Folk-Songs, original manuscripts
Scope and Contents
List on torn cover of 39 songs: Original song: Lullaby; 2 voice arrangement; Original song: Jacqueline; Original song: Summer; "Ma Belle, Si Tu Voulais" - pencil; "Last Rose of Summer" - pen and ink; "Lusty Young Smith"; "John Henry"; "Cherry Tree Carol" - pencil; "Silent Night" - pencil; "The Lover's Ghost" - felt pen; "The Maid of Newfoundland" - felt pen; Lullaby - chords only; "Muwashshah" on reverse side; Guitar, no words; "Moreton Bay"; "Go Down, Moses"; "House of the Rising Sun" - pencil; "Drover's Dream" - pencil; "Waltzing Mathilda" - pencil; "Moreton Bay" - pen; "Streets of Forbes" - pen; "Die Lorelei" - pencil; "Muwashshah" - pen, with words; "Oft in the Stilly Night" - pencil; "The Willow Song" - pencil; "Waltzing Mathilda" - pencil; "Papillon, Tu es voyage" - sketch only, pencil; "The New Jerusalem"; "The Curry Wren" - pen and pencil; "Sixteen Tons" - notes only; Original song: Elsinore - pencil; "Le Deserteur" - pencil; "Peat Bog Soldiers" - pencil; "Bold Fenian Men" - pen and pencil; "Down By the Sally Gardens" - pen and pencil; "Las Tres Hoyas"; "Papillon, Tu es Voyage" - arrangement in pencil, melody line in red ink; "Scottish Lullaby" - original words, pen; "The Broomfield Hill" - ballpoint; "All My Trials"; "Ye Mariners All" - pencil; "Down By the Sally Gardens" - pen; "Los Cuatro Muleros" - pencil; "Greensleeves" - pencil; "The Evening Winds" - pen original words; "Blue Moon" - pen; "Cocaine Blues" - pencil chords; "The Three Fishers" - felt pen; "Ma Belle, Si Tu Voulais" - felt pen; "Waltzing Mathilda" - felt pen; "Aunt Rhody" - felt pen; "The Three Fishers" - felt pen; "Los Reyes de la Baraja" - felt pen; "The Unquiet Grave" - felt pen; "The Lover's Ghost" - felt pen; "Le Deserteur" - felt pen; "The Lusty Young Smith" - felt pen; "Franky and Johnny" - felt pen; "Henry Martin" - felt pen; "Edward" - felt pen; "Streets of Forbes" - felt pen; "The Peat-Bog Soldiers"; "Barbara Allen"; "The House of the Rising Sun"; "Ye Mariners All"; "Du Maydele Du Feyns"; "Ma Belle si Tu Voulais" - ballpoint pen; "Die Lorelei" - pencil; "Jacqueline" - ballpoint; "Summer" - ballpoint; "Spring Song" - ballpoint; "Lullaby" chords - ballpoint; "Unquiet Grave" - felt pen; "Go Down, Moses" - pen; "The Lover's Ghost" - pen; "Les Trois Petits Enfants" - pen; "Les Trois Petits Enfants" - pencil; "Scottish Lullaby" - pen; "Les Trois Petits Enfants" - pencil; "Oy Azoy Neyt A Shnayder" - pencil; "Franky and Johnny" - 4 versions; "Barbara Allen" - felt pen, words on back; "Barbara Allen" - felt pen; "Du Maydele du Fayns" - pencil; "Hava Naghila" - pen; "Down By the Sally Gardens" - pencil; "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" - 2 pencil versions; "Which Side Are You On?" - 3 versions; "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" - pen; "Three Fishers" - pencil sketch; "All My Trials" - pencil sketch; "Unquiet Grave" - pencil; "Hier Apres-midi" - original, satire on student restaurants in Paris; "Down By the Sally Gardens" - 2 voice version, pen; "Unquiet Grave" - pencil; "Barbara Allen" - ink and pencil; "All My Trials" - pencil; "Three Fishers" - sketch; "Three Fishers" - complete, pencil; "Henry Martin" - pencil; "Maid of Newfoundland" - felt pen; "Maid of Newfoundland" - pencil; "Muwashshah" - pencil sketch; "Franky and Johnny" - pencil; "Go Down, Moses" - pencil; "Greensleeves" - pen; "Ye Mariners All" - pen; "House of th Rising Sun" - pen; "Bulbas" - pen; "Chalita" tango - pencil; "Les Trois Petits Enfants" - felt pen; "Los Reyes de la Baraca" - pencil; "Henry Martin" - felt pen; "Evening Winds" - pencil.
Dates
- Creation: 1963-1987
Creator
- From the Collection: Lisker, Roy, 1938- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 57 Linear Feet (102 hollinger boxes and 6 paige boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository