Chorus: Time goes by, how the years they fly And fashions may come and may go But as long as there’s music, as long as there’s dance The Reedy River still flows The Reedy River still flows
In the far distant times of the Dreaming When people first walked this land There was music and dancing to sing up the spirits To bring us together, every woman and man
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And from far distant lands others came And still come to our bounteous shores They bring stories and songs that tell who we are And we dance round the room as did others before
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In far distant places through the bush of Australia The song catchers tirelessly roamed Collecting the stories and tunes of our country Collecting the dances, the songs and the poems
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So let’s sing songs of those come before us And let’s strike up the fiddle and bow And let’s dance till we drop, and then sing one more chorus So the River of Music still flows
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video - Bruce & the "Ringwood All Stars" a scratch band from the Ringwood Folk Club. Bruce wrote this song to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Sydney Bush Music Club, the longest running folk club in Australia, in 1954. The club emerged from the folk musical production "Reedy River". The song celebrates tradition and continuity using the metaphor of a river. Musicians: Harry Gardner, Peter Ellis, Maggie Somerville, Maree Butler, Don Gingrich