Australia: Folk Songs and Bush Verse Volume 2
Traditional and popular songs and verse celebrating Australia from the golden years of the late 19th century through to post World War II urban life. Australia: Folk Songs And Bush verse Volume Two: Celebration Of A Nation includes:
Disc 1: Across the Seven Seas: The Australian Maritime Collection - Being an island continent has always shaped Australia's history. Songs of shipboard life, salty sailors, disastrous shipwrecks and of the mighty ships that ploughed the seven seas are part of that legacy.
Disc 2: Lean Times and Mean Times on the Hungry Mile - These are songs of swagmen, cadgers and other drifters but they are also songs of determination and survival in the face of despair.
Disc 3: Solidarity forever: Australian Songs of Struggle and Strife - Never underestimate the power of a political song. Some make their point with wit and parody, some hit hard like a hammer; others offer a course to the future.
Disc 4: Australia's on the Wallaby: Songs of Pomp and Circumstance - Musical signposts to our growing-up as a nation and our continuing search to define the Australian identity.
Disc 5: Roll, Pitch, Whack and Boot: Australian Legendary Sporting Songs - A musical testament to our national reputation as 'sport crazy' and our love of anything involving a sporting challenge, from football to horse racing, boxing and two-up.
