Research Catalog

Title

The story of Australian folksong / With illus. by Ronald G. Edwards.

Author

Anderson, Hugh

Publication

New York : Oak Publications, [1970]

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Details

Description

ix, 261 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Uniform Title

Colonial ballads

Alternative Title

Colonial ballads

Subjects

• Ballads, Australian
• Folk songs, Australian > History and criticism

Note

• Previous editions have title: Colonial ballads.
• "With words, music, and guitar chords to 91 Australian folksongs."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261).

Contents

A billy of tea -- A bushman's song -- A squatter's troubles -- A thousand miles away -- The backblocks shearer -- Billy Barlow -- The black velvet band -- Bold Jack Donahoe -- Botany Bay I -- Botany Bay II -- Botany Bay III -- The broken-down squatter -- The broken-hearted shearer -- Bryant's ranges O. -- The bushman -- Bushranger Jack Power -- Buying land -- The cabbage-tree hat -- Castlemaine -- The Chinaman -- Colonial courtship -- Colonial experience -- The death of Sly Grog -- The drover's song -- Dunn, Gilbert and Ben Hall -- The dying stockman -- The Eumarella shore -- Farewell to judges and juries -- The fine fat saucy Chinaman -- The flash colonial barman -- Frank Gardiner -- The freehold on the plain -- The German girls -- The giraffe -- Goorianawa -- Green new chum -- The grog tent we got tipsy in -- Hawking -- Hey, boys! Up go we! -- The jackaroo -- Jim Jones -- Jog along till shearing -- John Gilbert -- The jolly puddlers -- The lady and the bullock driver -- Laying information -- Look out below! -- Making a pile -- Moreton Bay -- The Murrumridgee shearer -- Mustering song -- Native mate -- New chum in the country -- The old bark hut -- The old palmer song -- The overlander I -- The overlander II -- The overlander III -- Paddy Malone -- Poll the grogseller -- Review of the year -- The rowdy mob -- Sam Holt -- The shearer's dream -- The sheepwasher's lament -- Shepherding -- Sold! -- The song of old Joe Swallow -- The song of the trap -- The squatter of the olden time -- The squatter's defeat -- The squatter's man -- The stockman I -- The stockman II -- The stockman's last bed I -- The stockman's last bed II -- The stockmen of Australia -- Stringybark and Greenhide -- The stringybark cockatoo -- Stringybark Creek -- The swagman -- The unsuccessful swell -- Van Diemen's land -- The voyage to Australia -- Waiting for the rain -- Wallaby Joe -- Weston and his clerk -- The whaler's rhyme -- Where's your licence? -- The wild colonial boy -- With my swag all on my shoulder.

Call Number

JMD 72-140

ISBN

• 0825601096
• 9780825601095

LCCN

69017641

OCLC

23356101

Author

Anderson, Hugh, editor.

Title

The story of Australian folksong / With illus. by Ronald G. Edwards.

Imprint

New York : Oak Publications, [1970]

Edition

[3d ed.].

Type of Content

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261).

Other Form:

Online version: Anderson, Hugh. Colonial ballads. Story of Australian folksong. [3d ed.]. New York, Oak Publications [1970] (OCoLC)620034760

Research Call Number

JMD 72-140