Songs of Australia

This collection a Songs of Australia began as an attempt to document my own performance repertoire and then expanded to include songs on the edge of that repertoire and then I went actively seeking what I thought might make a good song with a suitable tune. In particular the work of Mark Gregory in trawling through The National Library's Trove has unearthed some gems. Other contributors include Tony and Helen Romeo, Peter McLaren, Graham Jenkin and the compilers of the books in my personal library of resources, including John Meredith, Hugh Anderson, Ron Edwards, John Manifold, Bill Scott, Bill Wannan, Warren Fahey, Bob Campbell, John Dengate, and more. Many of the songs are Old Bush Songs such as collected by Banjo Paterson in his pioneering collection, but many draw on later times and broader issues, hence the general nature of the title.

When you click on a song title you are presented with a screenshot of the song with the opportunity to download the song as PDF, MIDI or abc file. The abc file may be of use for changing the key to suit your own voice as I have set these in keys for a baritone. Instructions for using abcExplorer to achieve this are give here.

Across the Warrego

Adventures of Jack O'Donohoe, The

Albury Ram, The

All For Me Grog

And When They Dance

Andy's Gone With Cattle

Another Fall of Rain

Answer's Ireland, The

Assisted Passage

Augathella Station

Australia's on the Wallaby

Ballad of 1891, The

Ballad of Ben Hall's Gang, The

Ballad of Eureka, The

Ballad of Jack Lefroy, The

Ballad of Norman Brown, The

Ballad of the Kelly Gang, The

Banks of the Condamine, The

Bare Legged Kate

Battle of Castle Hill, The

Battle of the Somme, The

Battler's Ballad, The

Beechworth Shearer's Song, A

Big Gun Shearer, The

Big Poll the Grogseller

Bill the Bullocky

Billy Barlow in Australia

Billy Hughes Army

Billygoat Overland

Binda Ball, The

Biralla Station Ball

Black Billy Tea

Black Velvet Band, The

Blacksmith's Song, The

Bold and Reckless Gardiner

Bold Jack Donahue

Bold Jack Donahue Lament

Boozin', Jolly Well Boozin'

Botany Bay Courtship, A

Bound For Australia

Boundary Rider, The

Braidwood Coach, The

Brewer's Glee, The

Bringing Home the Cows

Broken-Down Squatter, The

Bullockies Ball, The

Bulls of the Speewah, The

Bushman's Farewell, The

Cabbage Tree Hat, The

Callaghan's Hotel

Cane Killed Abel

Canecutter's Lament, The

Click Go The Shears

Coal Owners' Song, The

Cockies of Bungaree I, The

Cockies of Bungaree II, The

Codfish Shanty, The

Colonial Widow, The

Convict Maid, The

Convict's Wedding, The

Cove What Drives, The

Cross of the South, The

Cuttin' A Monkey

Cyprus Brig, The

Dead Horse Shanty, The

Death of Ben Hall, The

Death of Ned Kelly, The

Digger's Lament, A

Diggers Quadrilles, The

Diggins-Oh, The

Do You Think I Do Not Know

Dogs' Meeting, The

Down by the Sydney Side

Drifting Down the Darling

Drover's Dream, The

Drover's Life, A

Dust in the Sun

Dying Stockman, The

Early Sheds, The

Eight Hour Day, The

Eumerella Shore, The

Exile of Erin, An

Farewell to Anzac

Fifty-Six-O-Three

Five and a Zack

Flash Jack From Gundagai I

Flash Jack From Gundagai II

Flash Stockman, The

Fol a Rol a Roo

Four Little Johnny Cakes

Free Selector's Daughter, The

Freedom on the Wallaby

German Girl, The

Golden Gullies of the Palmer

Good Old Concertina, The

Good Old Time, The

Goulburn Shearer's Song, A

Great Northern Line, The

Gum Tree Canoe, A

Humpin' Old Bluey

Hurrah for the Diggings

Hut That's Upside Down, The

I Was Brought Up In Manchester

I've Just Come From Sydney

If I Were A Blackbird

Jim Jones at Botany Bay

Jog Along Till Shearing

John Gilbert (Bushranger)

Jolly Puddlers, The

Knitting Song, The

Kookaburra Laughed, The

Lachlan Tigers, The

Lass from Yackandandah, The

Limejuice and Vinegar

Limejuice Tub, The

Little Fish, The

Little Freehold on the Plain

Little Sprig of Wattle, A

Look Out Below!

