Subject: Tune Add: SKIPPY THEME From: John in Brisbane Date: 08 Oct 99 - 08:55 AM This is an opportunity for me to post some bits and pieces of Australian songs and tunes. Please don't expect anything too cerebral here. Here's the tune from Skippy The Bush Kangaroo which is a fairly nice tune to pair with The Wonder Hornpipe.
MIDI file: skippy.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE PUB WITH NO BEER (Slim Dusty) From: John in Brisbane Date: 08 Oct 99 - 09:07 AM More Australians know THE PUB WITH NO BEER than (?) the National Anthem. The DT is missing the tune.
A couple of decades ago the Australian Folk publication 'Singabout' published a parody known as 'The Pub With No Dyke'. As I recall this drew several stern letters to the Editor questioning its inclusion in a serious folk mag. I hope that Bob Bolton may be able to come up with the complete words please.
I'll tell you a story that happened to me,
There were blokes going out there blokes coming in,
Plus lots more......
MIDI file: pub_beer.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 3/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: Tune Add: JAKE THE PEG From: John in Brisbane Date: 08 Oct 99 - 09:12 AM While you're cringeing, the lyrics to this have been posted to the forum in the past. Here's the tune you've all been waiting for.
MIDI file: jakepeg.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 2/2 48 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: Tune Add: OUR DON BRADMAN From: John in Brisbane Date: 08 Oct 99 - 09:21 AM Don Bradman is one of Australia's sporting icons, being Australia's greatest cricket batsman and Australian Test captain for 25 years until his retirement in 1948. The Poms were so humiliated by his prowess that they had to resort to un-sporting tactics to defeat him. Mind you they probably have a different version of history, the poor, unprincipled souls.
Here's the tune - I'll post the words later.
MIDI file: bradman.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: John in Brisbane Date: 08 Oct 99 - 10:03 AM When I get a bit more time I'll post the FUll version of Jack O'Hagan's Along The Road To Gundagai (the verses for which I don't believe I've ever heard) plus Little Boy Lost which is a tear jerker based on a true story. I promise not to submit this sort of stuff too often. I am still tossing up whether to post Santa Never Made It Into Darwin - with the 25th anniversary of the destruction of Darwin coming up on Chritmas Eve.
I can't find the thread but someone was chasing Only Nineteen, which I believe to be the finest Australian song written about Vietnam. I'll certainly get that one here in the next few days. Written by John Schumann from Redgum. Which reminds me, has anyone ever posted Dusty Diamantina - one of his as well as I recall - and a bloody fine song.
And of course there's still My Boomerang Won't Come Back?
And Henry Lawson's Bush Girl? Or did Bob Bolton post this tune?
Regards, John |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: alison Date: 10 Oct 99 - 07:28 AM I posted a heap to "Bush Girl"..... alan of Oz will be contacting you... he has a new trick up his sleeve... it'll be easier for you and I to know what each other has already done. slainte alison |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: wildlone Date: 10 Oct 99 - 08:34 AM Surely "Aussie" and culture used together is an oxymoron. Yours wildlone in hiding from sun bronzed folks in VW campers in case he gets his other arm broken.***BG*** |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Alan of Australia Date: 10 Oct 99 - 11:49 AM G'day, A cultural expert was visiting our shores. One night while giving a lecture he was asked: "What do you think of Australian culture?". "The trouble with Australia is that it really has no culture", he replied. "Pig's arse we don't", came a voice from the back of the hall.
Cheers,
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Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Alan of Australia Date: 10 Oct 99 - 11:55 AM In the Northern Territory where wild pigs are in serious plague proportions, there's a pub with the rear end of a stuffed pig mounted on the wall. Above it are the words, "Do we give credit?". Below it are, "we do." I really don't know whether any of this has any meaning in more "cultured" countries.
