Frog Puddles

X:21
T:Frog Puddles, (Pub 1906)
% NFF Book 2008
C:Howard Whitney (1869 - 1924)
S:collected from Mr S Baker & Mrs S Baker, Hunter Valley
S:collected by Pam Merrigan & Norm Merrigan & Shayne Kerr
H:This tune was composed by American Howard Whitney, Pub. Whitmark & Sons, Chicago, 1901
H:It was used by J.C. Williamson for a pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk" 
H:staged in (Melbourne?) 1906. ref John Meredith, FSA Vol 2, p 244.
H:Original sheet music is available from the Music section 
H:of the National Library of Australia:- http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-172604649
N:A number of versions of this tune were collected in Australia,
N:from the Hunter Valley, through Victoria and Tasmania.
B:Stringy Bark & Greenhide, Vol 1 No 4
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
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Frog Puddles - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Mr S Baker | Mrs S Baker | Norm Merrigan | Pam Merrigan | Shayne Kerr |