- John Williamson( John Robert Williamson )【 243 songs in total 】
- John Robert Williamson AM (born 1 November 1945 in Kerang, Victoria) is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter. Williamson has released over forty albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books. His top 10 albums on the ARIA Charts are Mallee Boy (1986), Boomerang Cafe (1988), Warragul (No. 1, 1989), Pipe Dream (1997), The Way It Is (1999), True Blue Two (compilation, 2003) and Hillbilly Road (2008). On Australia Day (26 January) 1992 Williamson was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with the citation: 'for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues'. He has received twenty-six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia, he has won three ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album and, in 2010, was inducted into the related Hall of Fame.
Williamson has also featured in a number of television series as well as This is Your Life. Many of his albums have gone gold and platinum and continue to do so. He has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia alone. In 1970 Williamson's first song, 'Old Man Emu', went to No. 3 and was given a gold certification. Another popular single, 'Mallee Boy', became triple-platinum. Music journalists, Toby Creswell and Samantha Chenoweth describe him as '[o]ne of the most popular songwriters in Australia ... [h]e has been a voice for the people of the bush and he has been a voice of dissent, openly criticising the woodchip industry' in their 2006 book, 1001 Australians You Should Know.
Early life
John Robert Williamson was born on 1 November 1945 at Kerang Bush Nursing Hospital to Keith Williamson and Shirley Ellen (née Manuel). He grew up in Quambatook, in the Mallee district of north-western Victoria. His parents farmed wheat crops on various small land lots in the region and were both amateur performing artists: singing in local Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Williamson is the oldest of five sons with Robin as the third oldest.
Williamson's performance style originates from his 'farmland, not city bitumen' lifestyle, and his upbringing is referred to by the nickname, 'The Mallee Boy'. His early musical influences were Roger Miller and Rolf Harris, both of whom provided inspirational elements for his first hit, namely using a vocal imitation from 'Dang Me' and replacing Rolf's wobble board with a Jaw's Harp. From the age of seven he learned to play the ukulele from his father, before proceeding when he was twelve to guitar and taught himself to play harmonica. For the last four years of secondary schooling Williamson attended Scotch College in Melbourne. In the early 1960s, while still at college, he formed a folk music group. After schooling Williamson returned home to become a farmer and, in 1965, the family moved to Croppa Creek, near Moree, where Williamson began performing at a local restaurant.
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40 Years Ago(Provided)
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A Bushman Can't Survive
1992
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A Country Balladeer
2005
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A Flag Of Our Own(Provided)
1992
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A Granda Plan For Landa(Provided)
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A Mighty Big River
2002
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A Thousand Feet
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Advance Australia Fair
Mccormick, John (arr) Williamson
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Alice Springs(Provided)
2003
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All Steamy
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Amazing Day
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Ami, Take Your Chances!(Provided)
1992
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Ancient Mountains
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Around Jindabyne(Provided)
2002
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At Lightning Ridge
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Aussie Balladeer
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Australia Is Another Word For Free(Provided)
2008
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Back At The Isa
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Beach Of Love(Provided)
2008
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Beachcomber From Wollongong(Provided)
1992
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Bells In A Bushman's Ear
2005
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Better Than A Picture(Provided)
2008
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Big Bad Bushranger
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Big Brother, Little Brother(Provided)
2002
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Big Bum On The Toilet Seat(Provided)
2003
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Big Bum On The Toliet Seat(Provided)
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Big Country Round
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Bill The Cat
2003
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Billabong
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Boogie With M'baby
2003
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Botany Bay
2003
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Bottle Of Whiskey(Provided)
2005
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Boyhood Story(Provided)
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Brisbane Ladies(Provided)
2003
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Buried In Her Bedclothes(Provided)
2002
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Bush Telegraph
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Butter Outa Grass(Provided)
2002
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Campfire On The Road
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Cape York Peninsula(Provided)
2002
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Catch A Virgin(Provided)
2008
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Chandelier Of Stars
2005
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Charters Towers(Provided)
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Cheyenne(Provided)
2005
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Christmas Waltz
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Coober Pedy(Provided)
2003
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Coolabah Blue
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Cootamundra Wattle
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Country Football(Provided)
2003
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Cowboys And Indian
2005
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Cowboys And Indians
2005
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Cracker Night
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Crocodile Roll
2003
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Cydi
2008
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Dad's Flowers
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Dark Irish Eyes(Provided)
2008
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Desert Child
2005
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Diamantina Drover
