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Re: Australian railway songs

The Southern Aurora was put down by Col Joys backing
group, still one of the great Aussie train songs.

It is an instrumental.

....Tell

 


>Rob Kearey <mammal@optushome.com.au> wrote:

> David Bromage wrote:
> 
> > Has anybody made a canonical list of Australian railway songs? Off the top
> > of my head I can think of:
> 
> My father used to have a 45 single called "Southern Aurora"; I seem to
> remember it was a guitar instrumental, and ended with the sound of a
> receding train and a mournful whistle. No idea who it was by, or where
> it is now.
> 
> > David