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AUSTRALIAN
ABORIGINAL SONGS
Rhythm and Words
M e lo d ie s ,
Truly and Authentically Aboriginal

Collected and Translated by

Dr. H. O. LETHBRIDGE

Accompaniments Arranged by
ARTHUR S. LOAM

DR. H; O. LETH BRIDGE

CONTENTS Sen ior M edical Officer a t the
Fa«« __ N a ran d era H o spital
I. MARANOA LULLABY ............................... * 4
II. THE BINGO CORROBOREES ....................... 6
(a) Bingo Bingo (b) Porcupine Song
(c) A blind blackfellow finding his way back to camp
III. A WARREGO LAMENT ................................... 10
IV. BANGEE RANG AN - AN - AH ........................ 12
V. JABBIN JABBIN ....................... . ... ... 14

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any attempt to alter in the slightest degree the aboriginal composition would rob
the series of their fascinating interest. The translation is free, but true.

I. A MARANOA LULLABY
To this song the mother rocked her baby to sleep in the bark cradle, using her
foot to avoid stooping.

II. THE BINGO S E R IE S

The Bingo Series were all sung to the same air. This air was composed by Boss
Davey of the Maranoa about 1900.

(a) BINGO-BINGO
This is a warning to a youth against bathing in a water-hole at the junction of
Bailey’s Creek with the Maranoa River. This water-hole was inhabited by a Bunyip.

(b) THE PO RCUPINE SONG

The droll behaviour of the*EOHIDNA never failed to fill these simple-minded and
altogether delightful children of nature with uncontrollable laughter.
W ai! and Y akai! are words of exclamation.

■(c) THE BLIND BLACKFELLOW

The performers in this Corroboree, coming forward to the cleared ground (stage)
lit by a semicircle of fires, would imitate the hesitating movements of a blind man
endeavouring to cross a gully. The orchestra— gins, piccaninnies and non-perform-
ers would sing the melody, whilst the performers would maintain perfect rhythm and
graceful poise.

III. A WARREGO LAMENT

Introduced from the Warrego Tribe. It is the anguished cry of a doomed race—
stricken by disease brought by the invading white man.

IV. B A N G E E R A N G A N -A N -A H (The G is soft)

A Hunting Song

V. JABBIN JABBIN
This is not a corroboree. It is a song sung round the camp fire.
The aboriginees would be sitting on the ground and one would start. They would all
join in singing the melody only, beating time with their hands or with boomerangs
and even, at times, the infant’s tummy would serve as an impromptu drum beaten
p not f f .

* The A u str a lia n Porcupine or A n t-e a te r .

 Guide to the pronunciation o f A boriginal w ords

The spelling is phonetic. ‘A’ as in path. ‘I ’ is pronounced as in lily. ‘NG’ is

d ifficu lt, both the consonants are given their value. If one says ‘going out’ very
slowly, running the two words together, this w ill give the correct value of the
‘NG’— (goi)ng(out).
‘DTH\ To get this, say slowly ‘rode the horse’, running ‘rode’ in to ‘the’. This
will give the correct pronunciation of ‘DTH’— ro(dt)hehorse. The ‘R’ is usually
rolled.
‘NGIA’. The ‘I ’ here as in might.

I. Mumma Warrunno. Murra Wathunno.

‘A’ as in wasp.

Ila. Bingo carmoo curree. Oowal. (‘A’ as in was).

lib. Wangur. ( ‘A’ as in want).

lie. Ngunee. (See above for NG).

Dthara. (See above for DTH— ‘A* as in was).
Ngia. (See above).

III. Meen guttee meen ga li na (‘A’ as in Ah)

Ya rin ja ya reen yer mo (‘A’ as in Ah)
Dtharr-binga ( R rolled) buthee Mar ber go
Thun bin a (ah) yun (‘U’ as in unite) ga (ah)
Ween jin ah! Been a guttee ((U’ as in stutter)
Booki (‘I’ as in pipe) ya (‘A’ as in pack) ka (ah).