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Diggers Of The Anzac (This Is Gallipoli)
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Dingo
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Do I Love You(Provided)
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Dog With No Hair(Provided)
2003
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Don't Do Like I Do(Provided)
2005
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Drink A Little Love(Provided)
2008
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Drinking Again(Provided)
2005
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Drover's Boy
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Drunken Duncan (As Merv Currawong)(Provided)
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Drunken Duncan(Provided)
2003
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Firestorm
2005
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Flower On The Water
2005
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Flowers On The Concrete(Provided)
2008
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Fool To Love You
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Frangipani Bay
2002
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Full Moon Girl(Provided)
2003
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Galleries Of Pink Galahs
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Galleries Of The Pink Galahs
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Georgie(Provided)
1992
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Girt By Sea
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Go To Nashville(Provided)
2003
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Good Tobacci When I Smoke(Provided)
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Goodbye Again(Provided)
2003
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Goondiwindi Pork(Provided)
1992
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Granny's Little Gunyah(Provided)
2002
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Great Ocean Road
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Happy Birthday My Old Friend
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Hawkesbury River Lovin'
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Heaven's Right Here(Provided)
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Hillbilly Road
2008
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Home Among The Gum Tree's
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Home Among The Gum Trees
Robert Alexander Brown, Walter Edward Johnson
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Home Don't Feel Like Home(Provided)
2005
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Humpin' My Bluey
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I Had A Dream(Provided)
2003
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I Still Call The Commercial Home(Provided)
2003
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I Was Only 19 (Live)
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I Wish Mate, I Wish(Provided)
2003
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I'll Be Gone
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I'm Fair Dinkum
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I'm In The Mood
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I've Always Been A Drover(Provided)
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It's A Way Of Life
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Just A Dog(Provided)
2003
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Keeper Of The Stones
2005
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Kill The Night(Provided)
2003
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Last Night A Love Song
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Lillee & McEnroe(Provided)
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Little Girl from the Dryland (Live)
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Little Girl From The Dryland
2005
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Little P**s Paddle(Provided)
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Little Swallow, Baby Wu(Provided)
2008
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Longreach Is Praying(Provided)
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Love Of A True Blue Girl(Provided)
2003
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Mallee Boy
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Mama Never Gave Up(Provided)
2005
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Millions Of Women(Provided)
1992
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Missin' The Kisses
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Mountain Hideaway
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Murrumbidgee Madness(Provided)
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My Dad Snores
2003
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My Oath To Australia
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Old Farts In Caravan Parks(Provided)
2003
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Old Lou(Provided)
2003
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Old Man Emu
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Old Man Verandah(Provided)
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Old Pancho(Provided)
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On The Improve
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One More For The Road(Provided)
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Only 19
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Only A Dog(Provided)
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Paint Me A Wheelbarrow(Provided)
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Papa Whisky November(Provided)
1992
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Pickin' On Murray
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Pipe Dream
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Plenty(Provided)
2005
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Pmarra Knatcha (My Home In The Bush)(Provided)
2008
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Power Over Me(Provided)
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Prettiest Girl In The Kimberley
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Purple Roses
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Queen In The Sport Of Kings(Provided)
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Queensland Bungalow
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Railwayman
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Raining On the Rock (with Warren H. Williams) (Live)
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Raining On The Rock
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Renner Springs
2005
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Rip Rip Woodchip
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River Crying Out
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River Town(Provided)
2005
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Rivers, Wood N Wire(Provided)
2008
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Road Train(Provided)
2003
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Rosewood Hill
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Sail The Nullarbor(Provided)
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Salisbury Street
Williamson John Robert
