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The Bush Music Club was founded in October 1954 & published the first issue of Singabout in January 1956. This issue included notice of BMC's First Annual Conference on Saturday 11th February at the International Seaman's Club.
The Bush Music Club was founded in October 1954 & published the first issue of Singabout in January 1956. This issue included notice of BMC's First Annual Conference on Saturday 11th February at the International Seaman's Club.
The final issue published was Vol. 6, no. 2, 1967. Issue 6(3) was prepared but never printed and BMC then relied on newsletter-style publications until Mulga Wire started in 1977.
Singabout 4(1), 1960
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New Songs
Wagga-Waggah - words & music by John Meredith
Bold Tommy Payne - written 1953 by Jack Crossland
When Regan Sat on His Spurs - adapted from an old bush yarn by Stan Wakefield
Where the Black Swans Fly - poem by Ted Harrington, set to music by Clair White
A Pub With No Beer by Dan Sheehan, Ingham, Qld. First published in The North Queensland Register, January 1st, 1944.
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Collected Songs
Jackie Jackie - written by unknown Aboriginal songwriter from the collection of Roland Robinson
The Miner - collected from Mrs R.L. Sayers of Box Hill, Vic
My Own Native Land (version of Native Mate) - contributed by Mrs W. Anderson of Toronto, NSW
The Reedy Lagoon - tape-recorded in Singelton, NSW, by Joe Curran from the singing of an unidentified guest.
Collected Songs
Jackie Jackie - written by unknown Aboriginal songwriter from the collection of Roland Robinson
The Miner - collected from Mrs R.L. Sayers of Box Hill, Vic
My Own Native Land (version of Native Mate) - contributed by Mrs W. Anderson of Toronto, NSW
The Reedy Lagoon - tape-recorded in Singelton, NSW, by Joe Curran from the singing of an unidentified guest.
O'Mulligan's Wallaby Drive (tune Villikins & his Dinah) collected from Jack (Bottle-o) Carter, Victoria
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Recitations
Italian Cocky's Mate - Matt O'Connor, Border Fence, NSW
Strike Eight Bells - collected by Merv Lilley from Kevin Tory on the S.S. Dulverton
Recitations
Italian Cocky's Mate - Matt O'Connor, Border Fence, NSW
Strike Eight Bells - collected by Merv Lilley from Kevin Tory on the S.S. Dulverton
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Collectors Notebook - fragments
Tambaroora Gold
Western Goldfields ballads & a Kelly Song
Shearing Along the Castlereagh
The Shepherd's Possessions
Additional verse to Charlie Mopps
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Singabout 4(2) 1961
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Collected Songs
The Lost Sailor - collected from Simon McDonald, Creswick, Vic
The Old Man Kangaroo - collected from Simon McDonald, Creswick, Vic
The Rouseabout - collected from Mrs Alma Burge, Dubbo, NSW
When Jones's Ale was New - collected from Simon McDonald, Creswick, Vic
The Golden Vanity - collected from Simon McDonald, Creswick, Vic
The Maid & The Magpie - collected from "Hoopiron" Jack Lee of Auburn, NSW
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Reciter's Corner
The Bristol Rat - Matt O'Connor
What Bill Lewis told his Grandson - John Manifold
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Collector's Notebook
On a Lonely Western Station
The Hat Ned Kelly Wore
The Pub With No Dike
The Big Fish in Brisbane Waters
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Singabout 4(3) September1961
BMC's 7th Anniversary
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New Songs
Don the Dogger - Joe Daly, Hungerford, NSW/Qld border
The New Chum Shearer - Joe Daly, Hungerford, NSW/Qld border
Gordon's Great Leap - William L. Laves, grandson of Lance Skuthorpe. (tune - Villikins & his Dinah)
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Collected Songs
The Fair Young Jockey - collected from Mrs Violet Skuthorpe
Tambaroora Gold - collected from Mr. Harry Holder of Lionsville, near Bar Yigil, NSW North Coast
Two Songs of '91 - The Struggle in the West (contributed by Len Fox) & The Ballot is the thing (written by W. Kidson in 1891)
The Whip and The Spur - collected from Mrs Violet Skuthorpe
The Stockman's Last Bed - collected from Mrs Violet Skuthorpe
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Recitations
The Bullocky's Tale - collected by Stan Wakefield
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Collector's Notebook
Recitation - He never Blamed the Booze by G.A. Finn, Queenstown, Tas.
I'm the Best by Bob Dunbar (tune - Ring the Bell, Watchman)
Tambaroora Gold - collected from Mr. Harry Holder of Lionsville, near Bar Yigil, NSW North Coast
Two Songs of '91 - The Struggle in the West (contributed by Len Fox) & The Ballot is the thing (written by W. Kidson in 1891)
The Whip and The Spur - collected from Mrs Violet Skuthorpe
The Stockman's Last Bed - collected from Mrs Violet Skuthorpe
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Recitations
The Bullocky's Tale - collected by Stan Wakefield
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Collector's Notebook
Recitation - He never Blamed the Booze by G.A. Finn, Queenstown, Tas.
I'm the Best by Bob Dunbar (tune - Ring the Bell, Watchman)
Angler's Prayer - contributed by Clarence Strochnetter
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Singabout 4(4) 1962
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New Songs
Our Fathers Cleared the Bush - Mick Highes, Vic
The Great Northern Line - Duke Tritton
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Collected Songs
The Albury Ram - collected from Tom Newbound, Rutherglen, Vic
The Knickerbocker Line - reprinted from English Dance & Song, the magazine of the English Folk Song & Dance Society
Ireland Over Here - collected by Stan Wakefield from an Irishman in Wyalla, SA
The Canecutter's Lament - contributed by Jimmy Laycock of Ravenshoe, Qld
The Irishman's Gold Mine - collected from Duke Tritton
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Collector's Notebook -
A variation of When Jones's Ale was New from Noreen Grunseitt
fragments of 2 ballads about Thunderbolt contributed by Dr Russell Ward, Armidale, NSWPoem - Let's be Australians - contributed by Vera Deacon, Dee Why, NSW
fragments of 2 ballads about Thunderbolt contributed by Dr Russell Ward, Armidale, NSWPoem - Let's be Australians - contributed by Vera Deacon, Dee Why, NSW
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