John Dengate interviewed by Chris Woodland for the Chris Woodland folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4318629
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dengate, John, 1938-2013, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 34 min.)
- Series:
- Chris Woodland folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Singing, poetry and conversation. Topics of poems and parodies: London; George Bush; Iraq; John Howard; terrorism; ASIO; Alan Jones; El Alamein; Kokoda: Saddam Hussein; Tony Blair; Baghdad; Sally Sloane; John Meredith; Federal Government; Tony Abbott; Philip Ruddock; Richard Alston; propaganda; Peter Costello; Peter Reith; Rod Kemp; Amanda Vanstone; Hudson Bay; Alexander Downer; U.S.A.; the 2007 Election; Kevin Rudd; Kirribilli; St. Peter; John Dengate; the mad monk; Hell; Maxine McKew; Bennelong; Liberals; Nero; Tories; Randwick; limbo; the Pontiff; Protestants; the seven deadly sins; Leichardt; Italians; Poles; Baptists; the Rosary.
- Full contents:
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- Poems, limericks: Catastrophe in South London (poem)
- If I'd been Tony Blair's mother (poem)
- Says Bush (three limericks). Songs and poem: The terrorist's song (sung to the tune: The great Northern Line)
- Howard is horrible (tune: The nightingale sings or Dorset is beautiful or Darwin is beautiful)
- How we faced Iraq (Irish tune: Oh, my old howth gun)
- Johnny Howard's march (tune: Paddy McGinty's goat)
- I don't believe a word (tune: The wee one)
- I can't abide (tune: Abide with me)
- The crawler's song (tune: The Bladen races)
- Adieu John song (tune: Cockles and mussels)
- How I'll scrape into heaven (poem)
- Maxine the magnificent (tune: Men of Harlech)
- When the pope comes to town in July (tune: When the rains tumble down in July by Slim Dusty)
- Notes:
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- Recorded on February 26, 2008 at Termiel, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Satirists
- Other authors/contributors:
- Woodland, Chris, 1938-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Creation date:
- 2008
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