Re: Australian railway songs

["canetram59" <canetram59@hotmail.com>]

I'll add my 2 cents worth (or maybe that should be threepence) with a good
old Queensland song - "Billy Sheen and His C16" sung by the Moreton Bay
Bushwackers in the Queensland Centenary Songbook in 1959.
I am showing my age!!!
Regards
David Mewes

RUBARB bigpond.com (John) <jtas@> wrote in message
news:3a32f71c.360940@news.bigpond.com...
> Hi there,
> Another song that comes to mind is 'Trains' by Troy Cassar Daley. His
> mother used to be a dining car worker on the North Coast. This song is
> up for a listeners choice award in Tamworth in January.
>
> Elizabeth Lord from Lismore area has recorded a song called 'Ryleighs
> Last Run' loosley based on the last run of a driver called Cecil on
> the North Coast Line.
>
> Tony Johns from the Newcastle area has recorded a song called 'Train
> Ride 3801'
>
> Regards
> John
>
>
>
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> On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 02:51:35 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:
>
> >I think this has been discussed before, but I can't find the thread in
the
> >archives or on deja.com.
> >
> >Has anybody made a canonical list of Australian railway songs? Off the
top
> >of my head I can think of:
> >
> >Indian Pacific, by Joy McKean. Recorded by Slim Dusty (ARPA song of the
> >year and top selling country song of 1978.) Recently re-released by The
> >Bushwackers.
> >
> >The Ghan, by Ted Egan.
> >
> >Jolly Green Giant, by Johnny Ashcroft.
> >
> >3801, by Ray King and Ron Russell. Did they write any others?
> >
> >A heap by the late Alan Rowe.
> > - The Puffing Billy Song
> > - The Beechie
> > - The Deepdene Dasher
> > - Riding in the old Z van
> > - The aren't and they shan't 'cos they can't.
> >
> >Queensland Railway Line (trad?)
> >
> >Morningtown Ride, by The Seekers.
> >
> >The Train Song, by Nick Cave.
> >
> >Cheers
> >David
>
> (please remove RUBARB to be able to reply)