Australian Ballads and Rhymes
Author | : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
Publisher | : London : W. Scott |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Australian poetry |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
Publisher | : London : W. Scott |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Australian poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Library of Australia |
Publisher | : National Library Australia |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 064210722X |
From convict days, through the era of bushrangers and drovers, to more recent and more urban times, Australians have expressed their experiences of life and work through ballads and folksongs. This selection from the Library's extensive collection of songs contains some old favourites as well as previously unpublished works, and is illustrated with vivid images from the Pictorial Collection.
Author | : Russel Braddock Ward |
Publisher | : [Adelaide] Penguin Books [1964] |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Warren Fahey |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0730496201 |
A stirring, foot-stomping treasure-trove of more than 100 traditional songs that celebrate what it is to be Australian. Warren Fahey's AUStRALIAN FOLK SONGS AND BUSH BALLADS is a stirring, foot-stomping treasure-trove of more than 100 traditional songs that celebrate what it is to be Australian. these are not some dusty old songs to be thrown in a drawer and forgotten. they are songs to be sung with gusto whenever the spirit takes you - on holiday, at school, at a party, around the barbecue or kitchen table. You'll find the words and music for sing-along favourites such as 'Old Bullock Dray', 'Wild Colonial Boy', 'Stir the Wallaby Stew', 'the Old Bark Hut', 'Limejuice tub', 'Banks of the Condamine', 'Euabalong Ball', 'Augathella Station', 'Click Go the Shears', 'the Dying Stockman', 'the Overlanders' and 'Waltzing Matilda', plus the song we should all know the words to (but few of us do) - 'Advance Australia Fair'. there are also several bush songs published for the first time.Featuring fascinating background notes and liberally illustrated with rare images, this book is a must for anyone interested in Australia's musical and cultural history. And it has been collected by the one who knows them best: legendary folklorist and performer, Warren Fahey.
Author | : Warren Fahey |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0730497968 |
Part 1 of a three-part series of enhanced e-books of Warren Fahey's AUStRALIAN FOLK SONGS AND BUSH BALLADS, this volume covers the first five chapters of Fahey's stirring, foot-stomping treasure-trove of traditional songs that celebrate what it is to be Australian. Special features include a video introduction to the book by the author plus a video introduction to each chapter, and audio and sheet music of the songs. You will also find fascinating background notes and many rare images. this volume deals with convicts; bushrangers, bolters and other wild colonials; early pioneers; sea travel; and currency lads and lasses. Far from being dusty old songs to be thrown in a drawer and forgotten, these are songs to be sung with gusto whenever the spirit takes you - on holiday, at school, at a party, around the barbecue or kitchen table. this enhanced e-book is a must for anyone interested in Australia's musical and cultural history. And it has been collected by the one who knows them best: legendary folklorist and performer, Warren Fahey.
Author | : Warren Fahey |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1743096062 |
Part 2 of a three-part series of enhanced e-books of Warren Fahey's AUStRALIAN FOLK SONGS AND BUSH BALLADS, this volume covers the middle chapters of Fahey's stirring, foot-stomping treasure-trove of traditional songs that celebrate what it is to be Australian. Special features include a video introduction to the book by the author plus a video introduction to each chapter, and audio and sheet music of the songs. You will also find fascinating background notes and many rare images. the material in this volume is grouped under the headings: 'Songs of Drovers, Shearers and Bullockies' and 'Solidarity Forever: Songs of Struggle and Strife'. Far from being dusty old songs to be thrown in a drawer and forgotten, these are songs to be sung with gusto whenever the spirit takes you - on holiday, at school, at a party, around the barbecue or kitchen table. this enhanced e-book is a must for anyone interested in Australia's musical and cultural history. And it has been collected by the one who knows them best: legendary folklorist and performer, Warren Fahey.
Author | : Elizabeth Webby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2000-08-21 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780521658430 |
An indispensable reference for the study of Australian literature.
Author | : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
Publisher | : London : W. Scott |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Australian poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Warren Fahey |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2012-04-17 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1743096054 |
Part 3 of a three-part series of enhanced e-books of Warren Fahey's AUStRALIAN FOLK SONGS AND BUSH BALLADS, this volume covers the final chapters of Fahey's stirring, foot-stomping treasure-trove of traditional songs that celebrate what it is to be Australian. Special features include a video introduction to the book by the author plus a video introduction to each chapter, and audio and sheet music of the songs. You will also find fascinating background notes and many rare images. this volume deals with songs about mean times and lean times, songs of pomp and circumstance and legendary sporting songs. Far from being dusty old songs to be thrown in a drawer and forgotten, these are songs to be sung with gusto whenever the spirit takes you - on holiday, at school, at a party, around the barbecue or kitchen table. this enhanced e-book is a must for anyone interested in Australia's musical and cultural history. And it has been collected by the one who knows them best: legendary folklorist and performer, Warren Fahey.