Man of the Earth

Man with the Concertina, The

Maranoa Drovers, The

Mary of the Murrumbidgee

Maryborough Miner, A

Mulga Bill's Bicycle

Murrumbidgee Shearer, The

My Little Wet Home in a Trench

My Name is Ben Hall

My Name is Edward Kelly

My Old Black Billy

Nautical Yarn, A

Ned Kelly's Farewell to Greta

New England Cockie, The

Night at Daisy Park, A

Nine Miles From Gundagai

Norfolk Whalers

Number Twenty-Two

Oh Bedad Then Says I

Old Bark Hut, The

Old Black Alice

Old Bullock Dray I, The

Old Bullock Dray II, The

Old Bush Shanty

Old Country Hall Song, The

Old Ireland Lies Groaning

Old Keg of Rum, The

Old Palmer Song, The

Old Sydney Town

One of the Has Beens

Outside Track, The

Overlander I, The

Overlander II, The

Pickin' Up Spuds

Pig Catcher's Love Song, The

Poet's Coat, The

Pommy's Lament, The

Press Gang, The

Pub With No Beer, The

Rabbit Shearing, The

Rabbit Trapper, The

Ramble-eer, The

Reedy Lagoon, The

Roaring Days, The

Ryebuck Shearer

Sandy Hollow Line, The

Send Her Down Hughie

Shanty By the Way, The

Shearer's Dream, The

Shearer's Jamboree, The

Shearer's Lament, A

Shearing in a Bar

Sheep-Washer's Lament, The

Shores of Botany Bay, The

Sixteen Thousand Miles From Home

Sleeper Cutters Camp, The

Snowy River Roll

Song and A Sigh, A

Song of Light, A

Song Of The City Stockman, The

Song of the Fettler, The

Songs of Australia

South Australia

Southern Markets

Springtime It Brings On The Shearing, The

Squatter's Man, The

Station Cook, The

Station Songs and Droving Ditties

Stockman's Last Bed, The

Stockmen of Australia, The

Streets of Forbes, The

Strike Song (1917), A

Stringybark and Greenhide

Stringybark Cockatoo, The

Stringybark Creek

Struggle In The West

Sulky Stockman, The

Swaggie Passing Through

Sydney As It Used To Was

Sydney or the Bush

Talking Dog, The

Tambaroora Gold

Tea and Damper Song, The

Ten Thousand Miles Away

Thirty-Eight-O-One

Thousand Miles Away, A

Three Black Crows, The

Tomahawker, The

Tomahawkin' Fred

Travelling Down the Castlereagh

Troop Train Leaves, The

Tumba-Bloody-Rumba

Van Diemen's Land

Wallaby Brigade, The

Wallaby Stew II

Waltzing Matilda (Cowan Version)

Waltzing Matilda (McPherson Version)

Waltzing Matilda (Queensland Version)

Water Lily, The

Water Witch, The

Way of the World, The

Wee One Lament, The

Western Creeks Are Calling, The

When It's Springtime in the Mallee

When Jones' Ale Was New

When Shearing Comes

When Stock Go By

Where The Lazy Murray River Rolls Along

Where's Your Licence?

Wild Colonial Boy, The

Wild Rover No More

With My Navvy Boots On

With My Swag All On My Shoulder

Wood Turner's Love Song

Woolloomooloo Lair, The

Woolshed Hop, The