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FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S FOLKLORE COLLECTION

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This collection includes some children's playground rhymes recorded in 1972-77 by students of Dr June Factor at the Institute of Early Childhood Development (now Department of Early Childhood Studies, Faculty of Education, Melbourne University). It also includes non-English stories, songs and rhymes recorded by Gwenda Davey in 1976, and some live performances of ethnic music recorded in Melbourne in 1976. The languages represented include English, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic, Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian. These recordings represent a sample of the Australian Children's Folklore Collection held at Museum Victoria in Melbourne.

Selected excerpt from this collection

Per fare un tavolo was sung in Italian by Maria Puddu:

To make a table you need wood,
To make wood, you need a tree.
To make a tree, you need a seed,
To make a seed, you need a fruit,
To make a fruit, you need a flower.
To make a flower, you need a branch,
To make a branch, you need a tree,
To make a tree, you need a bush,
To make a bush, you need a mountain.
To make a mountain, you need the earth.
To make the earth, you need a flower.

Children's folklore items found in this collection

TRC 2632/15. View record

Two American children recite rhymes, sing, tell stories and compare Australia and America. Fay Bice and an unidentified male. Recorded 1972 in Melbourne. Also includes primary school children recorded in 1972 and 1973 in Melbourne, and school children performing songs, chants, rhymes and stories (recorded in 1977), plus Grade 2 school children reciting rhymes and talking about playground games (1975).

TRC 2632/16. View record

Primary school children at Ballarat North State School (Victoria) recite rhymes, sing and tell riddles and stories. Also includes a boy aged 8 and a girl aged 7. Recorded in 1973. Children recorded in 1977 recite rhymes and taunts, and children recorded in 1972 perform rhymes and chants. Unknown woman recollects rhymes from her childhood at a state school in country New South Wales. Recorded 1973.

TRC 2632/17. View record

Primary school children perform songs, rhymes, war cries, taunts and stories, also children performing clapping, counting and skipping rhymes, taunts and riddles. Recorded 1977.

TRC 2632/13. View record

Ozman Ayucce and his wife tell stories, recite poetry and sing in Turkish. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/1. View record

Jack Beed sings and plays tin whistle, and Ethel Beed sings songs for children. Recorded in Melbourne 1976(?)

TRC 2632/1 View record

Mr Ellyx Bellotti plays ocarina and mandolin. Recorded in Melbourne 1976. Mr Bellotti, a virtuoso musician from Ravenna, Italy, was recorded while visiting Australia.

TRC 2632/18. View record

Helena Berar tells stories, recites poetry and sings in Serbian. All items are for children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/2. View record

Mrs Gaby Bozo sings and recites poetry in Spanish. All items are for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/2. View record

Maria Isabell Cid sings, recites rhymes and tongue twisters in Spanish. All items are for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/21. View record

Mr Nagui Dabbous, Henry Dabbous and Mrs Dabbous sing and tell stories for children in Arabic. Recorded at Werribee, Victoria, in 1977.

TRC 2632/13. View record

Six girls from Richmond West Primary School tell jokes and stories and sing in Turkish. Recorded at Richmond, Victoria, in 1976.

TRC 2632/5. View record

Children from a Greek language school in Melbourne sing several unidentified songs in Greek. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/8. View record

Macedonian music recorded at the Festival of All Nations, Fitzroy Town Hall, Victoria, in 1976.

TRC 2632/14. View record

Turkish music recorded at the Festival of All Nations, Fitzroy Town Hall, Victoria, 1976.

TRC 2632/7. View record

Fragments of Greek, Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian music from 3ZZ (Melbourne radio station) Birthday Concert 1976.

TRC 2632/10. View record

Mr Tullio Formosa tells a story in Italian (La Verdura de l'ortalano). Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/19. View record

Mrs Draga Gelt performs rhymes and songs in Slovenian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1979.

TRC 2632/18. View record

Mrs Hegedich tells stories and sings in Croatian. All items for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/20. View record

Dr Dorothy Howard performs and discusses songs she learned during her childhood in East Texas, USA. Recorded by Dr June Factor in New Mexico, USA, in 1983.

TRC 2632/5. View record

Bill Levis, Helen Levis and Mrs Levis Senior sing and recite rhymes in Greek. All items for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/20. View record

Susie Mijic tells the story of 'The Rolling Bread' in Serbo-Croatian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/18. View record

Mladi Tamburasi (musical ensemble) perform music from Croatia. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/1. View record

Pat O'Connor sings and tells rhymes and riddles for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976(?)

TRC 2632/3. View record

Sonia Orzecko tells stories for children in Spanish. Recorded in Melbourne in 1977.

TRC 2632/4. View record

Sonia Orzecko tells stories and sings in Spanish. All items for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/10. View record

Maria Puddu sings and recites rhymes for children in Italian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1978.

TRC 2632/11. View record

Quartetto Ellyx Bellotti perform Italian songs and music. Recorded in Melbourne in 1975.

TRC 2632/22. View record

Jenny Romeyn sings in Dutch. Recorded at Geelong, Victoria, in 1979.

TRC 2632/12. View record

Mr and Mrs Senel sing children's songs in Turkish. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/10. View record

Mrs Simonelli tells rhymes in Italian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/23. View record

Dennis Skiotis tells a story, and N. Dimopoulos tells stories and rhymes, and sings. All items for young children, in Greek. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/6. View record

Mrs Sikerras sings unidentified children's songs in Greek. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/19. View record

Mrs Soya Stevanovic tells stories and recites poetry for young children in Croatian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1977.

TRC 2632/4. View record

Mr Mario Vallejos tells stories for children in Spanish. Recorded in Melbourne in 1977.

TRC 2632/3. View record

Mr Miguel Vallente sings songs for children in Spanish. Recorded in Melbourne in 1977.

TRC 2632/8 and TRC 2632/9. View record

Mrs Anna Vasileva and Miss Rita Vasileva tell stories and rhymes and sing in Macedonian. All items for young children. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/20. View record

Dr Borba Vladiv tells stories for children in Serbo-Croatian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/6. View record

Mrs Egli Ziglinis tells the story of 'The Greedy Fox', an Aesop's Fable, in Greek. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/6. View record

Mrs Egli Ziglinis tells stories for children in Greek. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.

TRC 2632/20. View record

Nadia Zivkovic sings and recites rhymes for children in Serbo-Croatian. Recorded in Melbourne in 1976.
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