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AURELIA * BACK TO THE SEA AGAIN, JOHNNY * BIG WATER * CALL IT FLAMIN' HOT *
DON'T LET 'EM CLOSE OUR MILL
*
GOODBYE TO YOUR SCHOOLDAYS * HEY RAIN! *
HILLS AND ROCKS OF HOME (THE) * HUMPBACK WHALE (THE) * INJUNE RAILWAY *
LISTEN TO THE WIND
* ONCE GREAT RAILWAY FAMILY (THE) * PUSHING IT DOWN *
RIDIN' ON THE FRUIT TRAIN
* RUSTY DUSTY DAYS * STAY ON SHORE  *
TILL THE CAMELS COME
* TURN THE WORLD AROUND * WERRIS CREEK (THE RAILWAY TOWN) *
WHEN THE COOPER'S COMING DOWN
* WHERE THE CANE FIRES BURN  *


SONG LYRICS LISTED BY ALBUM TITLE
(Click on album title to go to lyrics).


MOON CALLER
BIG WATER
HEART OF TOWN
JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ
OPAL MINER - THE SONGS OF BILL SCOTT
OUTBACK CAFE

From MOON CALLER - PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT (RM138CD)

AURELIA

We sailed out from Southampton one bitter winter's day,
Up and down the bumpy waves of stormy Biscay Bay ,
I walked the decks with rosy cheeks in freezing rain and blow
My family feeling seasick in the cabin down below.

Chorus: Aurelia, Aurelia, sailing to Australia ,
Sailing to Australia - halfway across the world
.

We travelled ever southwards & we came to calmer seas,
Watched the washing drying in the Mediterranean breeze,
Standing by the rail all day, I drank in what I saw -
I'd never seen a sea so blue, or any foreign shore.

A brilliant Port Said sunset, a palm tree silhouette,
Suez and then Aden – a long way to go yet.
Next the Indian Ocean – old salts now on the foam
Crossing the equator, Christmas far from home.

Chorus

6 weeks at sea, long days of sun and nights of alien stars,
The scent of eucalyptus, blue smoke seen from afar,
I loved our ship, I loved the sea, but now our trip was done,
And as Aurelia sailed away … a new life had begun.

Chorus

Words: PENNY DAVIES, Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 2007 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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GOODBYE TO YOUR SCHOOLDAYS

It doesn't seem so long ago that you were just a child.
You've made us laugh, you've made us cry, but mostly made us smile.

You changed our lives, you filled our days, you've questioned “how” and “why”,
your schooldays done, the time has flown, it's time for you to fly.

Chorus: It's all the highs & lows you've surfed that make this moment sweet,
It's goodbye to your schooldays - tThe world is at your feet.

We've walked with you and carried you up hills that were too steep,
We played and played the whole day through - then put you off to sleep.
We read you books, we sang you songs, we watched for shooting stars,
We helped you with your homework - now we let you drive the car.
Ch:

We've walked the road along with you, our daughters and our sons,
And as you take this giant step we're proud of what you've done.
Ch:

  Words & Music: PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT © 2006 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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The songs above can be found on the CD MOON CALLER along with the following other titles : She's Like A Tree; Four Horsemen; Circle Game; Crazy Weather; O'Mara's Front Verandah; The Goldfield; Wet Season Blues; Song Of The Artesian Water; Pte. Herbert Thomas Scard; Must Have Been The Moon; Armstrong; Peaceful; Storm King Jam..


From BIG WATER - PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT (RM100CD)

TURN THE WORLD AROUND

Dozers roar in shanty towns - Homes and dreams come crashing down. Bombs in cars – could be your town.
Turn the world around.

Kids in camps in the desert sun Wondering what on earth they've done. Wars are fought that can't be won -
Turn the world around.

  Chorus: Turn, turn, turn again! Turn the world around again.
Turn, turn, turn again! Turn the world around.

Refugees out on the sea – People just like you and me. All they want is to be free -
Turn the world around.

Some send ships out into space. Some would end the human race. Before we sink without a trace -
Turn the world around.

  Chorus

Greedy men, world trading deals - Hunting whales and clubbing seals - Furry coats and gourmet meals.
Turn the world around.

Checkpoints and dividing walls, Motors run and forests fall - This tiny world sustains us all.
Turn the whole world round.

Chorus

Change is now – it just can't wait - It's time for love, and not for hate. Time for peace – it's not too late.
Turn the world around.

  Chorus

Words & Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2005 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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WERRIS CREEK (THE RAILWAY TOWN)

Chorus: They built me up, they broke me down,
I'm Werris Creek, the railway town,
They broke me down, but I came back,
And better days are down the track.


1. A railway camp beside the creek, growing quickly week by week,
Laying rails and sleepers down, soon became a railway town.

2. Warragundi looms above a little town her people love,
A station built in '79, the jewel of the northern line .
Ch
3. Tracks branched out on every side, her station was a place of pride,
Railway families flourished here in the train of passing years

4. Now people flock to ride the rails, hear railway workers tell their tales
Of days when railways crossed the land and people worked with heart and hand .
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5. Let sense and sanity prevail to bring again the days of rail,
So towns who've seen the railways go, like Werris Creek will live and grow.


Words: PENNY DAVIES, Music: ROGER ILOTT © 2005 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS


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RUSTY DUSTY DAYS (Like Byrds We Flew)

It was 1975 – though it seems like yesterday -
Playing at French's Tavern, and on 2 Double J,
We were like brothers - working in a band,
Driving all round Sydney in our Kombi vans.

Laying down tracks at Albert's and the ABC,
The Limerick Castle soon became our scene.
We had vision, we had dreams,
The world was ours, or so it seemed.

Chorus:

Who was right – who was wrong? Some heard the sound, some heard the song.
Like Byrds we flew, thought we were strong, Who was right – who was wrong?

  Folk, rock and country – we made ‘em all our sound,
Rusty Dusty Brothers were the talk of the town.
We made the news in Rolling Stone,
Thought that we could make it all on our own.

