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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Brisbane Ladies
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Edwards has collected and annotated several versions and variations of a selection of colonial ballads.

Notes

  • Dedication: Dedicated to the memory of Bob Michell whose research made this book possible.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kuranda, Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,:Rams Skull Press , 1982 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Augathella Stationi"Farewell and adieu to you Brisbane ladies,", single work poetry (p. 11)
Note: With title: The Drover. Editor's note: A facsimile of 'the original version of Includes: Musical score composed by S. Mendelsohn, Nanango. After the Model of 'True British Sailor's.' Annotations by Edwards p.10.
Augathella Stationi"Farewell and adieu to you Brisbane ladies,", single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: With title: Brisbane Ladies. Editor's note: This version of the song comes from the Hurd collection, from a newspaper cutting dating from 1894-1897. The source is not identified but is probably The Queenslander. Includes a version of the musical score on p.12.
Augathella Stationi"Farewell and adieu to you Brisbane ladies,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Note: With title: Brisbane Ladies. Editor's note: A. L. Lloyd version.... collected by British Folklorist A. L. Lloyd in the late 1920s or early 1930s...Lloyd sang this version on a Wattle Recording of 1957 called The Banks of the Condamine. This text comes from a booklet that accompanied the record. There are considerable differences in text between this version and the earlier ones.
The New Chum's First Tripi"Now if you will listen I'll tell you a story,", Ronald George Edwards (editor), single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Note: Includes annotations by Edwards on p.16.
Salt Junki"I am a roving jackaroo and often take pot luck.", Saul Mendelsohn , Ronald George Edwards (editor), single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Note: Musical score included on p.19. Editor's note: It goes to the tune of 'Champagne Charley'. Editor's note: 'Salt Junk' ... appears in an unidentified newspaper cutting in the Hurd collection 1894-97 (possibly from The Queenslander).
Old Nanangoi"Some years ago there was a town,", Ronald George Edwards (editor), single work poetry (p. 21-2)
Note: Editor's note: This poem was ... first printed in the Kingaroy Herald May 25 1907
Bob Michell, Ronald George Edwards , single work biography (p. 23-46)
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