Publications of the Bush Music Club - Part 2

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Publications of the Bush Music Club 1950s to date - Part 1 

Scanned from an undated, not previously known 20 page booklet owned by Dale Dengate 

Reprinted from Singabout Songster Number 1, May 1968  -see contents list, publication no.  7 

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SINGABOUT SONGSTER  Reprinted from "Singabout Songster No. 1"  (annotated & corrected) 

1.  CLICK GO THE SHEARS - corrections, and annotation -
Undoubtedly Australia's most famous shearing song

2. BOTANY BAY  - correction 

3. DROVERS DREAM  - correction

4.  WILD COLONIAL BOY  - tune added

5. NINE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI 

6. OVERLANDER 

7.  BLACK VELVET BAND 

8. DYING STOCKMAN 

9. OLD BULLOCK DRAY

9.  DINKY DI - annotated - 
The 1st AIF's contribution to folklore

10.  MAGGIE MAGGIE MAY - annotated-
Chorus 

11. OLD BARK HUT - first 9 verses 

12. OLD BARK HUT (cont) + CHARLIE MOPPS -
annotated - Adopted as "Australian" as recently
as 1956, this song was originally English. 

13. CATALPA  - annotated - A ballad telling the true story
of the rescue by American sympathisers
of 6 Fenian prisoners in WA penal colony. 

 

14. DENNIS O'REILLY - annotated  - In true
street ballad style this song tells a story of Irish Immigration

15.  RIBUCK SHEARER 

16. WIDGEEOWERA JOE 

17.  JOG ALONG TILL SHEARING 

18. WILD ROVER 

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