But times were changing – for some of us too slow.
Who could decide the best way to go?

Some wanted to fly, some wanted fame,
Some just played the music, some played the game.

Chorus

  It was 1977 – though it seems like yesterday.
Somehow the years have flown away.
The band broke up, we all moved on,
The sound had changed - so had the song.

Chorus

Words & Music: ROGER ILOTT
© 2004 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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BIG WATER

Chorus: Away, away, down the river for me -
Set me adrift on the Murrumbidgee.
Away, away, down the river for me -
Set me adrift on the Murrumbidgee .

The Severn is flooding, the Todd is bone dry, the Murray 's great tears tickle saltily by.
The Mitchell flows swiftly ‘round Billy Goat Bend, bBut on the Big Water your troubles will end.

Chorus:

Burke River is sandy, the Burdekin's deep, a boat on the Darling will rock you to sleep.
The Thompson at dawn wears her mist like a veil, but on the Big Water your heart will set sail.

Chorus:

Sweet Mary is muddy, she flows through the cane, the Hawkesbury River is spangled with rain,
The Snowy is cold with the thaw in the spring, b
ut on the Big Water your spirit will sing!

Chorus:

Words: PENNY DAVIES Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2005 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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WHEN THE COOPER'S COMING DOWN
I always like the stories of our rivers of renown,
And I feel a real excitement when the Cooper's coming down,
For the land has turned the corner and the pastures will improve,
With old-timers optimistic when the Cooper's on the move.

So I heard it's coming down again if information's right -
And put aside your worries for this watery delight.
It may not be the Ganges, or the Amazon or Nile,
But when the Cooper's on the go you'll see the Outback smile.

Chorus : The Cooper's coming down, the Cooper's coming down,
The pelicans will muster when the Cooper's coming down.

The northern storms are bountiful for Nature's brimming cup
When Huey sends the rain drops down, the Cooper laps it up.
The landscape has a shining face so celebrate the scene -
The kangaroos are spotless, the goannas nice and clean.

Chorus : The Cooper's coming down, the Cooper's coming down,
The pelicans will muster when the Cooper's coming down.

I grow a little weary of the city's frantic theme,
And I feel a sudden yearning for a river reach's gleam.
I will pack my swag and hasten from this petrol-fuming town
And go dancing with the brolgas when the Cooper's coming down.

Chorus : The Cooper's coming down, the Cooper's coming down,
I'll go dancing with the brolgas when the Cooper's coming down.

Words: MAX FATCHEN Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 2006 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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THE HUMPBACK WHALE (original title Ballina Whalers)

Chorus: Hey, all you whaling men - come on! The harpoon's time has come and gone.
Leave your whaling gear on shore and fish the humpback whale no more.

Words & Music: HARRY ROBERTSON/arr. & additional chorus lyrics by ROGER ILOTT

© 2005 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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LISTEN TO THE WIND

The wind comes up in the restless bay - Listen to the wind.
It blows the beach umbrellas away - Listen to the wind.

It blusters, swirls and whirls and beats, tosses the hair on the heads it meets,
Drives the folk from the seafront seats - Listen to the wind.

There's a spit of rain and a splash of spray - Listen to the wind.
The windows mist at the takeaway - Listen to the wind.

The sand swirls up in a cloud of grit, and dims the signs that are neon lit;
The dogs go home and the seagulls sit - Listen to the wind.

The jetty moves with a shudder and shake - Listen to the wind.
It's then you know the sea's awake - Listen to the wind.

The waves all wear their whitest caps, and break in watery thunderclaps,
Old fishermen head for their armchair naps - Listen to the wind.

The night has clouds that smudge the stars - Listen to the wind.
It drowns the sound of the passing cars - Listen to the wind.

I'm glad I'm warm and safe and dry, because, they say, when the wind is high
The spirits of sailors moan and cry - Listen to the wind.

Words: MAX FATCHEN Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2003 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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PUSHING IT DOWN

  Great Grandad came with his family here - bought land at The Summit in the tin mining years,
With horse teams he travelled the rough stony track, seven days to Toowoomba and seven days back.

Grandad grew up and cleared the bush block, he pulled out the stumps and he blew up the rock,
With nectarines, apricots, temperate fruit, created an orchard where a family took root.

Now I'm pushing it down - the work of his hands; Pushing it down - the fruit of the land;
Pushing it down - it's not what he planned; Ah, I'm pushing it down.

When Grandad died Dad took on the farm, through many good seasons I was his right arm
But the weather was changing - it brought us to tears;
Nineteen hailstorms in 23 years.

Now I'm pushing it down - the work of our hands; Pushing it down - the fruit of our land;
Pushing it down - it's not what we planned; Ah, I'm pushing it down.

The throb of the dozer, my hammering heart, the sound of the blade as it tears me apart;
Bad weather, bad prices and no subsidies - the only thing left is to bulldoze the trees.

My children don't need to carry this load. Why work as a farmer? It's a bloody hard road.
Before we go under, before we all drown, I'm cutting the ties and I'm pushing it down.

Now I'm pushing it down - the work of my hands; Pushing it down - the fruit of the land;
Pushing it down - it's not what I planned; Ah, I'm pushing it down.

Words: PENNY DAVIES Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2005 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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BACK TO THE SEA AGAIN, JOHNNY

Back to the sea again, Johnny, back to the sea-bitten piles,
With a spinning head and a guts like lead,
With a gin-soaked body and tangling tread,
Back where the water smiles – Back to the sea again, Johnny.

Back to the sea again, Johnny, back to the coal-grimed tramp,
To the fo'c'sle foul with a sickened soul
To the Liverpool Irishman like a ghoul,
To the blankets thin and damp – Back to the sea again, Johnny.

Back to the sea again, Johnny, back to the sickening swell,
(To scrape and chip to the lift and dip,
In the greasy bilge of a vagabond ship
Is a close approach to Hell.) – Back to the sea again, Johnny .

Pay for your sins at sea, Johnny, pay for your sins afloat,
Hand and heave and reef and reeve,
Steer and serve and clear the sheave
When the halliard chokes the throat - Back to the sea again, Johnny.

