The All-Time Favourite Australian 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:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Few nations wear their musical soul as proudly as Australia, and The All-Time Favourite Australian Song Book gathers the beloved anthems, bush ballads, and larrikin singalongs that have defined the Australian spirit across generations. From the rollicking cattle-camp verses of the outback to the patriotic choruses that echoed through gold rush towns and wartime canteens, this collection presents the songs that every Australian seems to know by heart — even if they can't quite recall how they learned them. Brought to vivid life through the irreverent and brilliantly detailed illustrations of Patrick Cook — one of Australia's most celebrated political cartoonists — the anthology transforms a simple songbook into a raucous, affectionate, and thoroughly entertaining cultural document. Cook's pen-and-ink characters swagger, stumble, and sing their way across the pages with irresistible charm, capturing the humour and larrikinism that underpin so much of the Australian national character. Whether you are revisiting old favourites or discovering them for the first time, this is a volume that invites you to sing along — and wonder just how many verses you actually know.
Author: Patrick Cook
Format: Hardback
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Few nations wear their musical soul as proudly as Australia, and The All-Time Favourite Australian Song Book gathers the beloved anthems, bush ballads, and larrikin singalongs that have defined the Australian spirit across generations. From the rollicking cattle-camp verses of the outback to the patriotic choruses that echoed through gold rush towns and wartime canteens, this collection presents the songs that every Australian seems to know by heart — even if they can't quite recall how they learned them. Brought to vivid life through the irreverent and brilliantly detailed illustrations of Patrick Cook — one of Australia's most celebrated political cartoonists — the anthology transforms a simple songbook into a raucous, affectionate, and thoroughly entertaining cultural document. Cook's pen-and-ink characters swagger, stumble, and sing their way across the pages with irresistible charm, capturing the humour and larrikinism that underpin so much of the Australian national character. Whether you are revisiting old favourites or discovering them for the first time, this is a volume that invites you to sing along — and wonder just how many verses you actually know.