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"Frank Creenaune, born in 1916, is a retired builder now living in Gilgandra. He grew up near Baradine, in the Pilliga Scrub ... I played for a dance at the Cumbril Hall, at Baradine when the musician ... used to go for supper, I used to play old time waltzes when I was twelve ... he played the accordion ... and he picked up his tunes and songs at the wild dances at Cumbil." | "Frank Creenaune, born in 1916, is a retired builder now living in Gilgandra. He grew up near Baradine, in the Pilliga Scrub ... I played for a dance at the Cumbril Hall, at Baradine when the musician ... used to go for supper, I used to play old time waltzes when I was twelve ... he played the accordion ... and he picked up his tunes and songs at the wild dances at Cumbil." | ||
-- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p140-41. | -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p140-41. | ||
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== Related Tunes == | == Related Tunes == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:01, 8 March 2025
Frank Creenaune, Gilgandra, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by John Meredith.
"Frank Creenaune, born in 1916, is a retired builder now living in Gilgandra. He grew up near Baradine, in the Pilliga Scrub ... I played for a dance at the Cumbril Hall, at Baradine when the musician ... used to go for supper, I used to play old time waltzes when I was twelve ... he played the accordion ... and he picked up his tunes and songs at the wild dances at Cumbil." -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p140-41.
There are photos and recordings of him in the National Library of Australia in Canberra, search the NLA catalog for "Frank Creenaune".
