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Edwards has collected and annotated several versions and variations of a selection of colonial ballads.
Notes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Salt Junki"I am a roving jackaroo and often take pot luck.",
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).
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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, single work biography (p. 23-46)
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