The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86386   Message #1607382
Posted By: GUEST,celtaddict at work
17-Nov-05 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Humping Old Bluey
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Humping Old Bluey - Australian Swaggie
I am in Connecticut, have only been privileged to visit Australia once so far, but have pumped your brain more than once, Bob.
The set is two CDs, called "Sharing the Harvest" and is field recordings from the Meredith collection. There are about 50 tracks per CD because many of the singers give just a verse or two of a version, and they are no-frills presentations; often there are several different versions, including "Black Velvet Band" and "Wild Colonial Boy" both of which are ubiquitous in the Irish pub repertoire here, but these versions are quite interesting and appealing. It also contains a song I asked you about a few years ago, "Take Me Down to the Harbor" though without a particular verse that stuck in my mind. That one sounded to me as if it had 'music hall' stamped all over it, and the verse that gave us a grin included the lines "we'll go to the beach and take off our clothes and then we'll see who's Manly."
Still no "When you're stony broke and walking" yet, though.

My Australian traditional song accumulation is progressing. What else should I be looking for?