Back to the beach again, Johnny, back to the booze ashore,
Where the swing-doors grin to lure you in
And you pass right out on poison gin
Then wake and drink some more - Then, back to the sea again, Johnny.

Words: BILL SCOTT Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2005 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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THE HILLS AND ROCKS OF HOME (Jordy's Song)

The granite rocks are silent in the blue grey haze of trees,
Wildflowers bloom and forests toss their branches on the breeze.
Summer shines on droughty hills when days are hot and dry,
Where ti-tree scented waters flow and flickering swallows fly.

The trees are ghostly shadows when the moon is on the wane,
They shimmer in the sunlight and they glisten in the rain.
The full moon shines her lantern over every rock and hill,
When winds have died at evening time and all the trees are still.

Chorus: The hills and rocks of home, warming in the sun,
Shining in the moonlight - they'll be there when I come.

  The frosty air cuts sharp and cold in icy morning light,
Winter nights are velvet dark and galaxies are bright.
Seasons flow around the rocks and scarcely leave a trace,
And every rugged hill of home is like a loved-one's face.

Chorus:

The granite rocks are silent in the blue grey haze of trees,
Wildflowers bloom and forests toss their branches on the breeze,
Sunset's flaming colours and the rosy light of dawn
Still paint the hills and rocks of home – the place where I was born.

  Chorus:

Words: PENNY DAVIES Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2004 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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THE ONCE-GREAT RAILWAY FAMILY

The blowers of whistles, the man in the van,
Those who maintained tracks where ever trains ran;
The "refresh" girls, the shunters, station staff as well,
Porters on the platform who often rang a bell;

The station master who, in a manner most regal,
Surveys his domain with the eye of an eagle.
Signalmen pulling levers, "clunk", to make the road,
Or sounding "train arrival" in that curious bell code;

Train examiners 'neath the cars, adjusting the slack,
A job with much crawling - and it's hard on your back;
Those in the workshops and in loco sheds grimy,
Who kept the rolling stock running - be it old or new and shiny -

  Chorus: There's a light on the line – let it shine, let it shine.

The crossing keepers - men (and women too),
Who once tended the gates to let the trains through;
The linesmen whose job involved climbing a pole,
The god we crews all served - the man at "control";
Apologies to others that I may have forgotten
It's been a long time, and my memory's rotten,

But I'll never forget, deep down in my heart,
That in my young days, I once was a part
Of that great railway family, whose toil, hopes and fears
Kept Victoria 's railways running - one hundred and fifty years.

Chorus:

Words: KEITH FOSTER Music: ROGER ILOTT

© 2004 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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The songs above can be found on the CD BIG WATER along with the following covers:
The Angler (Gary Brooker), Ballina Whalers (The Humpback Whale - Harry Robertson), The Magpies Said (Dennis Glover/John Broomhall) and Turn! Turn! Turn (Pete Seeger/Ecclesiastes).

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From JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ - PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT (RM087 CD)

STAY ON SHORE

I will anchor one day - one shimmering day
Of heat haze, grey smoke and breeze,
And unburden myself of my treasures
Beneath the blue eucalypt trees.
The seas of my youth, the sapphires and shells,
I'll bury them there in the sand.
I'll keep a blue stone to remember them by
And I'll wear it upon my right hand.

Chorus: And all my sails I'll furl and stow
And I'll say goodbye to the crew,
And on the sea no more I'll go,
But stay on shore with you.

The islands and reefs and the tropical moon,
The jewels that I found on my way,
I'll scatter them all on my homecoming shore
For the waves to take as they may.

Chorus and Repeat verse 1

Words: PENNY DAVIES, Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 2001 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS


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THE INJUNE RAILWAY

Chorus: 60 miles to Roma, it takes you half a day,
It took four years to build, but theyre closin' it today

Cattle, sheep, wool & timber, cream & pumpkins, people too,
For years the locos hauled the trains, at 20 miles an hour they flew!
Traveling with the season's produce - 9 bob is what you pay
Over five hours to Roma on the Injune Railway

Chorus

Out through Komine and Kooragan, stop at half a dozen gates
Fireman opens, guard'll close'em - every time the train just waits.
Slow across the timber bridges - Gum Gully's many spans.
60 miles of railway line, 4 years work for many hands.

Chorus

Over creeks and over gullies crossing roads and stations too
The track was laid by 1920 - 300 in the crew.
Up and down the track from Roma with freight of different kinds
The steam trains ran on the Injune branch line.

Chorus

New Year's Eve, '66, as the last train pulls away.
Nearly 50 years they ran - therell be no train on New Year's Day.
Goodbye Minka, Ona Ona,
Alicker and Yingerbay,
Goodbye Kingull, Blue Lagoon - goodbye Injune railway.

Chorus

Words: PENNY DAVIES Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 2001 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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These songs can be found on the CD JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ along with the following other titles: Dont Let The Murray Run Dry, 60 Miles from Cunninghams Gap, The Light of the Star, My Old Dog And I, The Western Mail, A Nautical Yarn, The Net, Plastic Container Of Plonk, The Long Haul, Love is a Lifeline, The Listening Land, Frost On The Wattle, Just A Bit Of Quartz, Sow the Seeds of Love, Stardust


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From OPAL MINER - THE SONGS OF BILL SCOTT - PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT (RM075 CD)

WHERE THE CANE FIRES BURN
I've wandered east, I've wandered west,
From the Hamersley Range to the Snowy Crest,
From the Lachlan Plains to the Broken Hill,
But my heart's at the Johnstone River still.
Now the time has come when I must return
Where the vine scrub grows and the cane fires burn.
Where the vine scrub grows and the cane fires burn.

By the Yarra now the cold rain falls
And the wind is bleak from the Bass Strait squalls,
I stand and wonder in the chill
Has the season started at Mulgrave Mill?
For Autumn comes and I must return
Where the harvesters chug and the trash fires burn -
Where the harvesters chug and the trash fires burn.

