AUSTRALIAN SONGS PUBLISHED IN THE QUEENSLANDERS NEW COLONIAL CAMPFIRE SONGBOOK

DSM/784.9/0 THE QUEENSLANDERS NEW COLONIAL CAMPFIRE SONGBOOK Dated 1865 Printed F. Cunningham. Pitt St. Sydney Small songster size. Paper cover. Some are designated the work of 'Remos' (P. Somer) however popular items like Stockman's Last Bed are not ascribed. The book's cover attributes 'Old Explorer' which implies authorship of songs. The rear of the songster asks readers to get ready for No 2 of the songbook. Includes songs, toasts and jokes. SONG TUNE FIRST LINE COMMENT Queensland Explorers Song Happy Are We Darkies So Gay I've been a long journey with stock overland - The First Hole The Cork Leg A few years ago, or so I am told - The Gentle Troubadour - - - The Kennedy Men Bonnie Dundee The northernmost part of bonnie Queensland Remos Squatting in Queensland Bow Wow Wow Squatting up in Queensland's a great mistake, I guess - Homeopathic Soup - Take a robin's leg Note: suggests this piece might have been printed in London Punch The Overlander Dearest Mae When I went out exploring, I took up a fine new run And then came back to Sydney, and had some jolly fun Remos The Stockman's last Bed Boatswain's Last Whistle Be ye stockman or not ö to my story give ear Note: as sung by the Pioneer Minstrels Wallaby Joe The Mistletoe Bough The saddle is hung on the stockyard rail - My Old Black Pipe - When the sky of my life is overshadowed with clouds - The Lazy Society - How hard is this world to get through Note: as sung on the Murrumbidgee Toast - Come fill, fill your glasses, Be this the toast given: Queensland forever! - Toast - A full purse, a fresh bottle, and a pretty face -