Bush Songs - Examples

Examples

Some examples of popular bush ballad poems and songs include:

Traditional:

  • The Wild Colonial Boy
  • Click Go The Shears
  • The Eumeralla Shore
  • The Drover's Dream
  • The Queensland Drover
  • The Dying Stockman
  • Moreton Bay

The Bush Bards:

  • The Ballad of the Drover by Henry Lawson
  • On the Range by Barcroft Boake
  • The Man From Snowy River by Banjo Paterson
  • Waltzing Matilda by Paterson
  • Clancy of the Overflow by Paterson

Modern writers and singers:

  • When the Rain Tumbles Down in July by Slim Dusty
  • Leave Him in the Longyard by Kelly Dixon (versions by Slim Dusty and Lee Kernaghan)
  • Three Rivers Hotel by Stan Coster (versions by Slim Dusty and John Williamson)
  • 'Ballad of Camooweal sung by Slim Dusty
  • The Biggest Disappointment by Joy McKean (sung by Slim Dusty and Troy Cassar-Daley)
  • Mallee Boy by John Williamson
  • Diamantina Drover by John Williamson

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