From the Archives - Mulga Wire Art from the Bob Bolton collection

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A folder of Mulga Wire illustrations from the Bob Bolton collection, some had formerly been used in Singabout. 

boots

Crown Hotel - originally appeared in Singabout 4(1)
with the hotel to the left of the trees

dunny

flag

koala and guitar - used on leaflet 

musos

old timer

Pipe

railway stn

rider

sailing ship

selection

soup

The Little Sparrow - originally appeared in
Singabout 5(2) 

squeeze

stockmen

swaggie walking originally appeared in Singabout 5(2) 

swaggie & billy

washing

Singabout - Journal of Australian Folksong, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959/60)

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1.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - Melbourne's Billabong Band, founders of the Victorian Bush Music Club.  

2.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - NEWS & VIEWS.  EDITORIAL - An Australian Arts enquiry: A movement for an Australian Arts Enquiry, similar  to the Massey Royal Commission in Canada ... One of the terms of reference asks if there is adequate research being done in Australian folk music and folk lore ...  there is a great and urgent need for sponsored full-time collectors ... as is done in other countries ... If such a project does not evolve from the Australian Arts Enquiry, then the  responsibility rests with the great Public Libraries in our capital cities. CORROBOREE RECORDINGS The objective of this new label ... popularise songs, music, literature, folk lore ...

3.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER. Recorded at Gulgong, NSW by John Meredith from the singing of "Cat" McCann. "Cat" learned the song from the late "Killer" (Alan) Riley, a truck-driver, who picked it up from a tent-mate when trapping rabbits in the Bourke district. 

4.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - MAKING & PLAYING PAN PIPES, by John Manifold  (Qld) 

5.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - RIDING ON GUMMIN. Composed by Duke Tritton, when he was working on Gummin Station (it rhymes with "hummin") many years ago. Gummin is on the slopes of the Warrumbungle Mountains in Central NSW.

6.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - THE BREAM OF ANSON'S BAY. Words Clarence Strochnetter, music Stan Wakefield. ...we welcome a new songwriter ... from Pyengana, Tasmania ... our first contributor from the Southern State. 

7.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - THE BREAM OF ANSON'S BAY. (cont)

8.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - NEW RECORDINGS. KIWI SONGS . During recent years many recordings and publications of Maori songs have reached us ... an enthusiastic revival in the tradition of collecting and singing old traditional songs, and the making of new sones in the traditional forms ...A.H.& A.W. Red have issued a number of these songs on their KIWI label.  THE ASHLEY CLINTON SHEEP'S CHOIR  ...  In the village of Ashley Clinton one Donald Squire, working with a couple of tape-recorders, recorded a mob of sheep. After painstakingly editing and marking the positions of "baas" ... Mr Squire was able to dub off selected baas in the right sequences to re-produce simple songs ... (Kiwi record SB-1-45-PRM, 7") video - The Ashley Clinton Sheep's Choir - Side 1

TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEAPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU. Peter Cape's disc of the same name contains some fascinating numbers, but one can think of nothing more embarrassing than having to walk into a store and ask for it by it's name ... a village at Hawkes bay ... a Maori legend written in the vernacular ... Peter Cape singing the title song  

9.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEAPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU. (cont)  (Kiwi Records EA 25 XP, 45RPM) 
SONGS OF THE WHALERS,  SONGS OF THE GOLD DIGGERS  and SING AROUND THE WORLD ... 3 discs recorded by The Song Spinners.  Kiwi record M31-1XP, 45 RPM, Kiwi record M31-2XP, 45 RPM, Kiwi record M31-3 LP, 33 RPM. Kiwi records are issued by A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, NZ

10.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d.(1959-60) - THE DYING SHEARER as sung by Mr. Tom Newbound of Rutherglen, Vic, who is about 80 years old and sings dozens of songs and generally remembers where he first heard of them ... (from BMC Victoria) 

11.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - THE DYING SHEARER (cont)

12.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - RECITER'S CORNER - BATTLERS BALLAD from Jack Wright, Coogee, NSW

13.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - BOLLON - Stan Wakefield, Panania, NSW.  SHEARING DITTY - Air Marching through Georgia. MORE RHYMING TALK -various correspondents,

14.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - FREE FOR ALL AT WYNNUM. What was meant to be a simple playback of Ballad Night tape-recordings at Wynnum on 12 Sept, developed into a festival of free-for-all playing. Those present included elements of the Bandicoots, Callywags, Eatons (alias Gravatteers), Greenhide-&-Stringybark, Krontjongs, Rosettes, University, Wrights, local unfederated talent, friends, neighbours, and non-playing members of the Federation of Bush Music Clubs ... Hans Zupfgeige, Qld.