Cheers,
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Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: wildlone Date: 10 Oct 99 - 04:02 PM G'day when ever a backpacker leaves "OZ" the national IQ level drops, When they get here ours rises. Good result in the rugby cheers mate .WL. |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Jerry Friedman Date: 11 Oct 99 - 12:45 PM "In a pig's ass" (or "in a pig's eye") used to be American slang, but I think it's now obsolete or almost. Replaced by the inferior "Not!", at least for a while. Anyway, I'm not having any trouble with the jokes. This may mean something about U.S. culture. |
Subject: Tune Add: BALLAD OF 1891 From: John in Brisbane Date: 12 Oct 99 - 12:30 AM Here's the tune for Ballad of 1891. Will find the words as soon as I can. Regards, John
MIDI file: 1891.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Durham Lad Date: 12 Oct 99 - 05:41 PM Do Eric Bogle songs count? |
Subject: Tune Add: TRAVELLING DOWN THE CASTLEREAGH From: John in Brisbane Date: 12 Oct 99 - 09:36 PM Hi Durham Lad, if you're not into rules - and I'm not - then anything counts. What did you have in mind, the Aussie BBQ Song, I Hate Wogs ...?
In the meantime here's the music to what I believe is a pivotal song in Australian history, and is one of the early references to organised unionism in the wool industry - until recently the prime driver of the Australian economy. Regards, John
TRAVELLING DOWN THE CASTLEREAGH
MIDI file: castle.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 6/8 12 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: THE TENT POLES ARE ROTTEN (H Lawson) From: John in Brisbane Date: 12 Oct 99 - 10:13 PM Here's one of my favourite Henry Lawson songs. Regards, John.
THE TENT POLES ARE ROTTEN
The tent poles are rotten, and the campfires dead
And it's north west by west over ranges and far
And scarcely a comrade my memory reveals
And the cold water rises in jets from the floor
But the way of a swagman is mostly uphill
Oh, there's comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay
For a bushman gets bushed in the streets of the town
MIDI file: tentpole.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: I WAS ONLY NINETEEN (John Schumann) From: John in Brisbane Date: 14 Oct 99 - 01:57 AM And a true classic from the pen of John Schumann. Regards, John.
1. Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal,
Chorus 1
2. From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat,
Chorus 2.
3. A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one
Chorus 3.
4. l can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
Chorus 4.
Chorus 5.
MIDI file: only19.mid Timebase: 120 TimeSig: 4/4 24 8 This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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Subject: Lyr Add: ROAD TO GUNDAGAI From: Chris in Darwin Date: 14 Oct 99 - 11:35 PM Diamantina Drover was written by Hugh McDonald of Redgum. I have the words if anyone is interested. There is another version of "Road to Gundagai" that I heard years ago - There's a car that lingers in my memory Of running boards and things that used to be. One day I'm returning to the smell of rubber burning Along the road to Gundagai. CHORUS: There's an old-fashioned Ford made of rubber, tin and board Along the road to Gundagai. Its spark plugs are missing. Its cylinders are hissing Beneath the summer sky. There is water in the petrol and sand all in the gears And she hasn't seen a garage for over forty years. That's the old-fashioned Ford made of rubber, tin and board Along the road to Gundagai. When I find that car, I'll be a kid again. I'll have no thought of bruises or of pain. As I crank the handle, I couldn't blow a candle Along the road to Gundagai. Chorus Regards |
Subject: Lyr Add: LAZY HARRY'S From: Snuffy Date: 23 Sep 00 - 09:20 AM I picked up a tape last weekend at Bromyard Folk Festival of field recordings made in Suffolk in the 1980's. On it I was amazed to find this version of the Road to Gundagai - completeley different storyline to the version in DT. (Different tune, too - Mr Whiting uses a fairly standard "Wearing of the Green" tune, closer to the Dubliner's "Rising of the Moon" than to the WotG tune in DT). But how did it get to Suffolk? My guess would probably be through the army, with UK and ANZAC troops serving together - Boer War, WW1, WW2, etc - although maritime transmission is also a possibility. Can any 'catters throw further light on this? LAZY HARRY'S Well we'd finished up the shearing and we each had took our checks So we planned a trip to Sydney just to lubricate our necks So we swung the swags up gaily: we had Sydney in the eye But we camped at Lazy Harry's on the road to Gundagai We camped one night