Old Barn Dance – Alf Radunz An old barn dance tune from the Burnett district. played by the master of the double-row button accordion, Alf Radunz, maryborough. Press Play for song preview.
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Kartoffeln und Leberwurst – German Song
Kartoffeln und Leberwurst – German Song Percy Spann, farmer and musician from Roadvale, Fassifern Valley, sings and plays (on banjo mandolin) the old German folksong ‘Kartoffeln und Leberwurst (potatoes and liverwurst). Percy sang a number of German songs and played many old German and regional dance tunes on his Club […]
HiLi HiLo – Old German Folksong
HiLi HiLo – Old German Folksong Here is the old German folksong ‘HiLi HiLo’ sung by Norm Boughen of Minden, Lockyer Valley. An old German favourite. Press Play for song preview.
Lot ist Tod – Old German Song
Lot ist Tod – Old German Song ‘Lot ist Tod’ (Lot is Dead) is an old German folksong – popular as both a ditty style song and as an accordion dance tune amongst the pioneer German settlers. This version, collected from Marburg, is sung by Meta Neuendorff and played on […]
The German Wagon – A Cultural Icon
The German wagon – A Cultural Icon The German Wagon is still today seen as the cultural icon of the German-Queensland farming culture and until the last decade were to be found in abundance – in varying states of decay – throughout the farmlands of southern Queensland. Many of these […]
Rudolf Meincke – Fiddler on the Move
Rudolf Meincke – Fiddler on the Move For the majority of the population in the 1880s until the 1930s or later, particularly in the rural environs, getting away for either holidays or seaside weekends was unheard of. Most farmers were born, lived and died in their region, and more often […]
A Man of Many Fiddles
Mackay’s Man of Many Fiddles – Herb Zillfleisch ‘Scrapsovarious’ – the home made fiddle constructed by the late Norm Boughen of Minden. Norm always thought his fiddle, made of red cedar top and tin sides, could match the famed Stradovarious for tonal quality. Herb Zillfleisch of Mackay, retired canefarmer, […]
Exorcising the Swine!
Exorcising the Swine Many of the early settlers had troubles with their pigs – particularly with differences from the ‘old country’ and getting used to farming ways and techniques more suitable for the new land. One well known incident concerns the Marburg congregation and the well-loved Pastor Temme who ministered […]
The Day the Pigs Took Over
The Day the Pigs Took Over (a story by Herbert C Heilig) The following story by Herb Heilig demonstrates the importance and attachment that the German pioneers attached to their swine. ‘Years ago, farmers who lived reasonably close to a saleyards, also a few who didn’t, would sometimes ‘drive’ their […]
Poem – When Billy Milked the Bull!
Vhen Billy Milked de Bull (author: George Essex Evans) ‘Twas in the dark before the dawn vhen all the ghosts were out The cows were calling quite forlorn for Billy to come out. ‘Twas raining too, a steady pour, upon the roof o’oer haed. So Billy gave another snore […]