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See You Next Year, Mate(Provided)
2003
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Send Down The Rain
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Seven Year Itch
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She Cheated You(Provided)
2005
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Sheik Of Scrubby Creek(Provided)
2003
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Shelter
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Short Of A Quid
2003
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Show Me A Better Way(Provided)
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Silver Haired Showman(Provided)
2003
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Sing You The Outback
2002
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Singing In The Rain
2005
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Singing It In The Rain(Provided)
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Sir Don(Provided)
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Skinny Dingoes
2005
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Someday An Eagle(Provided)
2003
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Songs For My Guitar(Provided)
1992
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Special Girl(Provided)
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Springbrook(Provided)
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Stan Coster (Poem)(Provided)
2003
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Station Cook
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Stoned This Afternoon (As Chad Morgan)(Provided)
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Straight Jack Daniel's(Provided)
2005
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Sydney 2000
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Teach Me To Drive, Dad(Provided)
2003
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Telephone In My Pocket(Provided)
2002
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Thargomindah (The Way It Is)
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The Big Depression(Provided)
1992
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The Blues Sometimes
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The Boomerang Cafe(Provided)
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The Bowls (Bush Poem)(Provided)
2003
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The Breaker(Provided)
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The Buckled Bicycle
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The Budgie Song
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The Bush Barber(Provided)
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The Camel Boy
2005
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The Devil's Boots(Provided)
2002
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The Dusty Road We Know(Provided)
2003
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The Farming Game
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The Girl I Met
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The Joy Is In The Journey(Provided)
2008
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The Kiwi And The Emu
2002
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The Land Of The Truly Free
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The Last Of The Pioneers(Provided)
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The Least I Can Do (Song For Ethiopia)(Provided)
2003
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The March For Australia(Provided)
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The Only One(Provided)
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The Ryebuck Shearer(Provided)
2003
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The Shed
2003
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The Trees Have Now Gone
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The Trucker's Wife(Provided)
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The Truckie's Wife
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The Vasectomy Song
2003
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The Whiskey And The Highway(Provided)
2005
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This Is My Life(Provided)
2005
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Three Rivers Hotel
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Three Sons
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Tomorrow's Worries(Provided)
2008
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Tony M' Mate
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Tropical Fever(Provided)
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True Blue (21st Anniversary Version)
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True Blue (Early Version)
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True Blue
John Williamson
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Tubbo Station(Provided)
1992
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Under The Bridge(Provided)
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Vegie Bill
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Waltzing Matilda 2000
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Waltzing Matilda
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Waratah Rock 'N' Roll Ball(Provided)
2003
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Waratah Street(Provided)
1992
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We Love This Counntry (Official Theme Song Of Caravanning Australia)(Provided)
2005
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We Will Stop The War(Provided)
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We're Still Here
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Wedding Ring
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Welcome All To Broome(Provided)
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Westown(Provided)
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Why Don't We Seperate And Be Lovers(Provided)
2003
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Why They Call Him Sundown(Provided)
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Will Our Grandchildren Sing(Provided)
1992
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Winter Green(Provided)
1992
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With A Swag Upon My Shoulder(Provided)
2003
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Wobbly Boot Hotel (Boggabilla Pub)(Provided)
1992
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Wobbly Boot Hotel(Provided)
2005
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Woman On The Land
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Wonthaggi
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Would I Be The One
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Wrinkles
2003
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You And My Guitar
2003
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You Are My Foundation(Provided)
2002
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You Come Back To Tassie(Provided)
2005
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You're A Miner(Provided)
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You've Gotta Be Fair Dinkum(Provided)
2003
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Your Body Feels Like Heaven To Me(Provided)
2003