The smog is thick and stings the eye
Where the Harbour Bridge fills half the sky
And the sirens wail through Sydney town....
But I dream of Tully when the sun goes down
Where the rainforest covers the hills with green
The cane grows tall and the air is clean -
The cane grows tall and the air is clean.

I've been wandering South and West
On land and sea, but the north is best.
Now Autumn comes with its hint of snows
And I must follow where the egret goes
To watch the evening's first faint star
From Flying Fish Point or Yarrabah-
From Flying Fish Point or Yarrabah.

Words & Music: BILL SCOTT Copyright 1999 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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HEY RAIN

CHORUS: Hey rain, rain comin' down
On the cane, on the roofs of the town.

There's rain on me hands and rain on me face,
Oh muddy old Innisfail's a muddy wet place,
Hey rain, hey rain.
And there's rain in me beer and rain in me grub,
And they've just fitted anchors to the Garradunga pub,
Hey rain, hey rain.

Chorus........

There's a Johnstone River crocodile livin' in me frig'
And a bloody great tree on the Jubilee Bridge
Hey rain, hey rain.
And the monsoon sky has sprung a leak
From Flyin' Fish Point to the Millstream Creek,
Hey rain, hey rain.

Chorus.....

And the storm clouds are so black and big
Theres an old flyin' fox in the Moreton Bay fig,
Hey rain, hey rain
It's the worst wet season we've ever had,
And I'd swim down to Tully, but it's just as bloody bad
Hey rain, hey rain.

Chorus.....

Words & Music: BILL SCOTT Copyright 1999 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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OPAL MINER THE SONGS OF BILL SCOTT: other tracks Rain In The Channel Country, The Monkeys Sing Soprano, Trochus Boats, Tanglefoot Harry, Hard On A Lass, The Mungindi Ball, Brisbane Girl, Mount Tully Lullaby, Cullendore Creek, The Darling Bunyip, Silverwood Dam, Tales Of the Wind, Lullaby, Old Mans Song, The Lighthouse Keeper and the Herring Gull, Coal Train, Cane Train
can be found in HEY RAINTHE BILL SCOTT SONGBOOK -

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From HEART OF TOWN - PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT (RM080 CD)

DON'T LET 'EM CLOSE OUR MILL


Chorus: Don't let 'em close the old mill down -
The sugar mill's the heart of town.
Don't let 'em close our mill.
Don't let 'em close our mill.

We burnt the fields, we cut by hand,
We came here from a hundred lands.
And now we cut with big machines
The cutter's gone the way of steam.
Up here among the ''Bundy snow'',
We've seen our town and families grow
Our kids are tall as sugar cane.
Old days are gone - but we remain.

Chorus

When they said the mill would close
The lifeblood of the town just froze.
Without the mill there'll be no cane,
We'll rust here in the northern rain.
Without the cane the banks will go,
The farms will die, the crows will crow.
The kids will leave or get the dole,
The place will lose its heart and soul

Chorus

We see the future with no mill,
Fields are empty, trains are still.
Don't want to see that day arrive,
We'll fight to keep our town alive.

Chorus

Words & Music: PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT Copyright 2001 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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CALL IT FLAMIN' HOT

In sunny South Australia, it's rather warm outback,
Theyre swimming in mirages along the Birdsville Track.
Its the kind of summer climate that will leave a bloke dismayed,
Where even willy-willies will stay whirling in the shade.
Theres a sundowner sitting in a creek bed with a frown
He hopes the Diamantina will soon be coming down.
There are blistering goannas rubbing sunscreen on their claws,
While they say, at Oodnadatta, it is best to stay indoors.

CHORUS: They can quote their fine statistics, they seem to have a lot!
But Celsius or Fahrenheit - just call it flamin' hot!


The driest and the hottest state will win your thirsty votes,
And on the pub veranda, you will find the driest throats.
And the barman said he served this mob - it seemed the only course,
Four camels, half a dozen 'roos, the drover's dog and horse.

Chorus

I'm told the flocks of cockatoos beside the River Finke
Are loud with their entreaties of ''Cocky Wants A Drink!''
But who will switch the sun off, or dim its dreaded glare?
So what about Antarctica and how's the weather there?

Chorus

Words: MAX FATCHEN, Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 2001 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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These songs can be found on the CD HEART OF TOWN along with the following other titles: The GST Calypso , Caboolture Days , On Top Of High Peak , Whenever You Come My Way, If I Could, A Fisherman Bold, The Lighthouse, Out Of Sight, Here And Now, Old Nugget, We'll Meet On The Shore, Ups And Downs, The Southern Cross, The Marree Line, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, The Brandy Tree, Turn Again.

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From OUTBACK CAFE - PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT (RM067CD)

RIDIN' ON THE FRUIT TRAIN

When I was young I used to wait down by the railway gates,
And when the fruit train came along I'd jump on with me mates.
The drivers knew our faces, and they'd let us shovel coal,
But the coal would end up on the plate we'd miss the firebox hole.

Chorus: Cottonvale, Fleurbaix, Pozieres,
Bullecourt and Passchendaele,
Baupaume, Messines and Amiens on the 42 pound rail,
For 12 miles and 25 chains through orchards, scrub and pines,
Ridin' on the fruit train on the Amiens branch line.

We'd pass the golden orchards, and we'd whistle through the pines.
There used to be six sidings, but now they've closed the line.
There's not a trace of track from Amiens to Cottonvale,
But I remember golden days on the 42 pound rail.

Chorus

Words: PENNY DAVIES Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 1997 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS
Notes: A chain is 22 yards (or 20.1168 metres) the length of a cricket pitch! The 42 pound rail is a light rail, weighing 42 pounds per foot.

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TILL THE CAMELS COME

From Cooper Creek to Alice Springs,
The Afghan rides with the camel strings.
Raisin' dust on the beaten track, everything comes on the camel's back.
For the railway camps - a case of nails, sleepers, food and a load of rails.
They carry tools to the copper mines, and wire for the overland telegraph lines.

