Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times edited by Douglas Steward and Nancy Keesing

Book Description

Secondhand. Near fine condition.

Enlarged and Revised from Banjo Paterson's Old Bush Songs.

This is a comprehensive collection of Australia's unique, colourful bush songs, as well as lesser-known songs and rhymes collected from early colonial books and newspapers and culled from the memories of old-timers.

Here are songs of and about Australian people from the earliest days of British settlement - convict songs, songs from farmers and stockmen, pioneers and explorers, migrants and gold-diggers, bushrangers and swagmen on the track.