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Investigating the background of the man who first recorded Waltzing Matilda.
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This is the first recording of 'Waltzing Matilda’, recorded by Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, tenor John Collinson in London in 1926.
Summary by Graham McDonald
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Song performed by John Collinson about Mildura, circa 1926.
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Mildura seemed a popular subject for songwriters, with Mrs G H Ball’s, My Old Home Town (Mildura) recorded on the B side of John Collinson’s first recording of Waltzing Matilda in 1926 and the...
