SING YOU THE OUTBACK

Words and Music by John Williamson © 2001 EMUSIC PTY LTD I'll sing you the desert, where blackmen sailed Waterhole to water, where whitemen failed See the face of dreamers, forgotten souls Hear the voice of cattlemen crackle in the coals Maybe…

HAWKESBURY RIVER LOVIN’

Words and Music by John Williamson © 1983 Emusic Pty Ltd Just layin' with my lady on a houseboat in the sun Can't hear the city hummin', and I'm feelin' good With a belly full of oysters and some white wine on the ice, I've got that…

RIP RIP WOODCHIP

Words and Music by John Williamson What am I gonna do - what about the future? Gotta draw the line without delay Why shouldn't I get emotional - the bush is sacred Ancient life will fade away Over the hill they go, killing another mountain Gotta…

BOOGIE WITH M’ BABY

Words and Music by John Williamson © 1989 Emusic Pty Ltd It was before the dollar And before the Pill I went to this rock dance - in Swan Hill I arrived in me E.K - hair slicked back And I saw his sheila in tangerine socks, hair pitch…

PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE KIMBERLEY

Words and Music by John Williamson © 1995 Emusic Pty Ltd Where is the glory when war is won A man hits the bottle and belts his son So I ran away to the Cattle Run Where I learned to fight and swallow rum And I learned to go barefoot…

CRACKER NIGHT

Words and Music by Tony Dennett and John Williamson © 1986 Matthews Music Pty Ltd Teary eyes at the window, Where did Mum and Dad go? I wish someone would hurry up and come and get me, Gee I'm scared The cat shot through, She saw the…

WALTZING MATILDA

A.B. Patterson/ M Cowan Arrangement by John Williamson © Public Domain Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a-Waltzing…

THREE SONS

Words and Music by John Williamson © 1998 Emusic Pty Ltd I'm into cattle, my Father was too From Great Great Grandfather all the way through And we scarcely have wasted an hour of daylight Stickin' to Herefords and it's been all right Prepared…

SALISBURY STREET

Written by John Williamson Now's not the time for wailin' While there's water in the river We'll all lay down and cry when it's gone I'll be a jackass and laugh at every sunrise Celebrate the day when it's born And we'll cruise one…

WRINKLES

Words and Music by John Williamson © 1983 Emusic Pty Ltd Well old Bob hasn't got much but he values his boots He values the time he spends growin' flowers He still loves his babies that grew to be men He recalls all the days 'n' nights…