at a station and they treated us real swell Next day we started tramping, and the sun was hot as hell But we didn't mind the tramping and we didn't mind the flies But we camped at Lazy Harry's on the road to Gundagai We camped one night at a cockies, at the next the waterhole was dry Next day we started tramping beneath the red hot copper sky But we didn't mind the tramping: we had Sydney in the eye But we camped at Lazy Harry's on the road to Gundagai We were miles yet from the railhead and out throats were awful dry When we spotted Lazy Harry's pub on the road to Gundagai So we thought we'd have a quick one in the pub as we passed by But we camped at Lazy Harry's on the road to Gundagai Now the barmaids there in Harry's pub would melt a heart of stone They'd make you think you were twice your size like you stood out on your own And when you knew you'd had enough, they'd convince you you were dry So we camped at Lazy Harry's on the road to Gundagai Well we ended up as drunk as lords, woke up with an awful head Snowy felt down in his pockets and he said "Well, strike me dead! Someone has fanned me for me money," then he gave a woeful sigh "That means I won't see Sydney now or get as far as Gundagai" When we each felt in our pockets, someone had done a proper job For they'd fanned us for our money, and they'd left us fifteen bob It's a lesson I'll remember now until the day I die When we camped at Lazy Harry's on the road to Gundagai Mr Whiting pronounces Gundagai as Gundygai throughout From Songs sung in Suffolk, Vol 3. Veteran Tapes VT103. (Field recordings 1985-87 by John Howson). Sung by Fred Whiting of Kenton, Suffolk. Wassail! V
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Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 10 Mar 04 - 06:56 AM refresh |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 10 Mar 04 - 07:38 AM songs & music (dots) here Mark Gregory's Australian Folk Songs |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Bob Bolton Date: 10 Mar 04 - 05:06 PM G'day Snuffy, Did you ever get any elucidation on that intriguing Pommy version of Lazy Harry's? I seem to remember reading it some time around September 2000 - when you posted to this forum (although I was doing my best to be anywhere else in Australian than Sydney, which was in Olympics frenzy mode at the time!) Was there also discussion in some other forum ... such as AusWorldFolk? Anyway, I'd be interested to hear if you found out any more about the provenance of this lovely version. It certainly reads as if it was written by someone with a good local knowledge (as against the occasional Pommy 'remake'" that tries to 'translate' into "English" terms that one sees). The use of a "Wearing of the Green"-type tune suggests a fair level of antiquity. That tune certainly got a boost (and a change of passport!) when Dion Boucicault pinched it off the Scots for his musical-play song Wearing of the Green in 1848 ... and would have been heard more widely in that form than its original use as a setting of one of the Scots poet Robert Tannahill's poems. I'd be a bit surprised if it appeared in a 'non-Irish' context much beyond the turn of the 20th century (it certainly saw service in Australia as a tune for some Ned Kelly ballads ... but that would probably have been seen as an "Irish" usage - to some degree). I had a look at Veteran's web site - and they don't seem to have listed VT 103 in their current CD offerings. Do you know of anywhere that I could find an audio file of this song? Regards, Bob Bolton |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Snuffy Date: 11 Mar 04 - 09:05 AM Most of that tape now appears to be on "VTC2CD Songs Sung in Suffolk" - but not that one!!! You could try asking Veteran if it's on another compilation. Or PM me your e-mail address and I'll make an MP3 for you |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Bob Bolton Date: 11 Mar 04 - 06:52 PM G'day Snuffy, Thanks for that - I've PMed you with my details (and a vaguely related yarn). Regards, Bob Bolton |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Mr Happy Date: 05 Feb 10 - 07:35 AM ...........about 30 years ago, I heard a version of 'The Road to Gundagai' of which the chorus line went 'On the road to Gundagai Five miles from Gundagai And [repeat last line of preceding verse]' & also contained this gem 'and the dog shat in the tucker bag On the road to Gundagai'!! Anyone recognise this version? |
Subject: RE: LYR & TUNE ADD: Sundry Aussie Culture From: Bob the Postman Date: 05 Feb 10 - 08:27 AM Two different songs, mate. Nine Miles From Gundagai is about a teamster having a bad time. Road To Gundagai is about a couple of shearers having a good time. |
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