Chorus: From Hergott Springs on the Queensland Road
The camels plod with their heavy loads.
We squint through the dust & the sinking sun,
watch and wait till the camels come.


A letter from home, a bolt of lace,
kero tins in a packing case,
gear for the men in the shearing game,
picks and shovels for the diggers' claims.

Chorus

Pots and brooms and a keg of ale,
flour and a book of fairy tales.
The child who lives in a distant place
looks to the track with a hopeful face.

Chorus

From Cooper Creek to Alice Springs, the Afghan rides with the camel strings.
We run through the dust in the sinking sun - cheer as the line of camels come.

Chorus

Words: PENNY DAVIES Music: ROGER ILOTT Copyright 1997 Restless Music APRA/AMCOS

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These songs can be found on the CD OUTBACK CAFE along with the following other titles: Beside A Railway Line, The Flying Gang, Mrs Thomas Moore, Send Her Down Hughie! Bullocky Bill, Balmain, Down The Track, Girraween, Where The Rivers Rise, Up In The Queensland Mountains, The Cubby Tree.

PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT

SONG SUBJECT INDEX

Subjects of songs/Track Listings

ALBUMS: MOON CALLER, BIG WATER, JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ, HEART OF TOWN, OPAL MINER, OUTBACK CAFE

Number following album title is track number (e.g. OUTBACK CAFE3 is Track 3, Outback Café)

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SUBJECT

SONG

Album /Track number

Afghans

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

Afghans

The Marree Line

HEART OF TOWN 3

Animals (domestic)

My Old Dog And I

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 12

Animals (threatened)

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Animals (threatened)

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

Animals (wild)

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER 18

Animals (working)

Old Nugget

HEART OF TOWN 15

Animals (working)

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

Animals (working)

Bullocky Bill

OUTBACK CAFE 12

Anti-war

Turn Turn Turn

BIG WATER 14

Anti-war

Turn The World Around

BIG WATER 1

Apples

Pushing It Down

BIG WATER 9

Banjo Paterson

Song Of The Artesian Water

MOON CALLER 9

Beach

Listen To The Wind

BIG WATER 7

Bigotry

The Marree Line

HEART OF TOWN 3

Birds

The Magpies Said

BIG WATER 13

Birds

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER 18

Birds

Lighthouse Keeper & the Herring Gull

OPAL MINER 3

Birds

Up In The Queensland Mountains

OUTBACK CAFE 3

Birds

Bird Going West.

OUTBACK CAFE 20

Boating

Plastic Container Of Plonk

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 8

Bunyips

The Darling Bunyip

OPAL MINER 12

Bushrangers

Four Horsemen

MOON CALLER 3

Camels

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

Children

Caboolture Days

HEART OF TOWN 8

Children

Backyard At Hurlstone Park

OUTBACK CAFE 16

Children

Ridin' On The Fruit Train

OUTBACK CAFE 18

Children

Circle Game

MOON CALLER 4

Children

Goodbye To Your Schooldays

MOON CALLER 13

Children/Parenting

Whenever You Come My Way

HEART OF TOWN 2

Children/Parenting

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Children/Parenting

Lullaby

OPAL MINER 21

Children/Parenting

Beside A Railway Line

OUTBACK CAFE 4

Children/Parenting

Cubby Tree

OUTBACK CAFE 9

Children/Parenting

Circle Game

MOON CALLER 4

Children/Parenting

Goodbye To Your Schooldays

MOON CALLER 13

Children/Parenting

Little Stranger

OUTBACK CAFE 19

Christmas

The Light Of The Star

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 1

Climate Change

Crazy Weather

MOON CALLER 5

Climate Change (history)

Song Of The Artesian Water

MOON CALLER 9

Communities

Werris Creek

BIG WATER 2

Communities

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Communities

The Marree Line

HEART OF TOWN 3

Communities

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

Communities

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

Convicts

Mrs Thomas Moore

OUTBACK CAFE 5

Country Life

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

Country Life

O'Mara's Front Verandah

MOON CALLER 6

Country Life

Down The Track

OUTBACK CAFE 15

Country Life

Turn The World Around

BIG WATER 1

Country Life

Big Water

BIG WATER 4

Country Life

When The Cooper's Coming Down

BIG WATER 5

Country Life

The Hills And Rocks Of Home

BIG WATER 11

Country Life

Don't Let The Murray Run Dry

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 3

Country Life

Frost On The Wattle

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 13

Country Life

The Brandy Tree

HEART OF TOWN 7

Country Life

Caboolture Days

HEART OF TOWN 8

Country Life

Song Of The Artesian Water

MOON CALLER 9

Country Life

Where The Cane Fires Burn

OPAL MINER 7

Country Life

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER 18

Country Life

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Country Towns

Werris Creek

BIG WATER 2

Country Towns

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Country Towns

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Country Towns

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

Country Towns

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

Country Towns

Ridin' On The Fruit Train

OUTBACK CAFE 18

Dancing

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

Death

Outback

OUTBACK CAFE 7

Death

Bird Going West.

OUTBACK CAFE 20

Dogs

My Old Dog And I

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 12

Drinking

Plastic Container Of Plonk

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 8

Drought

When The Cooper's Coming Down

BIG WATER 5

Drought

Don't Let The Murray Run Dry

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 3

Drought

Call It Flamin' Hot

HEART OF TOWN 5

Drought

Song Of The Artesian Water

MOON CALLER 9

Drought

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER 18

Drought

Send Her Down Hughie!

