Australian Bush Songs

by A.L. Lloyd

Australian Bush Songs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drawing upon his time working as a station hand, the influential folk revivalist delivers unaccompanied, highly authentic renditions of convict ballads and shearing songs. 'Australian Bush Songs' effectively introduced the unique, isolated working-class traditions of the outback to international audiences.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, melodic, folklore, british, folk, traditional, a-cappella, historical, storytelling, vocal, ballad

Tracklist

  1. The Lime-Juice Tub (1:47)
  2. The Maryborough Miner
  3. The Drover's Dream
  4. The Banks Of The Condamine (3:57)
  5. Bluey Brink (3:09)
  6. Click Go The Shears (4:24)
  7. The Wild Colonial Boy (4:25)
  8. Eubalong Ball
  9. The Cockies Of Bungaree (5:49)
  10. Brisbane Ladies (3:25)
  11. The Road To Gundagai
  12. The Castlereagh River
  13. The Lachlan Tigers
  14. Bold Jack Donahue (3:44)

Credits

  • Al Jeffery - banjo, harmonica
  • Alf Edwards - concertina
  • Kenneth S. Goldstein - edited by
  • E.L. Rewald - guitar
  • George Boornazian - illustration [cover]
  • Paul Bacon - typography

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