Tune attributed to Charles Miller

Performed by George Wills (guitar) and Daniel Morris (lute), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.
 
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39 ‘Ye banks and braes’ (said to be a favourite tune of Napoleon’s)

Performed by Simon McDonald (voice and fiddle), 1959

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: ORAL TRC 2539/11

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

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17 ‘The rakes of Kildare’ and ‘Mrs McLeod of Ramsay’s reel’

Composed by Henry Clay Work

Performed by Mrs Gibbons, c1953–61

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: ORAL TRC 4/5A

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

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55 ‘Ring the bell, watchman’

Composed by Turlough O’Carolan

Performed by Jacqueline Ward (voice) and Luca Warburton (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

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09 ‘O let me hush thy tender fears’

Traditional, arrangement unknown

Performed by Sally Sloane (button accordion), 1957

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: ORAL TRC 4/23B

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

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23 ‘Breakdown’, also known as ‘Harvest home’

Composed by Ferdinand Hérold

Le Coultre music box, Rouse Hill House & Farm, c1859

RECORDED BY SYDNEY LIVING MUSEUMS, 2019

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

43 ‘Zampa ouverture’

Composed by John Parry

Performed by Joshua Knight (voice) and Luca Warburton (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

30 ‘Wanted a governess’

Words transcribed by James Backhouse on Norfolk Island, 1835

Performed by Don Brian, 2018

© DON AND SUE BRIAN

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

14 ‘The Norfolk Island exile’

Composer unknown

Performed by the Central Band of the Royal British Legion; directed by David Cole MVO OBE, 2010

© CLOVELLY RECORDINGS LTD 2010

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

18 ‘The British grenadiers’

Composed by Thomas Arne; arranged by Louis Drouët

Performed by Janet Rang (flute) and Neal Peres Da Costa (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

04 ‘Rule Britannia’

Composed by Giovanni Paisiello; arranged by G G Ferrari

Performed by Lorna Anderson (voice) and David McGuinness (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND CONCERTO CALEDONIA

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

06 ‘Nel cor più non mi sento’ from La molinara

Performed by Matthew Doyle, descendant of the Muruwari Aboriginal nation (voice and clapsticks), and Kevin Hunt (piano), 2019

Recorded by Kevin Hunt at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

CULTURAL PERMISSION GRANTED BY METROPOLITAN LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

07 ‘A New South Wales song’

Traditional, arrangement unknown

Performed by Sally Sloane (button accordion) and Les Sloane (Jew’s harp), c1953–61

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: ORAL TRC 4/10

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

www.slm.is/songsofhome

16 ‘Miss McLeod’s reel’, accompanied by Jew’s harp

Traditional, arranged by Jean Elouis

Performed by Lorna Anderson (voice) and Jean Kelly (harp), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND CONCERTO CALEDONIA

View original score: https://archive.org/details/Elouis29577/page/n69

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

02 ‘Logie o’ Buchan’

Composed by G Redler

Performed by James Tarbotton (violin) and Luca Warburton (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

35 ‘Les rats quadrille’

Traditional, arranged by Leopold Koželuch

Performed by Lorna Anderson (voice) and Concerto Caledonia, 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND CONCERTO CALEDONIA

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

33 ‘My love she’s but a lassie yet’ (tune found at ‘Warrawang’)

Composed by Frederick Ellard

Performed by Amy Moore (voice) and Luca Warburton (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

View original score: https://archive.org/details/ThinkofThee55533

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

50 ‘I think of thee’

Composed by Henry Rowley Bishop

Played on English barrel organ, c1830

RECORDING BY FRANK LEWIS AND RUSSELL MOONEY; DIGITAL 
ENHANCEMENT BY NIGEL MCLEAN

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

www.slm.is/songsofhome

24 ‘Home! Sweet home!’

Performed by Matthew Doyle (voice), 2010

Recorded by Kevin Hunt at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

CULTURAL PERMISSION GRANTED BY METROPOLITAN LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

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12 ‘Iah, iah, gumbery jah’ (‘Harry’s song’)

Composed by Nancy Kerr

Performed by Melrose Quartet: Nancy Kerr (voice, fiddle), James Fagan (voice, guitar), Jess Arrowsmith (voice, fiddle) and Richard Arrowsmith (diatonic accordion), 2017

© MELROSE QUARTET

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

59 ‘Hand me down’

Composed by G F Handel

Performed by Neal Peres Da Costa (piano) and Nathan Cox (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

View original score: https://archive.org/details/Hazlitt52251/page/n37

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

03 ‘Grand hallelujah chorus’, from Messiah

Composer unknown

Performed by Neal Peres Da Costa (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

