Transcribed and collected during the French Baudin and Péron scientific expedition (1799-1803) to Australia in Sydney during 1802 and set to music by the French astronomer Pierre-Francis Bernier. Musique des naturels (Music of the natives) including the chant of cou-he (coo-ee ‘come’ or ‘come here’), published in the second edition of the Atlas in François Péron’s Voyage (Paris 1824).
Singer: Karen Smith
Chant (Women’s chant) |
Sound table 6.19 |
Coo-ee.
Voyage of discovery to the southern lands: an historical record atlas / by MM. Lesueur and Petit, 2nd ed. Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes : historique, atlas par MM. Lesueur et Petit, seconde edition, Paris, 1824