Warren Fahey

THE BIG FAT BOOK OF AUSSIE JOKES
Warren Fahey

The biggest, fattest, naughtiest joke book in Oz. This is actually a serious work where Warren Fahey looks at where jokes come from, why they are told and the role of the internet in spreading humour.

HARDCOVER BOOK: AU$24.95 +pp

DIGGERS
Warren Fahey and Mic Conway

A documentary CD where Warren Fahey and Mic Conway recite, sing and tell old army jokes as they explore the songs the diggers used to sing. Companion CD to Warren Fahey's book Diggers' Songs. The following is only a partial list of contents but gives you a good idea.

CD: AU$20 +pp

TRACK LISTING

Ditties: (very short)

Track 6. Puckapunyal. Sung by Mic Conway
T. 8. Kiss Me Good Night Sergeant Major. Mic Conway
T 7. Stew For Dinner Today. Sung Warren Fahey
T. 10 Plum & Apple (Jam). Mic Conway
T 18. We Are A Ragtime Army. Fahey/Conway
T 20. You Take The Tripod. Warren
T21. sod 'em all. Mic Conway
T 41. The Colonel Kicks the Major
T 43. Poor Kaiser Bill Is Ill (bawdy)
T 51. The Rose of No Man's Land/Nose on My Old Man. Warren Fahey
T53. Hitler Has Only Got One Ball (bawdy). Fahey/Conway

Jokes

T38. Latrine Duty. Mic Conway/Warren Fahey
T57 Dear Liz. Warren

Songs:

T38. When This Blasted War is Over. Fahey/Conway
T52. Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire. Warren Fahey
T54. Poor Marlene's Boyfriend. Mic Conway
T55. Airman's Medley. Fahey/Conway
T58. Tom Blamey's Army. Warren Fahey

Vintage Songs

T. 12 Our Sergeant Major. George Formby
T 15. Binky Doodle I Doo. Albert Whelan (Australian music hall star)
T 50 Goodbye Uncle Adolph. Jack Cooper & Ambrose & his orchestra
T59. Little Brown Man of Japan. Hamilton Hill. music hall

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TUCKER TRACK - The Curious History of Food in Australia
Warren Fahey
Tucker Track is an eclectic and entertaining collection of cullinary-related customs, habits and traditions in Australia, guaranteed to trigger long-lost memories and delight readers with every page turned.

Publication date: December 2 2005

BOOK: ~~AU$27.95~~ +pp New lower price - Now AU $19.95 +pp

Available through ABC shops, other good bookshops or the ABC Shop online.

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CLASSIC BUSH POETRY
Warren Fahey
Published by ABC

In March 2005 ABC Audio Books released the first in a series of spoken word recordings. The first CD, recorded in January this year, offers Classic Bush Poetry including popular verse like The Man From Snowy River through to not so well known works like 'Walks Like This'. There's also some poetical parodies including The Man From Kaomagma and Clancy of the Underflow.

SPOKEN WORD CD: AU$25.95 +pp

Also available through ABC shops, other good bookshops or the ABC Shop online.

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OLD BUSH SONGS
CENTENARY EDITION OF BANJO PATERSON'S CLASSIC COLLECTION
edited by Warren Fahey and Graham Seal
Published by ABC Books
'Heritage Book of the Year' (CMAA Golden Gumleaf Award 2006)

This is a special centenary edition of Banjo Paterson's classic collection of Australian traditional ballads, with completely updated commentary on the songs. Preserving the best of the original editions and including a selection of subsequently collected songs, this edition also contains a new introduction, notes on collected and archived versions, bibliography, much of it based on new research. Old Bush Songs, as it is universally known, has been through a number of editions and is recognised as a classic of Australian literature and folklore.

PAPERBACK BOOK: AU~~$32.95~~ +pp New lower price - Now AU $25 +pp

Available through ABC shops, other good bookshops or the ABC Shop online.

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A PANORAMA OF BUSH SONGS
Warren Fahey
In mid 2004 ABC Music released two compilations of thematic songs from Warren Fahey's live and studio archive containing many songs previously not available on disc. They have both been very well received. A Panorama of Bush Songs offers exactly what it says, bush songs including bushranger ballads, shearing songs and songs about bush life in general. 'Larrikins, Louts & Layabouts' offers songs and ditties from the cities including union songs, political parodies and some eccentric songs from the collector's swag.

CD: AU$19.95 +pp

Available through ABC shops, other good bookshops or the ABC Shop online.

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LARRIKINS, LOUTS AND LAYABOUTS
Warren Fahey
Warren Fahey accompanied by some of Australia's leading folk musicians on concertina, fiddle, mandolin, harp and accordion, bring you, "Larrikins, Louts and Layabouts", 39 songs and ditties about life in the cities including songs about sport, two-up, union struggles in the coalfields and shearing industry, the 1930s Depression and a swag of songs about larrikins, politicians, high-living and low-life.

CD: AU$19.95 +pp

Available through ABC shops, other good bookshops or the ABC Shop online.