Thatcher's colonial songster : containing all the choice local songs, parodies, &c. [i.e. etc.], of the celebrated Charles R. Thatcher.
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No copyright known
Alternative Title
Thatcher's colonial songster
Date Created
1865
Identifier
Hocken Publications: Bliss: VXH T
Subject
Type
Publisher
Melbourne : Printed by Charlwood & Son
Description
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher on Colonial life in the Antipodes. Cover shows the price is one shilling, and that the songster was printed in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Music is not provided, but a note regarding what tune the song should be sung to is given at the start of the lyric.
Table Of Contents
When first I landed here
Chinese immigration
London and the diggings
Buying land
Billy Nutts in Australia
Life of an auctioneer
The leary boy
The green new chum
John Chinaman's marriage
Stephen Cain
The Bullock-Creek picnic
The digger's grave
Life of a colonial quack doctor
It's all right
The unsuccessful swell
Colonial education
Hints to candidate
Chinese immigration
London and the diggings
Buying land
Billy Nutts in Australia
Life of an auctioneer
The leary boy
The green new chum
John Chinaman's marriage
Stephen Cain
The Bullock-Creek picnic
The digger's grave
Life of a colonial quack doctor
It's all right
The unsuccessful swell
Colonial education
Hints to candidate
Contributor
Thatcher, Charles R. [lyrics]
Format
Songster (song lyric book)
Extent
36p., songster, 18 cm
Medium
Paper
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Provenance
Hocken Publications Collection
Language
English
Is Part Of
Thatcher's Colonial Songster
Files
Collection
Citation
Thatcher, Charles R. (Charles Robert), 1831-1878., “Thatcher's colonial songster : containing all the choice local songs, parodies, &c. [i.e. etc.], of the celebrated Charles R. Thatcher.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 31, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9985.