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 A-Cheatin'
All For Me Grog
And When They Dance
Andy's Gone With Cattle
Another Fall of Rain
Answer's Ireland, The
Artesian Water
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
Ben Hall
Big Ben Pie
Big Gun Shearer, The
Big Poll the Grogseller
Bill Jinks
Bill the Bullocky
Billy Barlow in Australia
Billy Hughes Army
Billy of Tea
Billygoat Overland
Binda Ball, The
Biralla Station Ball
Black Billy Tea
Black Velvet Band, The
Blacksmith's Song, The
Bluey Brink
Bold and Reckless Gardiner
Bold Ben Hall
Bold Jack Donahue
Bold Jack Donahue Lament
Bonnie Jess
Boozin', Jolly Well Boozin'
Botany Bay
Botany Bay Courtship, A
Bound For Australia
Boundary Rider, The
Braidwood Coach, The
Break O' Day
Brewer's Glee, The
Bringing Home the Cows
Broken-Down Squatter, The
Bullockies Ball, The
Bullocky-O
Bulls of the Speewah, The
Burke's Dream
Bush Night
Bushman's Farewell, The
Bushman, The
Cabbage Tree Hat, The
Callaghan's Hotel
Cane Killed Abel
Canecutter's Lament, The
Catalpa, The
Charlie Mopps
Click Go The Shears
Coal Owners' Song, The
Cobb and Co
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
Cradle Song
Cross of the South, The
Cuppacumalonga
Cuttin' A Monkey
Cyprus Brig, The
Cyprus, The
Dan McCartey
Dead Horse Shanty, The
Death of Ben Hall, The
Death of Ned Kelly, The
Denis O'Reilly
Digger's Lament, A
Diggers Quadrilles, The
Diggins-Oh, The
Dinky Di
Do You Think I Do Not Know
Dogs' Meeting, The
Dole Bread
Down by the Sydney Side
Drifting Down the Darling
Drover's Dream, The
Drover's Life, A
Drover, The
Duke's Song
Dust in the Sun
Dying Stockman, The
Early Sheds, The
Eight Bells
Eight Hour Day, The
Euabalong Ball
Eumerella Shore, The
Eureka Lead
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
Frank Gardiner
Free Selector's Daughter, The
Freedom on the Wallaby
Garrawilla
Gentle Annie
German Girl, The
Give Me A Hut
Golden Gullies of the Palmer
Good Old Concertina, The
Good Old Time, The
Goorianawa
Goulburn Shearer's Song, A
Great Northern Line, The
Gum Tree Canoe, A
Hard Tack
Haul Away Joe
Holy Dan
Humpin' Old Bluey
Hurrah for the Diggings
Hut That's Upside Down, The
I Hate Smoke
I Was Brought Up In Manchester
I've Just Come From Sydney
If I Were A Blackbird
Immigration
Irish Lords
Jacksons
Jacky Howe
Jim Jones at Botany Bay
Jimmy Shearer
Jindabyne
Jog Along Till Shearing
John Gilbert (Bushranger)
Jolly Puddlers, The
Kitty's Broom
Knitting Song, The
Kookaburra Laughed, The
Lachlan Tigers, The
Lambed Down
Lass from Yackandandah, The
Lazy Harry's
Limejuice and Vinegar
Limejuice Tub, The
Little Fish, The
Little Freehold on the Plain
Little Sprig of Wattle, A
Look Out Below!
Maggie May
Man of the Earth
Man with the Concertina, The
Maranoa Drovers, The
Mary of the Murrumbidgee
Maryborough Miner, A
Miner, The
Moreton Bay I
Moreton Bay II
Mulga Bill's Bicycle
Murrumbidgee Shearer, The
Mustering Day
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
North by West
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 Dan Tucker
Old Emma, The
Old Ireland Lies Groaning
Old Keg of Rum, The
Old Palmer Song, The
Old Sydney Town
Old Woman
On The Dole
On The Track
On the Wallaby
One of the Has Beens
Outside Track, The
Overlander I, The
Overlander II, The
Paddy Fagan
Paddy Malone
Paddy Moore
Parramatta
Past Carin'
Pickin' Up Spuds
Pig Catcher's Love Song, The
Poet's Coat, The
Pommy's Lament, The
Poor Ned Kelly
Press Gang, The
Pub With No Beer, The
Rabbit Shearing, The
Rabbit Trapper, The
Rabbiter, The
Ramble-eer, The
Randwick Races
Reedy Lagoon, The
Reedy River
River Bend
Roaring Days, The
Ryebuck Shearer
Sandy Hollow Line, The
Send Her Down Hughie
Sergeant Small
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
Shepherding
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
Speewah
Springtime It Brings On The Shearing, The
Squatter's Man, The
Station Cook, The
Station Songs and Droving Ditties
Steam's Up
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
Sydney Town
Talking Dog, The
Tambaroora Gold
Tassie Whaler
Tea and Damper Song, The
Teams, The
Ten Thousand Miles Away
Thirty-Eight-O-One
Thousand Miles Away, A
Three Black Crows, The
Three Crows
Tiger O'Reilly
Tomahawker, The
Tomahawkin' Fred
Transport, The
Travelling Down the Castlereagh
Troop Train Leaves, The
Tumba-Bloody-Rumba
Van Diemen's Land
Wallaby Brigade, The
Wallaby Liz
Wallaby Stew I
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
Westward Ho!
What A Life!
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?
Widgegoara Joe
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