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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.
Strings Around the World, is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group. The arrangements often take the tunes a step further than their original musical intention but they are not technically difficult. Titles are: Barn Dance (Australian Folk Song) * The Black Velvet Band (Australian Folk Song) * Botany Bay (Australian Folk Song) * Brisbane Ladies (Australian Folk Song) * Click Go the Shears (Australian Folk Song) * Jim Jones at Botany Bay (Australian Folk Song) * Kookaburra (Sinclair) * Along the Road to Gundagai (O'Hagan) * A Thousand Miles Away (Australian Folk Song) * Waltzing Matilda (Cowan).
Strings Around the World, is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group. The arrangements often take the tunes a step further than their original musical intention but they are not technically difficult. Titles are: Barn Dance (Australian Folk Song) * The Black Velvet Band (Australian Folk Song) * Botany Bay (Australian Folk Song) * Brisbane Ladies (Australian Folk Song) * Click Go the Shears (Australian Folk Song) * Jim Jones at Botany Bay (Australian Folk Song) * Kookaburra (Sinclair) * Along the Road to Gundagai (O'Hagan) * A Thousand Miles Away (Australian Folk Song) * Waltzing Matilda (Cowan).
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.
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.