V. Jabbin. (‘A’ as in cat).

Kurra. (‘U’ as in rug).
Kirroo. (‘R’ to be rolled, and the ‘I’ as in kiss).
 I . M A R A N O A L U L L A B Y

Collected and Translated by

Dr. H.O. LETHBRIDGE
Arr. by A. S. Loam

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(T o the tam e tune a t above)

by BOSS DAVEY
Oolleoted and Translated by
Dr. H.O. LETHBRIDGE

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Ngunee ngunee dthara goon doo
Ngunee ngunee dthara goon doo
Ngunee ngunee dthara goon doo
Ngia ngia ngia ngia
Ngunee ngunee dthara goon doo.

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/ I tf t the camp so brave today
Now home I cannot f i n d my w ay
Pm blind, Pm blind my poor old eyes,
A swollen stream before me lies
I hear the torrent dark and deep ,
Ya-kail In darkness I must leap.

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Oolleoted and Translated by

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V . J A B B I N J A B B I N

Collected by Mrs. P. J. MDEPHY

Translated by Dr. H. 0. LETHBRIDGE
Arr. by A. S. Loam

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AUSTRALIAN BUSH
SONGS
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A selection of old favourites in new farm; The Little Aboriginee,

Baby Bear and others from the famous series of books by these
writers, with simplified accompaniments and easy keys.

Words by Music by
ANNIE R. RENTOUL GEORGETTE PETERSON

Cover design by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

CONTENTS
Fat*
A Little Aboriginee 2
Bell Bird 3
Wattle ............. 4
Coo-ee ............. 6
Kangaroo Song 8
’P ossum ............. 10
A Strayed Sunbeam 12
Mother Sea 14
The Little Mia Mia 16
Baby Bear 18
Goldilocks 19
Kookaburra 20
The Tea-Tree ... 22
Corroboree 24
Catching Birds ... 26
'Way Back 28
Good Night 31