15.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - OLD POLEY COW (air - Blue tail fly) contributed by Jamie Carlin of Sydney who received this version from Mr Alf A Ryall of Kojonup, WA. Mr Ryall writes "This song was seen in print many years ago in an Australian magazine" 

16.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - BILLABONG BAND ... has enjoyed reading in SINGABOUT of the doings of other groups ... Twelve months ago or so we began to organise monthly "Singabout Evenings" with the aim of eventually building an independent Bush Music Club. The evenings proved very successful, and a couple of months ago the Victorian Bush Music Club was set up ... the band became involved in the latest New Theatre production of REEDY RIVER ... Frank Nickels, Victoria.

17.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - PELICAN JOE - A new song, words & music by Stan Wakefield.

18.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - THE STOCK ROUTE AGAIN - A new song, words & music by Stan Wakefield.

19.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) - CORROBOREE RECORDINGS (cont). 
A FAN FOR STAN - We are pleased that we have learned to sing ... The Kookaburra Laughed ... Grade 3 Box Hill South State School, Melbourne. 
THE FOLK MUSIC RECORD CLUB is making available to members folk music from overseas ... The Club is associated with Wattle Records. Catalogues on application ... 
MORE SHEARER MAN AND RHYMING TALK from Dennis Ryan.  INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC COUNCIL The objects are to assist in the preservation, dissemination and practice of folk music of all countries ... an agency of UNESCO ... details from Wattle records.  A TOAST collected by Stan Wakefield. TIME MEANS TUCKER - "THE DUKE" LOOKS BACK  

20.  Singabout, Volume 3(4), n.d. (1959-60) -  NEWS AND VIEWS (cont from p.19)
TIME MEANS TUCKER - "THE DUKE" LOOKS BACK  (cont) Time Means Tucker is the story of Duke's life ... available from The Bulletin, Sydney 10/-.  THE QUEENSLAND CENTENARY POCKET SONGBOOK ... it is by far the most ambitious and best printed collection that has yet appeared in this country ... collected and arranged by the Brisbane Federation of  Bush Music groups ... (Available from  Edwards & Shaw, Sydney 10/-)  SONGS FROM THE SHEARING SHEDS - The Bush Music Club's new recording on Festival ... 12 numbers ... sung by Jamie Carlin, Peter Francis, Alan Scott, Jack Barrie, John Meredith and Brian Loughlin. The striking cover design by Carolyn Kershaw shows five shearers all going hell-for-leather. 
SINGABOUT Edited and produced by John Meredith and Alan Scot. 

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Singabout - Journal of Australian Folksong, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959

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1.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - Bush Music Club members at the Henry Lawson statue in the Sydney Domain. 

2.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - 
VICTORIAN BUSH MUSIC CLUB. Inspired by the Billabong Band, a Bush Music Club has been formed in Melbourne. Already they have over 40 members and double that number of supporters from Singabout nights ...  Secretary Keith Watson. 
MORE OF OH, T.I.  from Jack Wright
NEW ALBUM OF BUSH SONGS - By arrangement with the Bush Music Club, Southern Music Company are publishing an album of twelve bush songs, edited by John Meredith & Alan Scott.  The Drover's Dream, The Bullockies' Ball, The Hut That's Upside Down, The Wonderful Crocodile, The Broken Down Squatter, The Shearers Dream, Goorianawa, The Ryebuck Shearer, Goondiwindi, Ye Songs of Australia, Australia's on the Wallaby, The Pommy's Lament.  Ed.  (cont. on page 19)

INDEX

3.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 -  HUMPING OLD BLUEY. From the singing of Mr Ron Manton, aged 70 of Erskineville ... learnt this song when he was only 7 years of age. A longer version appears in Bill Bowyang's OLD BUSH RECITATIONS, and the same with slight emendations in Stewart & Keesing's OLD BUSH SONGS . 

