My Father Was A Dutchman

X:29
T:My Father Was A Dutchman
T:La Cachucha
% NFF Book 2019
% Bush Traditions recording played by Ray Mulligan
C:Gioachino Rossini, (1792–1868)
S:collected from Pearly Watling, Goulburn, NSW
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA
H:This tune was composed for Rossini's opera, "La donna del lago", 1819, 
H:It was popularized by Austrian dancer Fanny Elssler, when it was introduced to London in the 1830s.
H:La Cachucha in Spanish describes a solo dance by a female.
N:Pearly Watling used the tune as her Spanish Waltz.
N:The tune was collected widely in Australia where it was known by
N:a variety of names: aka Spanish Cachucha, 'A Far nicer Girl', 'Mayflower Waltz',
N:'Sally', 'Connie', 'Mary is a weeping', 'Once She Was a Virgin'
B:David Johnson, "Bush Dance", The Bush Music Club, 2001
%O:Australia, NSW, Goulburn
R:Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
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My Father Was A Dutchman - played by Ray Mulligan

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| John Meredith Collection | Pearly Watling |