Broken Down Merry-Go-Round

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X:52
T:Broken Down Merry-Go-Round
% NFF Book 2009
C:Arthur Herbert & Fred Stryker
S:collected from Stan Treacy, Limerick, NSW
S:recorded by Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting, 1950
S:John Meredith Collection, Bib ID 2202650
Z:arranged by Dave de Hugard
B:J Meredith, R Covell, & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p66, ISBN 0 86840 018
N:This tune was first collected by de Hugard and later by Meredith & Sullivan
H:It (song actually) is a 1950-ish Australian radio hit parade song copyright
H:C1950) in US by 'Fairway Music Corporation'
O:Australia, NSW, Limerick
R:Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
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Broken Down Merry-Go-Round - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Dave de Hugard | John Meredith Collection | Stan Treacy |