The Overlander Song Book
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the age of radio and recording studios, the vast Australian outback rang with the voices of drovers, stockmen, and swagmen who carried their culture on horseback — and The Overlander Song Book is the definitive collection of those hard-riding ballads and bush songs. Compiled by Ron Edwards, Australia's foremost authority on folk music and bush tradition, this anthology gathers the rousing, rugged songs of the overlanders — those legendary cattlemen who drove their mobs across hundreds of miles of unforgiving terrain — presenting them alongside historical context and musical notation that brings each verse vividly to life. Edwards, who dedicated decades to preserving Australia's oral musical heritage through Rams Skull Press, presents a treasury of vernacular poetry and melody that chronicles the working lives, humour, and hardships of colonial-era Australians. The songs range from rollicking drinking tunes to mournful laments of the track, illustrating a distinctly Australian voice that predates and informs the broader folk revival. For anyone passionate about Australian folklore, bush poetry, or the living history of a continent shaped by those who crossed it on foot and in the saddle, this collection poses an irresistible question: how much of the real Australia has been carried, all along, in its songs?
Author: Ron Edwards
Format: Paperback
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the age of radio and recording studios, the vast Australian outback rang with the voices of drovers, stockmen, and swagmen who carried their culture on horseback — and The Overlander Song Book is the definitive collection of those hard-riding ballads and bush songs. Compiled by Ron Edwards, Australia's foremost authority on folk music and bush tradition, this anthology gathers the rousing, rugged songs of the overlanders — those legendary cattlemen who drove their mobs across hundreds of miles of unforgiving terrain — presenting them alongside historical context and musical notation that brings each verse vividly to life. Edwards, who dedicated decades to preserving Australia's oral musical heritage through Rams Skull Press, presents a treasury of vernacular poetry and melody that chronicles the working lives, humour, and hardships of colonial-era Australians. The songs range from rollicking drinking tunes to mournful laments of the track, illustrating a distinctly Australian voice that predates and informs the broader folk revival. For anyone passionate about Australian folklore, bush poetry, or the living history of a continent shaped by those who crossed it on foot and in the saddle, this collection poses an irresistible question: how much of the real Australia has been carried, all along, in its songs?