Performance Dates

  • Armidale
    Auditorium, CB Newling Building
    3 August, 3:00pm
  • Ballina
    St Mary's Anglican Church
    8 August, 7:30pm
  • Bathurst
    Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
    28 June, 8:00pm
  • Campbelltown
    Campbelltown Arts Centre
    12 July, 7:30pm
  • Canberra
    National Film and Sound Archive
    11 July, 7:30pm
  • Coffs Harbour
    Jetty Memorial Theatre
    1 August, 8:00pm
  • Inverell
    The Inverell Club
    6 August, 7:30pm
  • Newcastle
    Newcastle Conservatorium
    3 July, 7:30pm
  • Orange
    Orange Civic Theatre
    27 June, 8:00pm
  • Southern Highlands
    Frensham School - Clubbe Hall
    Mittagong
    26 July, 6:30pm
  • Sydney
    Verbruggen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
    2 July, 7:30pm
    20 July, 3:00pm
  • Trangie
    Trangie Memorial Hall
    29 June, 2:30pm

Waltzing Matilda

Songs of Oz

Waltzing Matilda
Music: attributed to Christina Rutherford Macpherson and Marie Cowan
Lyrics: A. B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1864-1941)
Dagworth Station near Winton, January 1895, arranged by Robert Boughen 1991

The Ballad of Eureka
Music and lyrics: Helen G. Palmer/D. Jacobs Bridges
1951, arranged by Ruth Kilpatrick 2007

Six Ribbons
Music and Lyrics: Jon English 1979
Arranged by Roland Peelman 2001-06

Black Ribbon
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Peter Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
from Black Ribbon, Kangaroo Valley 2000-01

Three Torres Straight Islander Songs

Baz wed (Cloud song)
collected from the singing of Joseph Stephen from Stephen Island
Payb Mangal Thithuy (Five Pointed Star)
collected from Dauan Island, song sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne
Seri Seri/Sager Mape Au Sik Sik
composed by Genai Cook of Darnley Island

Compiled and arranged by Roland Peelman 2006

Tommy Tanna (A White Woman to her Kanaka Swain)
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyric: anonymous. first published in The Bulletin 1895
Sydney 1965, 1997

Bound for South Australia
Music and Lyrics: Anonymous 19th century
Arranged by Ruth Kilpatrick 2002

The Don
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Peter Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
from Black Ribbon, Kangaroo Valley 2000-01

The Hunt!
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Peter Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
From Boojum!, Sydney 1985, arranged for The Song Company 2007

Jubjubby
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Lewis Caroll (1832-1998)
From Boojum!, Sydney 1985

We Must Be Off
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Peter Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
From Boojum!, Sydney 1985, arranged for The Song Company 2007

And the band played Waltzing Matilda
Music and Lyrics: Eric Bogle 1972
arranged for Clive Birch and The Song Company 2007 by Roland Peelman

Interval

Waltzing Matilda (Queensland version)
Music: attributed to Christina Rutherford Macpherson and Marie Cowan
Lyrics: A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1864-1941)
Dagworth Station near Winton, January 1895
arranged by Ian Cooper for The Song Company 1985

Botany Bay
Music and Lyrics: traditional
Arranged by Robert Boughen 1991

Click go the shears
Music and Lyrics: traditional
Arranged by Roland Peelman 2003

The Lime Juice Tub
Music and Lyrics: traditional
Arranged by Ian Cooper 1984

Lines of a Lovelorn Cowhand
Music: Martin Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Anonymous and Peter Wesley-Smith (b. 1945)
From Several Australian Barbershop Quartets, Sydney 1960/90

Way up North (yodel)
Music and lyrics: Gordon Parsons ‘the yodeling bushman’ (1926-1990)
Adaptation: The Song Company 2003

Tie me Kangaroo Down
Music and lyrics: Rolf Harris (b. 1930)
Perth 1957, © 1960 Castle Music Pty, Ltd.
Adaptation: The Song Company 2003

A Pub with no beer
Music and lyrics: Gordon Parsons ‘the yodeling bushman’ (1926-1990)
1958, Adaptation: The Song Company 2003

Along the Road to Gundagai
Music and Lyrics: Jack O’Hagan (1998-1987)
Melbourne 1922, arranged by Roland Peelman 2003

I’m going back again to Yarrawonga
Music and lyrics: Neil McBeath arr. R. Peelman
1919, arranged by Roland Peelman 2001

Land of the Kangaroo
Music and lyric: W.H. Gardiner
1922, arranged by Roland Peelman 2001

I’ve got a possie in dear old “Aussie”
Music: Leonard Nelson
Lyrics: Beres Ford
1919, arranged by Roland Peelman 2001

In Martin Place
Music and lyrics: Varney Monk (1892-1967)
c1930, arranged by Roland Peelman 2001

Georgy Girl
Music: Tom Springfield (b. 1934)
Lyrics: Jim Dale (b. 1935)
London, 1966, for The Seekers as title song for the film Georgy Girl – arranged by Roland Peelman 2003

I am Woman
Music: Ray Burton (b. 1945)
Lyrics: Helen Reddy (b. 1941)
Los Angeles 1971, arranged by Roland Peelman 2003

Down Under
Music and lyrics: Colin Hay (b. 1953) – Ron Strykert (b. 1957)
Melbourne 1981, for Men at Work – arranged by Ruth Kilpatrick 2002

True Blue
Music and Lyrics: John Williamson (b. 1945)
1982 ©EMI Music Australia – arranged by Roland Peelman 2003

Waltzing Matilda

The image of the legless Aussie soldier being carried down the gangplank in 'And the band Played Waltzing Matilda' affects me so much that I find it hard to finish the song.

Clive Birch