OUTBACK CAFE 6

Economic Rationalism

Werris Creek

BIG WATER 2

Economic Rationalism

Pushing It Down

BIG WATER 9

Economic Rationalism

The Western Mail

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 4

Economic Rationalism

The Injune Railway

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 9

Economic Rationalism

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Elderly

The Magpies Said

BIG WATER 13

Elderly

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Environment/Landscape

Turn The World Around

BIG WATER 1

Environment/Landscape

Crazy Weather

MOON CALLER 5

Environment/Landscape

Big Water

BIG WATER 4

Environment/Landscape

When The Cooper's Coming Down

BIG WATER 5

Environment/Landscape

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Environment/Landscape

Listen To The Wind

BIG WATER 7

Environment/Landscape

The Angler

BIG WATER 8

Environment/Landscape

The Hills And Rocks Of Home

BIG WATER 11

Environment/Landscape

Don't Let The Murray Run Dry

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 3

Environment/Landscape

The Net

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 7

Environment/Landscape

Frost On The Wattle

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 13

Environment/Landscape

The Brandy Tree

HEART OF TOWN 7

Environment/Landscape

Song Of The Artesian Water

MOON CALLER 9

Environment/Landscape

Caboolture Days

HEART OF TOWN 8

Environment/Landscape

The Southern Cross

HEART OF TOWN1 9

Environment/Landscape

Where The Cane Fires Burn

OPAL MINER 7

Environment/Landscape

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER 18

Environment/Landscape

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Environment/Landscape

Cullendore Creek

OPAL MINER 11

Environment/Landscape

Silverwood Dam

OPAL MINER 13

Environment/Landscape

Tales Of The Wind

OPAL MINER 20

Environment/Landscape

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Environment/Landscape

Up In The Queensland Mountains

OUTBACK CAFE 3

Environment/Landscape

Girraween

OUTBACK CAFE 17

Environment/Landscape

Bird Going West.

OUTBACK CAFE 20

Environment/Landscape (threatened)

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

Environment/Landscape (urban)

Beside A Railway Line

OUTBACK CAFE 4

Environment/Landscape (urban)

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Family

Cubby Tree

OUTBACK CAFE 9

Family

Pte Herbert Thomas Scard

MOON CALLER 10

Family

Circle Game

MOON CALLER 4

Family

The Hills And Rocks Of Home

BIG WATER 11

Family

Stay On Shore

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 5

Family

Sow The Seeds Of Love

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 15

Family

Whenever You Come My Way

HEART OF TOWN 2

Family

The Southern Cross

HEART OF TOWN 19

Family

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Family

Lullaby

OPAL MINER 21

Family

Beside A Railway Line

OUTBACK CAFE 4

Family

Backyard At Hurlstone Park

OUTBACK CAFE 16

Family

Little Stranger

OUTBACK CAFE 19

Farmers

Pushing It Down

BIG WATER 9

Farmers

The Magpies Said

BIG WATER 13

Farming

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Farming

Ridin' On The Fruit Train

OUTBACK CAFE 18

Fishing

The Angler

BIG WATER 8

Fishing

The Net

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 7

Fishing

Plastic Container Of Plonk

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 8

Fishing

A Fisherman Bold

HEART OF TOWN 10

Flood

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

Friendship

Just A Bit Of Quartz

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 10

Friendship

Love Is A Lifeline

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 16

Friendship

We'll Meet On The Shore

HEART OF TOWN 17

Friendship

She's Like A Tree

MOON CALLER 1

Gold

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Gold

The Goldfield

MOON CALLER 7

GST

The GST Calypso

HEART OF TOWN 16

Happiness

Down The Track

OUTBACK CAFE 15

Harbour

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Hardship

Outback

OUTBACK CAFE 7

History (1960's)

Armstrong

MOON CALLER 12

History (agricultural)

Where The Cane Fires Burn

OPAL MINER 7

History (bullock driver)

Bullocky Bill

OUTBACK CAFE 12

History (bushrangers)

Four Horsemen

MOON CALLER 3

History (camel trains)

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

History (convict makes good)

Mrs Thomas Moore

OUTBACK CAFE 5

History (death of a swagman)

Outback

OUTBACK CAFE 7

History (floods in Qld)

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

History (inner Sydney harbour)

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

History (invented)

The Darling Bunyip

OPAL MINER 12

History (maritime)

On Top Of High Peak

HEART OF TOWN 14

History (Moon Landing)

Armstrong

MOON CALLER12

History (Ned Kelly & gang)

Four Horsemen

MOON CALLER 3

History (old time halls/balls)

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

History (Qld)

60 Miles From Cunningham's Gap

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 2

History (Qld)

The Western Mail

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 4

History (rabbit trapper)

Tanglefoot Harry

OPAL MINER 4

History (rail)

The Injune Railway

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 9

History (rail)

Cane Train

OPAL MINER10

History (rail)

Coal Train

OPAL MINER14

History (rail)

The Flying Gang

OUTBACK CAFE 2

History (rail)

Beside A Railway Line

OUTBACK CAFE 4

History (rail)

Ridin' On The Fruit Train

OUTBACK CAFE18

History (river boats)

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 6

History (SA)

The Marree Line

HEART OF TOWN 3

History (small h)

Caboolture Days

HEART OF TOWN 8

History (small h)

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

History (small h)

Backyard At Hurlstone Park

OUTBACK CAFE 16

History (small town)

O'Mara's Front Verandah

MOON CALLER 6

History ( Tasmania /indigenous)

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

History (war)

Pte Herbert Thomas Scard

MOON CALLER10

History (water)

Song Of The Artesian Water

MOON CALLER 9

History (WWI)

Old Nugget

HEART OF TOWN 15

Hope

The Hills And Rocks Of Home

BIG WATER 11

Hope

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Hope

Backyard At Hurlstone Park

OUTBACK CAFE 16

Horses

Old Nugget

HEART OF TOWN 15

Humour

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 6

Humour

Plastic Container Of Plonk

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 8

Humour

Just A Bit Of Quartz

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 10

Humour

A Fisherman Bold

HEART OF TOWN 10

Humour

The Monkeys Sing Soprano

OPAL MINER19/OUTBACK CAFE 8

Humour

Lighthouse Keeper & the Herring Gull

OPAL MINER 3

Humour

Tanglefoot Harry

OPAL MINER 4

Humour

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

Humour

The Darling Bunyip

OPAL MINER 12

Humour

Send Her Down Hughie!

