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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 52

Songs

Songs.

Their songs consist of a few words constantly repeated, and, consequently, soon become monotonous. Their intonation is often very harmonious and agreeable, especially in the song known as "Koorinda Bria." This song, and several others, were set and arranged to music by the late eminent composer, Mr. Nathan. I obtained the words of many of these songs from the blacks, but not the translation, except for a few which had been composed to illustrate the doings of some of the white residents.

As an evidence of the wide spread of these songs and dances, whilst witnessing a corrobboree by a large number of blacks of the Fitzroy Downs tribe, Queensland, the song was at once recognized by a Newcastle black who was with me at the time.