Thanks, maeve.

John's first & third songbooks are in print, I have a loan-copy of his second & wish it was still available. Most of his songs are set to well known folk or hymn tunes. His first & second books included dots, the third relies on the www as most of his songs have been recorded for the National Library Oral History collection. I'll send you a copy.

His 1st CD "The Follies of pollies : songs about the Australian way of strife" is out of print, as is the LP "I called him a worship your bastard!" he put out years ago with poet Denis Kevans, but his latest double CD is still available. (ps. the LP title is a line from one of Denis's poems on Side B.)

In my earlier posts I give clickies to some videos. Here's more John Dengate videos & songs on YouTube

Over the past few years one of his friends recorded most of his songs for the National Library's Oral History section, but I haven't been able to find them in the catalogue, unlike all his Oral History interviews. National Library Oral History holdings on John Dengate (1938-2013)



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