Tom Byrnes
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Jump to navigationJump to searchTom Byrnes & Mary Byrnes, Sydney, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by John Meredith.
"When John Meredith returned to Mary Byrnes's home in 1955 he met her brother-in-law, Tom, aged sixty-six, who also came from the Springside-Springhill district. He sang a number of songs and lilted several quite good dance tunes. Tom Byrnes was at one time in great demand as a country fiddler, but owing to a hand injury he could no longer play." -- J Meredith, H Anderson, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 1, UNSW Press, 1967, p56.
There is a recording of Tom Byrnes, Mary Byrnes and Alf Fuller interviewed by John Meredith in the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
