Welcome to the audio files for Allan Marett's Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts: The Wangga of Northern Australia.
The codes used to identify the recordings are explained in the appendixes.
"Cro00, viii," for example, is a recording made by Crocombe in the year 2000;
"viii" refers to the item number.
Track 1 "Wulumen Tulh" (Ma-yawa wangga),
sung by Maurice Ngulkur with Columbanus
Wanir (didjeridu) (Cro00, viii) (1:14)
Track 2 "Wulumen Tulh" (Ma-yawa wangga),
sung by Maurice Ngulkur with Columbanus
Wanir (didjeridu) (Cro00, vii) (1:24)
Track 3 "Bangany-nyung Ngaya" (Barrtjap's
wangga), sung by Tommy Barrtjap with
Djagabunbun (Jackie Woody) (didjeridu)
(Moy68:5, v) (1:40)
Track 4 "Yendili no. 2" (Walakandha wangga),
sung by Thomas Kungiung,Wagon Dumoo, and
Martin Warrigal Kungiung, with John Dumoo
(didjeridu) (Mar88:38, v) (2:25)
Track 5 "Truwu" (Walakandha wangga), sung to
the Truwu A melody by Thomas Kungiung,
Wagon Dumoo, and Martin Warrigal Kungiung
(Mar88:39, ii) (2:36)
Track 6 "Truwu" (Walakandha wangga), sung to
the Truwu B melody by Les Kundjil (Mar98:15,
xii) (1:32)
Track 7 "Truwu" (Walakandha wangga), sung to
the Truwu A/B melody by Thomas Kungiung
and Les Kundjil (Eni92, viii) (1:29)
Track 8 "Truwu" (Walakandha wangga), sung to
Truwu A/B melody by Philip Mullumbuk
(Mar99:4, iv) (1:49)
Track 9 "Walakandha no. 4" (Walakandha
wangga), sung by Philip Mullumbuk (Mar99:4,
xi) (1:43)
Track 10 "Kubuwemi" (Walakandha wangga),
sung by Thomas Kungiung,Wagon Dumoo, and
Martin Warrigal Kungiung (Mar88:42, viii) (1:06)
Track 11 "Yenmilhi" (Walakandha wangga), sung
by Martin Warrigal Kungiung (singer) with
Robert Daly (didjeridu) (Mar88:54, iii) (1:11)
Track 12 "Walakandha no. 2" (Walakandha
wangga), sung by Thomas Kungiung, Les Kundjil,
and Philip Mullumbuk (Eni92, vi) (2:08)
Track 13 "Walakandha Ngindji" (Ma-yawa
wangga), sung by Maurice Ngulkur with Benedict
Tchinburur (didjeridu) (Mar98:14, i) (0:49)
Track 14 "Wulumen Kimigimi" (Ma-yawa
wangga), sung by Maurice Ngulkur with Benedict
Tchinburur (didjeridu) (Mar98:14, iv) (1:09)
Track 15 "Watjen Danggi" (Ma-yawa wangga),
sung by Maurice Ngulkur with Benedict Tchinburur
(didjeridu) (Mar98:14, x) (0:55)
Track 16 "Yagarra Nga-bindja-ng Nga-mi" (Barrtjap's
wangga), sung by Tommy Barrtjap with
Djagabunbun (Jackie Woody) (didjeridu)
(Moy68:5, ix) (2:07)
Track 17 "Kanga Rinyala Nga-ve Bangany-nyung"
(Barrtjap's wangga), sung by Tommy Barrtjap
with Djagabunbun (Jackie Woody) (didjeridu)
(Moy68:5, vii) (1:47)
Track 18 "Yagarra Delhi Nye-bindja-ng Barra
Ngarrka" (Barrtjap’s wangga), sung by
Tommy Barrtjap with Eric Martin (didjeridu)
(Mar86:3, v) (1:36)
Track 19 "Yagarra Tjüt Balk-nga-me Nga-mi"
(Barrtjap's wangga), sung by Tommy Barrtjap
with Nicky Jorrock (didjeridu) (Mar86:3, iv)
(1:38)
Track 20 "Be Bangany-nyaya" (Barrtjap's wangga),
sung by Tommy Barrtjap with Djagabunbun
(Jackie Woody) (didjeridu) (Moy68:5, xi) (1:26)
Track 21 "Dadja Kadja Bangany Nye-ve" (Barrtjap's
wangga), sung by Tommy Barrtjap with
Nicky Jorrock (didjeridu) (Mar88:5, iii) (1:39)
Track 22 "Bangany-nyung Ngaya" (Barrtjap's
wangga), sung by Kenny Burrenjuck with Peter
Chainsaw (didjeridu) (Mar97:4, v) (2:45)
Track 23 "Rak Badjalarr" (Lambudju's wangga),
sung by Bobby Lambudju Lane and Tommy
Barrtjap with Nicky Jorrock (didjeridu)
(Mar86:4, vi) (1:41)
Track 24 "Winmedje" (Lambudju's wangga), sung
by Bobby Lambudju Lane with Nicky Jorrock
(didjeridu) (Mar86:4, v) (1:18)
Track 25 "Rak Badjalarr" (Lambudju's wangga),
sung by Rusty Benmele Moreen and Laurence
Wurrpen with Billy Brap (didjeridu) (Wes61,
xvi) (2:42)
Track 26 "Rak Badjalarr" (Lambudju's wangga),
sung by Colin Worumbu Ferguson with Nicky
Jorrock (didjeridu) (Mar97:13, xiii) (2:07)
Track 27 "Benmele" (Lambudju's wangga), sung
by Bobby Lambudju Lane and Tommy Barrtjap
with Nicky Jorrock (didjeridu) (Mar86:4, ix)
(2:02)
Track 28 "Minmin Light" (Maralung's Bunggridj
Bunggridj wangga), sung by Alan Maralung with
Peter Manaberu (didjeridu) (AIATSIS: A16933, i)
(1:41)
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