An Australian Folk Song A Day: Moreton Bay

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Moreton Bay

Welcome to An Australian Folk Song A Day

To kick us off, I'm going with an old favourite:

Here is Moreton Bay:

For more info, check out the ever reliable wikipedia

and Warren Fahey's take on the song at this link

There have of course been many opinions expressed about this song and its origins over the years. I hope that this site proves to be a venue for healthy and productive discussion of the different views that have developed over time.

Ultimately, the songs the thing.

See you tomorrow,

John Thompson

5 comments:

TonyJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Great idea, John...looking forward to some gems.
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Stephen WhitesideJanuary 28, 2011 at 7:57 PM
Many thanks for introducing me to this fascinating song, John. I've known it for many years, but never really sat down and studied it before. It was interesting that Logan was killed by an Aboriginal. Do we know much of the background to this? Presumably he treated them as badly as he treated the convicts but, unlike them, they were free, and armed. His blind spot, perhaps?
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cloudyjohnJanuary 29, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Thanks Stephen. Wikipedia has a reasonable summary of Logan's legacy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Logan

He was apparently unpopular with the convicts but also was an avid explorer of the Brisbane region. Brisbane's satellite city Logan City is named after him.
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Stephen WhitesideJanuary 29, 2011 at 3:10 PM
That's interesting. Kev Carmody has written a lot about Logan City, hasn't he. Doesn't sound like an awful lot's changed since then!
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eweanmeJanuary 30, 2011 at 4:46 PM
Good stuff, CJ! I'd better send those recordings I promised you over 2 years ago!!
Rxox
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The Idea

This blog was inspired by John Boden's "Folk Song A Day" blog, featuring mostly unaccompanied renditions of English folk songs.

I thought that Australia Day was a good time to start an Australian version*. While some of the songs will be previously-recorded songs, most will be recorded for this blog. I plan to use a variety of arrangement styles and recording approaches. While I will attempt to record versions of these songs which are pleasant to listen to, this is more of an archiving project than a recording venture.

I'm hoping that this will be a site where new and old songs can be gathered and where the visitors to the site will share in the rich history and texture of the lovely conglomeration that is Australian traditional song.

*Australia Day is January 26. My blog accounts time was set to UK time when I started the blog. This explains why the first entry is now marked January 27. Changing the time in February is also the reason there are 29 entries for February. You can't have too much of a good thing!