OUTBACK CAFE 6

Humour (ironic)

The Net

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 7

Indigenous

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

Injustice

Turn The World Around

BIG WATER 1

Life Journey

Stay On Shore

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 5

Life Journey

The Net

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 7

Life's Journey

Aurelia

MOON CALLER 1

Life's Journey

Just A Bit Of Quartz

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 10

Life's Journey

Sow The Seeds Of Love

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 15

Life's Journey

Whenever You Come My Way

HEART OF TOWN 2

Life's Journey

Who Knows Where The Time Goes

HEART OF TOWN 4

Life's Journey

The Brandy Tree

HEART OF TOWN 7

Life's Journey

Caboolture Days

HEART OF TOWN 8

Life's Journey

The Southern Cross

HEART OF TOWN19

Life's Journey

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Life's Journey

Cubby Tree

OUTBACK CAFE 9

Life's Journey

Down The Track

OUTBACK CAFE15

Life's Journey

Little Stranger

OUTBACK CAFE 19

Life's Journey

Bird Going West.

OUTBACK CAFE 20

Life's Journey

Peaceful

MOON CALLER 14

Life's Journey

Circle Game

MOON CALLER 4

Light Horse

Old Nugget

HEART OF TOWN 15

Lighthouse

On Top Of High Peak

HEART OF TOWN 14

Lighthouse

Lighthouse Keeper & the Herring Gull

OPAL MINER 3

Love

Stay On Shore

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 5

Love

Must Have Been The Moon

MOON CALLER11

Love

Sow The Seeds Of Love

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 15

Love

Love Is A Lifeline

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 16

Love

She's Like A Tree

MOON CALLER 1

Love

If I Could

HEART OF TOWN 6

Love

Turn Again

HEART OF TOWN 9

Love

The Lighthouse

HEART OF TOWN 11

Love

Hard On A Lass

OPAL MINER 5

Love

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

Love

Brisbane Girl

OPAL MINER 8

Love

Cullendore Creek

OPAL MINER 11

Lullaby

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Lullaby

Lullaby

OPAL MINER 21

Lullaby

Little Stranger

OUTBACK CAFE 19

Maritime

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Maritime

Aurelia

MOON CALLER 2

Maritime

Back To The Sea Again, Johnny

BIG WATER10

Maritime

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 6

Maritime

The Lighthouse

HEART OF TOWN 11

Maritime

On Top Of High Peak

HEART OF TOWN 14

Maritime

Trochus Boats

OPAL MINER 2

Maritime

Lighthouse Keeper & the Herring Gull

OPAL MINER 3

Maritime

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Maritime (NSW)

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Marriage

Sow The Seeds Of Love

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 15

Marriage

Turn Again

HEART OF TOWN 9

Max Fatchen

Call It Flamin' Hot

HEART OF TOWN 5

Mining

60 Miles From Cunningham's Gap

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 2

Mining

Just A Bit Of Quartz

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 10

Mining

Coal Train

OPAL MINER 14

Mining

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Moon

Must Have Been The Moon

MOON CALLER 11

Moon

Armstrong

MOON CALLER12

Mountains

Up In The Queensland Mountains

OUTBACK CAFE 3

Music

Mungindi Ball

OPAL MINER 6

Ocean

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Ocean

Aurelia

MOON CALLER 2

Ocean

Listen To The Wind

BIG WATER 7

Ocean

Back To The Sea Again, Johnny

BIG WATER10

Ocean

The Lighthouse

HEART OF TOWN 11

Ocean

We'll Meet On The Shore

HEART OF TOWN 17

Ocean

Trochus Boats

OPAL MINER 2

Ocean

Lighthouse Keeper & the Herring Gull

OPAL MINER 3

Ocean

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Outback

When The Cooper's Coming Down

BIG WATER 5

Outback

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

Outback

Outback

OUTBACK CAFE 7

Outback

Bullocky Bill

OUTBACK CAFE 12

Outback

Bird Going West.

OUTBACK CAFE 20

Peace

Turn The World Around

BIG WATER1

Peace

Peaceful

MOON CALLER 14

Peace

Turn! Turn! Turn!

BIG WATER14

Peace

The Light Of The Star

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 1

Pioneers

The Magpies Said

BIG WATER13

Pioneers

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

Pioneers

Mrs Thomas Moore

OUTBACK CAFE 5

Pioneers

Bullocky Bill

OUTBACK CAFE 12

Poem set to music

Outback

OUTBACK CAFE 7

Poetry

The Once-Great Railway Family

BIG WATER12

Poetry Set To Music

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 6

Poetry set to music

The Net

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 7

Queensland

The Monkeys Sing Soprano

OPAL MINER19/OUTBACK CAFE 8

Queensland

Brisbane Girl

OPAL MINER 8

Queensland

Up In The Queensland Mountains

OUTBACK CAFE 3

Queensland (north)

Where The Cane Fires Burn

OPAL MINER 7

Queensland (north)

Hey Rain!

OPAL MINER 1/OUTBACK CAFE 13

Queensland (north)

Cane Train

OPAL MINER10

Queensland History

60 Miles From Cunningham's Gap

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 2

Rabbit Trapper

Tanglefoot Harry

OPAL MINER 4

Railways

Werris Creek

BIG WATER 2

Railways

The Once-Great Railway Family

BIG WATER 12

Railways

The Western Mail

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 4

Railways

The Injune Railway

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 9

Railways

The Long Haul

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 14

Railways

Cane Train

OPAL MINER10

Railways

Coal Train

OPAL MINER14

Railways

The Flying Gang

OUTBACK CAFE 2

Railways

Beside A Railway Line

OUTBACK CAFE 4

Railways

Ridin' On The Fruit Train

OUTBACK CAFE 18

Rain

Hey Rain!

OPAL MINER1/OUTBACK CAFE13

Rain

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER18

Rain

Send Her Down Hughie!

OUTBACK CAFE 6

Real Estate!

