AustLit

Contains 40 contemporary songs written on Australian subjects. Most are set to well-known popular melodies. The songs are all in verse form. They are: 'The drama of life -- The highway of life -- In Labor's cause -- The shadow of a gun -- No Corrigan rides today -- A tribute to Australia's back block bards -- The girl he left behind him -- The digger's last good-bye -- The grave where the grand old man lies -- The Bushman's grave ; or, One of the Fifth -- The streets of Melbourne Town -- The swagman's dream -- I believe it, Doctor Maloney told me so -- Katie darling, good-bye -- My old bark hut, farewell -- Bill Bailey's got no use for home -- A mother's devotion -- Greed of gold, or, she ruined him -- Faces, features, mugs and chivvies -- They pass on the other side -- A mixture of pictures no artist can paint -- That's when you know who's your friend -- Absence makes your tart grow fonder -- Stay in your own back yard -- Song of songs -- The larrikin boy -- 'Tis the last lonely tanner -- Jimmy Hennessy -- Not I, Chlorine, not I -- The gallant bush brigade -- Looking for chumps -- Peter Wayback's trip to Melbourne -- To Australia he went for her sake -- No more -- I didn't stop or argue -- In a shearing shed -- Bygone memories -- The city newsboy -- When the sun beams forth again.ngh' (Libraries Australia record).