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THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED.
Harry Clay Work. 1860

* Only One More Drink

 

OH SUSANNAH.
Stephen Foster 1847

* World Turned Upsidedown. Mss William Walker. Mitchell. 1864. Folklore of Sydney 'Gold' section.

 

DEAREST MAE.
Lynch & Crosby 1848.

* The Overlander (Remos version)

 

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY.
Traditional

* On Top of No Smoking. Depression song 1920s
* On Top of Old Sophie. Bawdy song

 

YANKEE DOODLE
ND, Trad.

* O'Reilly's Daughter or One-Eyed Rhylah
* Bump Me Into Parliament. Casey
* Militant Medley. Circa 1945

 

OFF TO PHILADELPHIA.
Battison Hayes

* Off To Philadelphia. Parody written in Sydney by T. E. Leonard circa 1895

 

GENTLE ANNIE.
Stephen Foster 1856.

* Gentle Annie (parody)

 

SAM BASS.
Traditional American outlaw ballad

* Stir the Wallaby Stew

 

YELLER GIRL.
American traditional instrumental tune.

* Sally Bain (De Nigger's Girl). Armchair Magazine Melbourne 1853

 

WE'RE ALL A-NODDIN'.
American traditional from a Robert Burns poem.

* We're All A-Travellin'. Armchair Magazine 1853

 

OLD FOLKS AT HOME.
Stephen Foster 1851

* Old Folks At Home. Dutch Parody. Silver Songster 1908

 

GAL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON.

* Parramatta. Song about first NSW railway. Sydney Songster 1869

 

© Warren Fahey 2005

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