Sarah’s Slippers

by Christine Morphett

Attending Harfentreffen in Kircher, Germany in 2025 I met up with Sarah from the Netherlands. We realised that we’d attended many folk harp festivals toghether, although not really meeting up, with the first one in 2014 at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival. Sadly I broke my back whilst staying at Harfentreffen, where Sarah was brilliant at helping me get around, lugging my harp, and just being a wonderful friend. I then caught up with her later at the Nordic Harp Meeting in the Netherlands, and wrote this tune in appreciation for all her help.

Composed in 2025.

About the Composer

Christine Morphett is a passionate Celtic harper from South Australia, and she is involved in concerts and harp workshops around Australia and the UK.
Christine with her husband Peter Franche form the duo Telenn Tri, who have been travelling around the British Isles and Europe for the past 2 years, discovering new inspiration for their music. They have performed at Bridport Folk Festival, South Petherton Folk Festival, and various clubs in Somerset, UK.
Their CD ‘Macquarie Street’ was a finalist for Traditional Folk Music Album in the Australian Folk Music Awards organised by Folk Alliance Australia in 2022, with Christine’s composition ‘Collaboration Jig’ named in “The Music Hub Collection Top Tunes in Scotland in 2022”.



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About Melbourne Tune collection

Melbourne Tune Collection records and publishes original folk tunes and songs from around Australia.

I started this project after realising that I barely knew any Australian folk tunes, even though I’ve been playing the fiddle for almost two decades. It wasn’t that Australians weren’t writing tunes, it’s just that there was limited publishing opportunities for them.

I thought maybe if I collect these tunes and put them together, they would have a better chance of getting played. So in early 2019 I set off with my camera and recorder, first around Melbourne, then across Australia.

This site is the result of these travels. Its purpose is to make Australian folk music as accessible as possible and promote the incredible music that’s being written today. I genuinely believe that there’s something special happening in the Melbourne and Australian folk music scenes right now.

I hope you enjoy playing through these tunes as much as I have!

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Katherine Oleinikov. Photo © 2022 Adam Purcell – Melbourne Ceili Camera