An Australian Folk Song A Day

A daily posting of Australian folk songs - 26 January, 2011 to 26 January, 2012.

Check out the Blog Archive for a full listing.

Monday, February 25, 2019

The Banks Of The Brisbane River

Words and Music: John Thompson The Turrbal people saw her born The banks of the Brisbane river Their memories, they s...

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Our Jack's Come Out Today

Words: Unknown Tune: WJ Devers Our Jack's come out today, my boys, And very glad is he; He got six months in Brisbane gaol Bu...

Song of the Sheet-Metal Worker

Words: John Dengate Tune: Traditional ( Valley of Knockanure ) Oh when I was a boy in Carlingford all sixty years ago, The eucalyp...

Winds of Fortune

John Caldwell Wake up, wake up, my friends, the hour is late The days go swiftly by, such is our fate What is the life of man, we l...

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

(What Will We Do With) Maud Butler

Words and music: John Thompson Mark Cryle was kind enough to tell me about the amazing Maud Butler, a seventeen-year-old girl who...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Waltzing Matilda

Words: Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson Tune: A variation on Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea by Robert Barr (1770-1836) Oh, t...

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Aeroplane Jelly Song

Words and Music: Albert Francis Lenertz I've got a song that won't take very long, Quite a good sort of note if I s...

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About Me

cloudyjohn: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; John Thompson has toured internationally with Nicole Murray as cloudstreet. He has performed on stages around the world for over 30 years. In his former life as a criminal-law barrister, John dazzled and amazed with his tales of high fiction. As part of the comedy duo, Never the Twain, John hosted the Variety Breakfast at over 10 Woodford Folk Festivals, with a stellar array of guests, including former Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke (who was persuaded to lead the crowd in a chorus of Solidarity Forever). John has lead teams to victory in many Woodford Great Debates. He maintains an active interest in politics, current events and the absurd. And he sings. John has served on the committee of the Queensland Folk Federation and as president of Folk Alliance Australia. He has served as the co-ordinator of the Maleny Celtic Winter School and the Brisbane Folk History Project, and is currently performing the role of the Song Man in the Australian production of the National Theatre of Great Britain's War Horse.

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