Great 'Aussie' Songs?

[Awol/CoA]

G'day guys...

I'm putting together a CD for myself with a bunch of great Aussie songs
that are about Down Under. I was hoping some of you blokes can help me
out and point me in the right direction to what songs are worth getting.

At present, I've got a couple songs, my fav' right now is
Rose Tattoo's Southern Stars...


Toke on brothers...
Awol.

 

[Stereotaxic Cat]

"solid rock" by Goanna?

 

[JWP]

Land Down Under by Men At Work

 

[Guest]

the greatest aussie song

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Words and Music: Eric Bogle.

Copyright: Larrikin Music, Sydney, Australia
Reproduced here by kind permission of the author.

When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of the rover.
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over.
Then in nineteen fifteen the country said, "Son,
It's time to stop rambling, there's work to be done."
And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun,
And they marched me away to the war.
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As our ship pulled away from the quay,
And amidst all the cheers, flag-waving and tears
We sailed off to Gallipoli.

And how well I remember that terrible day,
How our blood stained the sand and the water.
And of how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.
Johnny Turk he was waiting, he primed himself well,
He showered us with bullets, and he rained us with shell,
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell,
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.
But the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As we stopped to bury our slain.
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs,
Then we started all over again.

Now those that were left, well, we tried to survive
In that mad world of blood, death and fire.
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive,
But around me, the corpses piled higher.
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head,
And when I woke up in me hospital bed
And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead.
Never knew there was worse things than dying.
For I'll go no more Waltzing Matilda
All around the green bush far and free,
To hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs,
No more Waltzing Matilda for me.

So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed,
And they shipped us back home to Australia.
The armless, the legless, the blind and insane,
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla.
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where me legs used to be,
And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me,
To grieve and to mourn and to pity.
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway.
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared,
Then they turned all their faces away.

And so now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me.
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march,
Reviving old dreams of past glory.
And the old men marched slowly, all bones stiff and sore,
They're tired old heroes from a forgotten war,
And the young people ask,"What are they marching for?",
And I ask meself the same question.
But the band plays Waltzing Matilda,
And the old men still answer the call.
But as year follows year, more old men disappear,
Someday no one will march there at all.

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me ?
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me ?

 

[Awol/CoA]

Thanks for the help guys.
I just realised I've got Land Down Under, so that's one down,
but the others I can't find in my collection, or either the net.
If any of you blokes have those other songs, PM me.
I've got a site off-shore, so if any of you blokes wanna swap... :wink:

the greatest aussie song
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Mate, you may very well be right about that song.
It's one of those that when you here it, it sticks in your head,
makes ya feel bloody proud to be an Aussie aswell.


Cheers fellas...
Awol.

 

[WARDONE]

goodluck!

Awol.

with your good Aussie Songs!!
........................................

 

[treble]

I was only Nineteen

1st version was good Redgum. The Herd's cover makes the hair stand on the back of my neck and my scalp crawl every time.

more 80's style. Great Southern Land. Land down under is good. Anything by End of Fashion.... theres too much good stuff in the last few years alone so your up for a tough on I reckon

cheers
treb

 

[Sleepy]

2 that came to mind...

2 that came to mind...

hehehehe

" SQUEALER
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Aus) (1976)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1981)
(Young, Young & Scott)

She said she'd never been
Never been touched before
She said she'd never been
This far before
She said she'd never liked
To be excited
She said she'd always had
Had to fight it (and she never won)
She said she'd never been
Never been balled before
N' I don't think
She'll ever ball no more (fixed 'er good)

Hey Squealer - when I held her hand
Squealer - made her understand
Squealer - when I kissed her lips
Squealer - and sucked her finger tips
Squealer - she started getting hot
Squealer - made it hard to stop
Squealer - it got too much
Squealer - I think I've got the magic touch



BIG BALLS
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Aus) (1976)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1981)
SINGLE: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Big Balls-The Jack
(Young, Young, Scott)

I'm [ever | rather] upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety
I always fill my ballroom
The event is never small
The social pages say I've got
The biggest balls of all

CHORUS:
I've got big balls
I've got big balls
And they're such big balls
Dirty big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
But we've got the biggest balls of them all

And my balls are always bouncing
My ballroom always full
And everybody cums and cums again
If your name is on the guest list
No one can take you higher
Everybody says I've got
Great balls of fire

CHORUS

Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure
They're the balls that I like best
My balls are always bouncing
To the left and to the right
It's my belief that my big balls
Should be held every night

CHORUS

And I'm just itching to tell you about them
Oh we had such wonderful fun
Seafood cocktail, crabs, crayfish...

Ball sucker

....there are many more!


EDIT!!!

-sorry, you wanted songs about Australia! oops!

 

[Guest]

powderfingerassenger, Chisel: Khe Sahn... I dont know, chuck in some INXS?
anyways have fun with the compilation...

 

[afropips]

Hiya Sleepy,
She's got the Jack - Dirty Deeds Live ACDC version Rocks &
The Young Bro's Are Tops!

Cool Runnings.......

 

[guest123]

theres soem great aussie classics available ,, every one has to know them ,, remember ""the pub with no beer """ ,, old slim dusty sings up a few great aussie icon songs ...
theres some real rippers , i listen to them all the time ,, lots of shearing and droving songs ,, tells what a hard place the oldies lived in , how hard they worked , and how hard they played , hehe ..

 

[XbX]

i think its called sounds of then by gang gajang....

and

Uncanny X Men "Everyone wants to Work"

Midnight Oil "Power & the Passion

Big Country - Big Country

 

[Delta9-THC]

"fellas , don't ya wish to be a woman...."lol

from sheilas car insurance
Peace

 

[Conquistador]

djapanna - yothu yindi
treaty - yothu yindi

 

[Delta9-THC]

djapanna - yothu yindi is on the other hand ///.....nice....\\\

Peace

 

[JWP]

yeah the pub with no bear. erm ... The Dog On The Tuckerbox ... thats a song aswell rite?

 

[Guest]

yeah the pub with no bear. erm ... The Dog On The Tuckerbox ... thats a song aswell rite?

NO!!! LMAO

No Angels???? C'mon!!
Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. " Some people I know think that I'm crazy"
Lee Kernaghan " it's my ute"
Slim Dusty " Longyard"
SHIT!!!! How good ARE we.LOL

NO!! REALLY!!! HOW GOOD ARE WE.
BLOODY GOOD AS THE REST AND BETTER THAN BRITNEY.LMAO