Harney speaks about a singer of The wild colonial boy and his singing style
- Singing: 9. Don't you remember black Alice Sam Holt, 10. Banks of Condamine
- 11. Reading from song sheet
- Songs Spoken: 12. Father's song (Dutch chanty), Who tied me dog loose (Chanty)
- Singing: 13. Cocky song (from Cuba), 14. Hand on the horn (from America)
- Conversation: 15. About rounding, yarding and branding cattle in Cuba, Cubans that came to Australia in 1907, Jimmy Panquee
- Singing: 17. Fanny bay, parody of Galway bay, written by Larry Boyes of Sydney
- Parodies: 18. Compo. anthem, tune sweet Betsy of Pike, 19. Home on the range
- Discussion: 20. About camps on Victoria River where these songs were sung
- Whistling: 21. Afghan song
- Conversation: 1. Song and Poem: 2. Song written after Red Wing. Parody: 3. Song written after Red Wing
- Conversation: 4. Discusses collecting in N.T., Dawson river song and speaks of Jack Harris singing Reedy Lagoon and Girl with Black velvet band.
- Notes:
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- A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
- Collected by Norm O'Connor and Bob Michell.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript)
- Subject:
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- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
This collection contains 121 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2030 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1960
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