26 ‘Foote’s minuet’

Composed by Tempest Margaret Paul

Performed by Luca Warburton (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

View original score: https://archive.org/details/Currency52313

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

49 ‘Currency lasses, an admir’d Australian quadrille’

Composed by Charles Packer

Performed by James Doig (piano), 2015

RECORDED BY SYDNEY LIVING MUSEUMS

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

51 ‘City of Sydney polka’

Composed by James Barr; words by Robert Tannahill

Performed by Amy Moore (voice) and Luca Warburton (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

10 ‘Thou bonnie wood of Craigie Lee’

Composed by Richard Leveridge; arranged by F Ireland

Performed by Jacqueline Ward and Joshua Knight (voices) and Neal Peres Da Costa (piano), 2019

RECORDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

View original score: https://archive.org/details/SweetWilliam55271/page/n1

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

05 ‘All in the downs, or Sweet William’s farewell to black ey’d Susan’

Performed by Matthew Doyle (voice and clapsticks) and Clarence Slockee (voice and clapsticks), 2010.

Recorded by Kevin Hunt at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

CULTURAL PERMISSION GRANTED BY METROPOLITAN LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

01 Barabul-la Clan Song (sourced from ‘A song of the natives of New South Wales’)

Composed by Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa

Performed by Karen Hickmott (harp), 2019

RECORDED BY SYDNEY LIVING MUSEUMS

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

46 Air ‘Portrait charmant’ and Rondo ‘Le garçon volage’

Composed by Gaetano Donizetti

Recorded live by Joan Sutherland (voice) with the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus, conducted by Richard Bonynge, 8 July 1977

© OPERA AUSTRALIA

This audio is part of the exhibition soundtrack for ‘Songs of home’, showing at Museum of Sydney from 10 August to 17 November 2019.

Songs of Home tells the little-known story of music played and enjoyed in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony.

slm.is/songsofhome

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (Recorded Live At the Sydney Opera House, July 8, 1977)

47 ‘Era desso il figlio mio’, from Lucrezia Borgia

Composed by Brenda Gifford
Performed by members of the Royal Australian Navy Band: Able Seaman Andrew Crago (soprano Saxophone), Able Seaman Thomas Duck (alto saxophone), Able Seaman Martin Aujard (tenor saxophone), Able Seaman Ellen Zyla (baritone saxophone), 2019
RECORDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ABC CLASSIC
COMMISSIONED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SONGS OF HOME

58 ‘Munggurra’

Composed by Nardi Simpson
Performed by members of the Royal Australian Navy Band: Able Seaman Andrew Crago (soprano Saxophone), Able Seaman Thomas Duck (alto saxophone), Able Seaman Martin Aujard (tenor saxophone), Able Seaman Ellen Zyla (baritone saxophone), Able Seaman Ritnarong Coomber (clapsticks), 2019
RECORDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ABC CLASSIC
COMMISSIONED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SONGS OF HOME

13 ‘Treading water’

Children's author and poet, Harry Laing, recites this poem inspired by the magic lantern at Rouse Hill Estate.

Harry Laing is a poet, children’s author, creative writing teacher and comic performer with a passion for poetry, comic performance and for teaching. As a poet he's had two books published Thirst (1993) and Backbone (2010). His first book as a children’s author, Shoctopus–poems to grip you (2015) is a book of illustrated poems for 6-12 yr olds. He's written and performed 8 solo shows and toured one of them, 'Away with the birds' for STARTS (Southern Tablelands Arts). Harry was awarded CASP grants to write and perform a two-hander 'Playing for Time' in 2012 and a staged radio show 'Under Braidwood' in 2014. He has also written for radio. His two series of quirky country tales Stories from the edge of the forest and Tales of a Tree Changer were broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Bush Telegraph in 2005/2006.

This commission was curated in collaboration with WestWords, Western Sydney’s Literature Development Organisation. For more information visit westwords.com.au

Rouse Hill Magic Lantern - Harry Laing

Just like today, we can often trace when songs were released and became popular in Sydney in the 19th century. The tune to this ‘old’ ballad ‘Annie Laurie’ may not have been quite as old as the Rouse family thought. 

Here Dan Walker plays the guitar accompaniment for ‘Annie Laurie’ as part of our House Music at Your House program. We’d love you to sing along! Supported by City of Sydney.

The tune and lyrics of Annie Laurie: https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/house-music-your-house/annie-laurie

Annie Laurie - Guitar Track performed by Dan Walker

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