4.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - SKIPPING RHYMES by Alan Scott

5.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - SKIPPING RHYMES by Alan Scott (cont)

6.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - THE WILD COLONIAL BOY  ... sent to the Editor by Mr Theo Archdeacon, of Inglewood WA ... born in the West in 1871 ...in the middle eighties when the song first came out and we schoolboys often used to sing it ...

7.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 -  CHARLIE MOPPS was collected by Redd Sullivan from the chief refrigeration engineer of the SS TEKOA in 1953 ... now almost the theme-song of the Bush Music Club. We ahave localised the pub names and include her a second verse composed by club member Peter Francis. 

8.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - ABORIGINAL SONGS by Roland Robinson

9.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - ABORIGINAL SONGS by Roland Robinson (cont) ... Here is a song called Jacky-Jacky which my full-blood friend Percy Mumbulla taught me to sing 

10.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - THE POMMY'S LAMENT as sung by Mrs Muriel Whalan of Katoomba, who learned from her mother the late Mrs J.J. Egan of "Coolcappa", Sunny Corner, NSW.

11.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - THE POMMY'S LAMENT (cont)
THE HOHNER MELODICA (condensed from The Australian Accordionist)

12.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - RECITER'S CORNER - A BATTLE OF WITS -Matt O'Connor, Milparinka, NSW.  HURRY UP - Stan Wakefield, Panania NSW. 

13.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - RECITER'S CORNER (cont) THE TRAGEDY - Traditional, collected by Keith Anderson, Heathcote, NSW.   SHEARERS MAN - Traditional, collected by Dennis Ryan, Sydney. RHYMING TALK (does any reader know any more?)  Things are crook at Tullarook ...


14.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - THE GOOSE NECK SPURS, another "old bush song" composed by Duke Tritton. Also known as AN INCIDENT AT THE SHINGLE HUT, this song was made up during the 1905 shearing season when The Duke had a learner's pen at Charlton Station. Alan Scott recorded the song from Duke's singing in 1956.

15.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - THE GOOSE NECK SPURS,  (cont)

16.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - SHICKERED AS HE COULD BE. recorded from the singing of a fisherman at Lake Macquarie, The fisherman used his own name in the song, but we have censored it, out of respect for his wife!

17.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - SHICKERED AS HE COULD BE. (cont) 

18.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - QUEENSLAND BALLAD NIGHT - groups participating  in Seniors section - (Morton Bay) Bushwhackers, Uni (folk club), Whiteoaks, Graveteers, Bandicoots, Realist Writers. Intermediate Section - Wrights' Trio, including 10 year old Ken, De Vidas family, Krontjongs with a 4-year old percussionist, Rosettes.  Juniors - Here are the future champions - Predl babies, Callywags, Greenhide-&-Stringybark. Morton Bay College scratched. A good time, if I may coin a phrase, was had by all.  H.Z.

19.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - NEWS & VIEWS - (cont. from p.2) bushwhackers band reformed. The Bush Music Club Concert Party has been re-organised. The old group has now resumed its original name The Bushwhackers, and has the following personnel - Jamie Carlin, Brian Loughlin, Jack Barrie, John Meredith, Alan Scott an Peter Francis. The Bushwhackers will from part of the larger Concert Party made up of various small groups, couples and soloists. The Bushwhackers performed under the name of The Shearers Band at David Jones during Wool Week ...
FOLK BLUES - BOOK REVIEW     Folk Blues by Jerry Silverman.  

20.  Singabout, Volume 3(3), Winter/Spring 1959 - NEWS & VIEWS - (cont. from p.19)  Folk Blues by Jerry Silverman (cont)   COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS - SING, SING OUT & SINGABOUT contact BMC Business Manager. MISSING SINGABOUTS - contact Business Manager for anoher copy.  WORKSHOP NIGHTS IN SYDNEY - disorganised by moves to four different halls in the past 12 months.  New premises Fellowship of Australian Writers Hall, 38 Clarence St, Tuesday evenings.  SINGABOUT - edited & produced by John Meredith & Alan Scott. Box 433, GPO, Sydney 

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