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Non-Australian songs added 22/08/19
In
1995 Chrissie Shaw, daughter of early members Rod & Fran Shaw gave
us items from her parents' collections, including 2 manilla folders of
song sheets, many of them undated. Dated song sheets range from 1957 to
1961.
Singabout 2(3),Dec 1957
Extract from email from Chrissie Shaw Dec, 2018
My Mother Frances Mary Shaw (nee Cottingham) was not a
teacher in any official capacity. She was born on October 23 1911. She
came from a theatrical and musical family. Her father would not let her
go to University even though her godfather had offered to pay the fees,
so she went to secretarial school. I know that she worked in a radio
station, might have been 2SM or 2GB. She was an amateur actor, at the
Genesians Theatre Company in Sydney. She also sang, and studied singing
with Paul Williams (along with my Dad Rod). She met my father when she
was modelling for artists in a studio in George Street. They married in
Windsor in 1939.
She then became a homemaker, but continued to sing and
play guitar and/or lute. She was involved in The New Theatre, directed a
play I believe. Through the first Sydney production of Reedy River,
Fran met John Meredith and other members of the band that played in that
production (Harry Kay, Chris Kempster, Alec Hood (later Alex), Brian
Loughlin, Jack Barry, Alan Scott etc) and joined the Bush Music Club, I
believe around 1954 or so.
She and I (as a child) went to the monthly
meetings in the rooms under the approach to Sydney Harbour Bridge and
she joined the concert party. We attended the bush dances that were put
on at the Trocadero and other venues.
Mum was a very keen
scholar and performer of folk music, from different lands but mainly the
Australian music, and she gave workshops, yes, at the National Fitness
camps among other venues.
Fran Shaw's songsheets - Part 1, Bush Music Club Song Sheets dated 1956 & 1957, & undated
Anniversaries - Bush Music Club's 2nd Anniversary, 1956 - Fran Shaw's Song Sheets, part 2
Fran Shaw's songsheets - Part 4. Camp Songs, Dept of Education, Phys Education Branch
Fran Shaw's songsheets - Part 5, Talks on bush music
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Six songs/poems typed up from an unknown book. Australian Folklore Network members were asked if they could identify this book but no one has recognised it.
1. Another Gundagai, page 7
2. Concertina Jack, page 76
2. Concertina Jack, page 76 (cont)
3. The Immortal Dog, page 239
4. The Reformers, (Sydney Domain) page 245 - this poem mentions Billy Hughes
5.
The Woolshed Ball, page 249
5. The Woolshed Ball, page 249 (cont)
5. The Woolshed Ball, page 259 (final)
6. The Wedding at Willaroo, page 281
6. The Wedding at Willeroo, page 281 (cont)
6. The Wedding at Willeroo, page 282 (final)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Colonial ballads - Dec13 1956, 4 foolscap pages, 7 songs
1 .Click go the shears, page 1 top
2. Death of Ben Hall, page 1 bottom
3. The Old Bullock Dray, page 2 top
4. The Wild Colonial Boy, page 3
4. The Wild Colonial Boy (cont) + 5. Botany Bay, page 3
6. Dennis O'Reilly + 7. The Dying Stockman, page 4
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Under Wide Skies - Reviewed by Bread & Cheese Club, 1947
1.
2.
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Letter from The Canon Australian Music Journal, 16th April 1958
1.
2.
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Article from The Teachers' Journal. Journal of the Victorian Teachers Union, Vol. XLIV, no. 3, May 1960, pp121-123
"My Mother said I never should ..." by Ian Turner, with contributions from Mr. Alan Scott and Mrs. Fran Shaw of Sydney, Mrs. Ann Waters of Canberra, and Mr. Bob Michell of Brisbane.
1.
2.
3.
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2 songs by Fritz Mueller-Sorau
1.
2.
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Foolscap page typed up from John Ashton's Modern Street Ballads, 1888
1.
2.
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Fran Shaw Collection - Other songs (not Australian), typed - Listed but not scanned
5
foolscap pages
The Boll Weevil (first page)
Who's Gonna
Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot (first page)
Pick
a bale of cotton (second page)
Rainbow Round my Shoulder (second
page)
The
Grey Goose (third page)
Green Corn (third page)
Skip
to Mah Lou (fourth page)
The Blue-Tail Fly (fourth page)
John
Henry (fifth page)
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Single
sheets
"HAVAMAL"
from the Elder Edda of Scandanavia (10th. Century)
FROM
AN OLD MANUSCRIPT. Christmas Eve, A.D. 1513
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2
quarto pages pinned together - nonsense song & parody??
OM-POM-POOTLE
LEFT HIS TEDDY GIRL
SHINING
GOLD
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AN
ERISKAY LOVE LILT - sung by The Seekers & many others
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OH,
NO, JOHN (trad,
many versions)
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ALL
THROUGH THE NIGHT
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THE
DUCK
L'ALLIVETTE.
FRANCE (not found)
SOME
FOLKS DO
THE
WOAD SONG
THE
DREARY BLACK HILLS
POLLY
PERKINS
TEN
THOUSAND MILES AWAY (various versions)
VENEZUELA
THE
EDDYSTONE LIGHT
DOWN
IN THE VALLEY
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foolscap
sheet
WHERE
SHALL I SEND THEE
SKIP
TO MAH LOU
GREEN
CORN
reverse -
THE
STREETS OF LARADO
THE
OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL
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foolscap
sheet
ON
TOP OF OLD SMOKEY
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5 foolscap
sheets stapled together
IF I WERE A BLACKBIRD (first
sheet)
SPANISH
LADY (first sheet)
GOLDEN
SANDS (second sheet)
LET
HIM GO, LET HIM TARRY (second sheet)
WALY
WALY (third sheet)
ROGERS
THE MILLER (third sheet)
DANCE
TO YOUR DADDY (fourth sheet)
O
THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK (fourth sheet)
TROUBAROUR
SONG (fourth sheet)
AUNTY
RHODY (fifth sheet)
COTTON-EYED
JOE (fifth sheet)
ON
SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN (fifth sheet)
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single
octavo sheet, trimmed
GREEN
GROW THE RUSHES-O
TWELVE
DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
TWELVE
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
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2
extracts
FROM
THE AMERICAN SONGBAG - Carl Sandberg
Frederick
Amiel - extract from A Library of the World's Best Literature -
Ancient and Modern - Vol. I (available
on google books) An
argument for the folk song (written in pen & ink)
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foolscap sheet
JOHNNY
& JENNY
THE
LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER
THE
LADYBIRD
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foolscap sheet
THE
MINSTRAL BOY
MORNING
SONG
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2
foolscap sheets of Christmas music
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