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A O I L

T »
Late Dr. Lethbridge
-:o:-
Hospital President’s
Tribute to His Work
A t the m onthly m eetin g o f the
[ B o ard o f D irecto rs o f th e N aran ­
dera D istrict H ospital on F rid a y , fitt­
in g re fe re n ce w as m ade to th e g re a t
se rv ice the la te Dr. H, O. L eth brid ge
I had rendered to th at In stitu tio n dur-:
ing the p ast 36 y ea rs.
B efo re proceedin g w ith the busin ess
of the m eeting, Mr. H. B. R ow lan ds
(p resid en t) said he w ish ed to re fer
to Dr. L ethbridge, w hose death w as
a g re a t loss not only to the H ospital
but to N aran dera and a la rge p art
I' o f th e R iverin a.
Dr. L eth b rid ge, he said, cam e to
N a ra u d era o ver 3(5. y e a rs ago and
a llo w in g fo r h is fo u r y e a r s ’ of w av
and p o s t-w a r -s e r v ic e h e g a v e this
H o sp ital o f M b b est for 32 y e a rs , dur.
in g a ll o f w hich tim e lie sca rce ly
m issed a d a y a t the hospital, u n less
he w as a w ay. Ia Septem'bor o£ 1915 j
he le ft N aran dera to serve in tho
G reat W a r, and w as in E gyp t. F ran ce
and finally a t S outhall H ospital, L on ­
don, w ere our lim bless d iggers w ere, j
Mr. Rowlands, said th a t Dr. L e th ­
bridge had w on d istin ctio n in t h e 1
W a r. On one occasion, it m a y bo
said w ith reaso n ab le certain ty,, he
w as the m ean s of avoidin g an out­
break. o f typhus. , H e diagn osed the
ca se o f a sick D ig g e r a s typhuB, stuck
to his gu ns th a t ho had c o rrec tly
| diagn osed the case, w as proved right,'.
| end step s w ere tak en to p reven t the
spread of th e disease.
In E n glan d, a t Southall, Dr. L e th ­
bridge devoted his e n e rg y and a'bllity
to im provem ents In a rtific ia l lim bs,
and w hen on h is a rriv a l back In S y d ­
ney, h e (Mr. R ow lan ds) m et him th ere
and w as w a lk in g w ith him alon g P itt
S tre e t th e y sa w quite a num ber -of
D ig ge rs on cru tch es. ’ Som e o f th ese
D ig ge rs Dr. L eth b rid ge kn ew , recog-
| i:is!ng them as h a v in g been in South-
all, and others w ere stran g ers. He
Stopped them all, a sk in g how . th e y
[ w e r e . and a ll a'bout th eir n ew leg s
[ and if th e y w ere p ro vin g sa tisfa cto ry ,
Dr. L eth brid ge w as . glad to g e t 1
hom e to N aran d era. B o rn and bred
in the country, he loved the coun try
and .co u n try people. H e (M r. Row* I
I lands) b elieved th at Dr. L eth brid ge had i
i no d e sire to go to th e c ity and be- ;
com e fam ou s— h e . stayed h e re w ith ;
us and becam e fam ous w ith ou t ever i
g iv in g ,fa m o a thought, and th e h o s-1
p ital as w ell as hundreds o f p eople |
I w ill e ver be than kfu l th at ho did stay
| w ith us.
D iggers, poor p eople and aborigin es
w ere a lw a y s h ls e s p e c ia l-c a re ; noth­
in g w as too m uch trouble fo r him
w here th ey w ere concerned. W neve
| sick people w ere con cerned, he n ev er
spared h im self and in th e. horse and
buggy days, w hen r o a d s - ^ r e bad and
1 few , he would rid e out 30, or 4Q m iles
to a ca se of Illn ess d a y o r night.
He kuvo his ro est a tte n tio n to all
h o sp ital p atients a t all tim es; his
m any g ifts and ge n ero sities h a ve le ft
th e hospital deeply, in h is debt. He
w as respon sible fo r the p athological
and X -ray w ork, such a lot o f w h ich
has been done a t th e ho sp ital d u rin g;
the p a st few y ea rs. It w a s duo to
his radiological sk ill that th e H os-,
p ita ls’ Com m ission a ssisted fin an cially
in the purchase o f app aratu s enabling
him to do raoro va lu a b le w ork than
w as possible w ith th e apparatus p re­
v io u sly a t the ho sp ital. In con clusion
Mr. R ow lands said he 'believed th a t
the Board could b e st show Its grati- •
tude to him b y using- its b est endeav-1
our to h a ve tho good w ork In radio­
lo gy and p ath o lo gy continued hero
for the benefit o f a ll w hoso condition
m ay require th eir use.
Mr. R ow lan ds then m oved the fo l­
lo w in g motion, w hich w as carried by
the directors stan din g in silen ce for
one m inute:
"T h a t th is Board record s w ith
deep est re g re t the death of Dr. H. O.
L ethbridge, w hose profession al a tta in ­
m ents, g re a t am ount o f w o rk done a t
the hospital, in cludin g fo r hiany y ea rs
the adm in istration o f the iu-ofessional
sid e o f the in stitution, m an y and gen .
erous g ifts to the hosp ital, help and
ad vice to the Board so f r e e ly giv en
w h en ever ask ed for, h a ve, a ll le ft the
ho sp ital deep ly in his defct.
“ F urth er, th a t ow in g 10 his skill
and kn ow ledge In ra d io lo gy this
B oard w as a'ble to acquire a valuable ;
X-rny apparatus, and D r.\L eth b rid ge ‘
wajs resp o n sib le for esta b lish in g a
p athological la b orato ry in the H os­
p ital, th ereb y en h an cin g -the value
and. w id en in g the ran ge o£:w ork, and
p lacin g the H osp ital further I n 'h is
debt. |
“ Dr. Leth'bridge’s high professional
standing, his kin d lin ess, gen ero sity,
h igh Ideals and o u tstan d lig p erson al­
ity, m ake h is lo ss V ity grea t, not
only to the H o sp itr''b u t also to N ar­
andera and larcajy' throughout River-
ina. t ■
" T h a t a c<py o f th is resolution be
forw arded tcM rs. L eth b rid ge w ith the
B o a rd ’s dee* sym p a th y.’’
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