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THE GAY CABALLERO
(as sung By Frank Crummit USA)

* The Gun Cane Cutter

 

THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING.
1846. Stephen Foster. M and Charles Mackay

* The Good Time Coming (Coxon ?)

 

LINES OF LOVE.
Traditional

* Baldheaded End of the Broom. Coll. Fahey Herb Green. See Eureka.

 

GUM TREE CANOE.
There appears to be a Scottish broadside version and an American version attributed to S.S. Steele / A.F. Winnemore).

* Dear native Girl or Oh, Give Me a Hut or Native mate or Then Give Me A Hut or My Own native Land
* The Free Selector

I collected a version of the Gumtree Canoe from Jim Cargill, Randwick, 1973. Jim had known the song for over 50 years and was originally from Scotland however his version is more like the American text.

HALLELUJAH BAND.
E. Mack. Philadelphia. 1870

AFTER THE BALL IS OVER.
Charles Harris. NY. This song was widely sung in Australia and became the carrier tune for many parodies, including bawdy songs.

* After The Ball (parody). Version published Imperial Songster No 2

Charles Harris composed After The Ball and many other popular hits

HAPPY ARE WE DARKIES SO GAY.
This is a parody on air from the opera La Bayidere by E. P. Christy. New York: Jacques and Brother, 1847. It would have been popularised by the Christy's Minstrels touring Australia. Pub. Qld New Colonial Campfire Song Book.

* Queensland Explorers Song (Remos)

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