The Magpies Said

BIG WATER13

Relationship

Turn Again

HEART OF TOWN 9

Relationship

The Lighthouse

HEART OF TOWN 11

Relationships

Stay On Shore

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 5

Relationships

Sow The Seeds Of Love

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 15

Relationships

If I Could

HEART OF TOWN 6

Relationships

The Southern Cross

HEART OF TOWN 19

Relationships

Hard On A Lass

OPAL MINER 5

Relationships

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Relationships

Lullaby

OPAL MINER 21

Religious

Turn! Turn! Turn!

BIG WATER14

Religious

The Light Of The Star

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 1

Religious

The Net

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 7

Religious

The Marree Line

HEART OF TOWN 3

Rivers

Big Water

BIG WATER 4

Rivers

When The Cooper's Coming Down

BIG WATER 5

Rivers

Don't Let The Murray Run Dry

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 3

Rivers

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 6

Rivers

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER 18

Rivers

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

Sailor

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Sailors

Back To The Sea Again, Johnny

BIG WATER10

Sailors

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 6

Sailors

On Top Of High Peak

HEART OF TOWN14

Sailors

Trochus Boats

OPAL MINER 2

Sailors

Hard On A Lass

OPAL MINER 5

Sea

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Sea

Listen To The Wind

BIG WATER 7

Sea

Back To The Sea Again, Johnny

BIG WATER 10

Sea

A Fisherman Bold

HEART OF TOWN 10

Sea

The Lighthouse

HEART OF TOWN 11

Sea

We'll Meet On The Shore

HEART OF TOWN 17

Sea

Trochus Boats

OPAL MINER 2

Sea

Lighthouse Keeper & the Herring Gull

OPAL MINER 3

Sea

Old Man's Song.

OPAL MINER 22

Sea

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Seals

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

Seasons

The Hills And Rocks of Home

BIG WATER11

Seasons

Turn! Turn! Turn!

BIG WATER14

Seasons

Girraween

OUTBACK CAFE 17

Ships

Back To The Sea Again, Johnny

BIG WATER 10

Sleep

Mount Tully Lullaby

OPAL MINER 9

Sleep

Lullaby

OPAL MINER 21

South Australia

Call It Flamin' Hot

HEART OF TOWN 5

Sport (backyard)

Backyard At Hurlstone Park

OUTBACK CAFE 16

Stars

The Southern Cross

HEART OF TOWN 19

Sugar Cane

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Sugar Cane

Where The Cane Fires Burn

OPAL MINER 7

Sugar Cane

Hey Rain!

OPAL MINER1/OUTBACK CAFE13

Sugar Cane

Cane Train

OPAL MINER10

Swagman

Outback

OUTBACK CAFE 7

Sydney (convict history)

Mrs Thomas Moore

OUTBACK CAFE 5

Sydney (history)

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Tasmania (history)

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

Taxes

The GST Calypso

HEART OF TOWN 16

Tin Mining

60 Miles From Cunningham's Gap

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 2

Torres Strait

Trochus Boats

OPAL MINER 2

Trains

The Once-Great Railway Family

BIG WATER12

Trains

The Western Mail

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 4

Trains

The Injune Railway

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 9

Trains

The Long Haul

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 14

Trains

Cane Train

OPAL MINER10

Trains

Coal Train

OPAL MINER14

Trains

The Flying Gang

OUTBACK CAFE 2

Trains

Beside A Railway Line

OUTBACK CAFE 4

Trains

Ridin' On The Fruit Train

OUTBACK CAFE 18

Travel

Aurelia

MOON CALLER1

Trees

Frost On The Wattle

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 13

Trees

Cubby Tree

OUTBACK CAFE 9

Trees

She's Like A Tree

MOON CALLER1

Victorian History

A Nautical Yarn

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ6

War

Pte Herbert Thomas Scard

MOON CALLER10

War

Turn The World Around

BIG WATER1

War

Turn! Turn! Turn!

BIG WATER14

War

Turn Again

HEART OF TOWN 9

War

Old Nugget

HEART OF TOWN 15

Water

Big Water

BIG WATER 4

Water

When The Cooper's Coming Down

BIG WATER 5

Water

Where The Rivers Rise

OUTBACK CAFE 14

Weather

Frost On The Wattle

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 13

Weather

Crazy Weather

MOON CALLER 5

Weather

Call It Flamin' Hot

HEART OF TOWN 5

Weather

Hey Rain!

OPAL MINER1/OUTBACK CAFE 13

Weather

Rain In The Channel Country

OPAL MINER18

Weather

Tales Of The Wind

OPAL MINER 20

Weather

Send Her Down Hughie!

OUTBACK CAFE 6

Weather

Wet Season Blues

MOON CALLER 8

Whales

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Wilderness

Girraween

OUTBACK CAFE 17

Wind

Listen To The Wind

BIG WATER 7

Wind

Tales Of The Wind

OPAL MINER 20

Wind

Balmain

OUTBACK CAFE 10

Wine (cheap!)

Plastic Container Of Plonk

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 8

Winter

Frost On The Wattle

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 13

Winter

The Monkeys Sing Soprano

OPAL MINER19/OUTBACK CAFE 8

Women

Hard On A Lass

OPAL MINER 5

Women

Mrs Thomas Moore

OUTBACK CAFE 5

Women

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

Work

Werris Creek

BIG WATER 2

Work

The Humpback Whale

BIG WATER 6

Work

Back To The Sea Again, Johnny

BIG WATER 10

Work

The Once-Great Railway Family

BIG WATER 12

Work

The Long Haul

JUST A BIT OF QUARTZ 14

Work

Don't Let 'Em Close Our Mill

HEART OF TOWN 1

Work

On Top Of High Peak

HEART OF TOWN 14

Work

Where The Cane Fires Burn

OPAL MINER 7

Work

Trochus Boats

OPAL MINER 2

Work

Cane Train

OPAL MINER10

Work

Coal Train

OPAL MINER14

Work

Till The Camels Come

OUTBACK CAFE 1

Work

The Flying Gang

OUTBACK CAF E2

Work

The Sealers' Slaves,

OUTBACK CAFE 11

World War 1

Old Nugget

HEART OF TOWN 15

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