Lyr Add: Songs of Margaret Bradford

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs of Margaret Bradford
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 18 Feb 22 - 02:54 AM

http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/boakeb/poetry/wherethedeadmenlie.html
the poem has 8 verses, but I can't remember if Margaret used them all

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs of Margaret Bradford
From: GerryM
Date: 17 Feb 22 - 11:45 PM

Margaret wrote a great tune for the Barcroft Boake poem, Where the Dead Men Lie, but I can't find a recording of that tune online.

Subject: ADD: Mum Shirl (Margaret Bradford)
From: Margaret Bradford
Date: 17 Feb 22 - 10:37 PM

MUM SHIRL
(Margaret Bradford)

Mum Shirl! What a girl! What an inspiration to her race.
In her crowded kitchen cooking for the hungry.
Listening to the lonely, sheltering the homeless.
In a house she’s paying off on her   pension.

But who gets the handouts now. The survivor in an urban ghetto?
Yes. Who gets the handouts now?
Not Shirl. What a girl!



Mum Shirl! What a girl! Reared thirteen children on her own.
Two of them are hers, but unloved unemployed kids of every race and colour.
Know they’ll get a feed and shelter and a bed at Shirl’s place.

But who gets the handouts now. She’s not after publicity or honour.
Yes. Who gets the handouts now?
Not Shirl. What a girl!



Mum Shirl! What a girl! She visits all the Murrays in gaols.
From Grafton to Glenn Innes, Bathurst down to Goulburn.
No discriminating. They know they can trust her.
Gives them strength to face the world.

But who gets the handouts now. She’s been doing this now for thirty years.
Yes. Who gets the handouts now?
Not Shirl. What a girl!



Mum Shirl! What a girl! Spirit never daunted she fights on.
Her body’s wearing out. She’s not getting any younger.
Big boys want to meet her cause she’s known round the country.
No one else could do what Shirl’s done.

But who gets the handouts now. Will receptions and medals really help her.
Yes. Who gets the handouts now?
Not Shirl. What a girl!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iJ4wPcbXAs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mum_Shirl

Subject: ADD: Drip Drop (Margaret Bradford)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Sep 21 - 08:03 PM

this is the only one we have in the Oz/NZ songbook

DRIP DROP by Margaret Bradford, 1998

video - Drip Drop

Margaret's youtube channel


DRIP DROP
(Margaret Bradford)

Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop
Wasting water's gotta stop
Drop. Drip. Drop. Drip
Turn that tap off quick!

Water's precious can't you see
Its a rare commodity
Creeks and rivers dry up fast
You gotta make that water last and last, and last, and last, and last and last, and last

Drip. Drop...

Mulch that garden, watch it grow
When roots stay damp deep down below
Sun can't dry out soil underneath
You won't have to hose for weeks

Plant those natives watch 'em thrive
In hot dry Aussie they'll survive
Why water lawns to make 'em grow?
Then on the weekend you've gotta mow and mow and mow and mow and mow and mow and mow!

Drip. Drop....

[scat: dribble drop dribble etc.]

Keep that shower short and sweet
Just wet yourself from head to feet
Don't stand under there all day
You might develop scales and swim away

A cup of water's quite enough
To clean your teeth with that the stuff
Don't let that tap run, use a plug
Don't wanna hear that water glug

Drip. Drop....

Flushing loos use too much water
Don't flush it more than you oughta
If it's yellow let it mellow
But if it's brown then flush it down

Drip. Drop....

Sydney songwriter Margaret Bradford wraps some very practical advice about household water conservation in a lively and humorous musical package. Miguel's jazzy choral arrangement makes the most of the onomatopoeic possibilities.

Last year I gave away most of my 600 CDs, including Margaret's to 2 community radio stations otherwise I might have been able to post more lyrics.

I might ask her about getting more of her lyrics.

Review of Margaret's latest CD - Hoya

Review of Freddy's Daughter, 1998

Subject: Lyr Add: Songs of Margaret Bradford
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Sep 21 - 07:10 PM

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