Australian Folklore Unit with Warren Fahey

THE AUSTRALIAN FOLKLORE UNIT

The Influence of American Music on Australian Traditional Music

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DARK TOWN STRUTTER'S BALL.
Shelton Brooks. 1917

* King Cross Harlot's Ball

 

JOE BOWERS
Missouri. ND. Traditional .

LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE.
Will Hays. 1871

* The Dying Shearer
* Freehold on the Plain Queenslander 1894

 

THE DIGGER'S FAREWELL.
Traditional

* Another Fall of Rain aka Waiting For The Rain.

 

HOME ON THE RANGE.
Traditional

* The Girls That Are Easy To Woo

 

JOHN BROWN'S BODY.
Traditional.

* Going Back To Queensland
* Solidarity Forever. Quoted in Sydney Democratic League Songbook.

 

MARCHING THRU GEORGIA.
Henry Clay Work. 1865

* Golden Gullies of the Palmer
* Launceston And Deloraine Railway
* The Union Marching Song. Attributed P. C. Humala in Shearers & General labourers Record. Circa 1890s.
* The Union of the People. C. Drake. Mss Mitchell Library.
* One Big Industrial Union. Songs of ILP 1915 Adelaide.

 

BOYS OF THE USA.
Traditional march tune

* Australia's welcome To Uncle Sam. Imperial Songster 1908. Joe Slater. Commemorated visit of Great White Fleet to Sydney

 

JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER.
George F Root. Circa 1860

* Fitzsimmons versus Corbett. Boxing song 19th c

 

OLD DOG TRAY OR POOR DOG TRAY.
Stephen Foster

* Don't Let Your Dogs Stray (Thatcher)

 

CAMPDOWN RACES.
Traditional

* Downfall of Poor Old Roger
* The Shipping Agents. Thatcher

 

RING DE BANJO
Stephen Foster

* Steam's Up. Sydney Songster 1869. George 'Chanson' Layou

 

SHE WORE A WREATH OF ROSES
NY/1857. J P Knight.

* The Shepherd (the Queenslander 1894 or The Broken Down Drover

 

TURKEY IN THE STRAW.
ND. Trad

* Old Bullock Dray (variant of tune)

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