CLASSIC BUSH POETRY

The heyday of the popularity of Bush Poetry in Australia was in the second half of the 19th Century when everyone 'knew poetry'. It was at this time that Australia began creating a national identity, one more colonial than sterling. We made heroes out of horsemen, tough shearers, determined gold diggers and even 'bold bushrangers'. C.J. Dennis, Will Ogilvie, W.T. Goodge, J.W. Gordon and that great poet, 'Anonymous', provided us with a catalogue of poetry best described as classic bush verse. Warren Fahey has been collecting and performing bush songs and verse for nigh on 40 years. He is a noted folklorist, broadcaster, record producer and author. He was awarded the Order of Australia in 1996, Centennial Medal in 2001 and Golden Gumnut Award in 2004 from the Country Music Association of Australia for 'Lifetime Achievement in Promoting the Bush Ballad'. In 2004 ABC Music released two CDs of his early recordings.

Presented by:      Warren Fahey
Published by:      ABC
Duration:           1 hour 20 mins
Released:          2005


A PANORAMA OF BUSH SONGS
Warren Fahey

Warren Fahey is one of Australia's best-known interpreters of the old bush songs from the shearers, drovers, rabbiters, gold diggers and swaggies of yesteryear.

A Panorama of Bush Songs is 28 ballads and songs that tell of colonial Australia, gold rush diggers, the early days of the shearing and droving industries, sea songs, traditional songs about love and bushranger ballads.

Track Listing

  1. Ginny On The Moor
  2. Golden Vanity
  3. Wonderful Crocodile
  4. A Long Time Ago On The Logan
  5. Wild Boy
  6. According To The Act
  7. Maids Of Australia
  8. 10,000 Miles Away
  9. Pommies Lament
  10. Colonial Experience
  11. The Nugget Family
  12. Old Man Kangaroo
  13. Garawilla
  14. Back To The Limejuice Tub
  15. The Hardest Bloody Job I've Ever Had
  16. Goorianawa
  17. One Of The Has Beens
  18. Jog Along Til Shearing
  19. Euabalong Ball
  20. TumbaBloodyRumba
  21. The Carrier's Song
  22. The Station Cook
  23. Freehold On The Plain
  24. Flash Stockman
  25. Morning of the Fray
  26. Frank Gardiner Is Caught
  27. Streets Of Forbes
  28. My Name Is Edward Kelly
© 2004


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