The Bush Balladiers - A tribute to Australia's bush balladiers

Описание: A tribute to the legendary Australian Bush Balladeers and poets. This video celebrates the words and worlds of Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson, Dorothea Mackellar, Mary Gilmore, and John Quinn. Their poetry and stories captured the spirit of the Australian outback, the romance of the drovers, the promise of the land, and the lives of the first pioneers. Relive the timeless tales of the bush, the charm of their rhyme, and the precious gems found within their books, which continue to stir our hearts.

Lyrics (c) Marc Glasby

When we look back, at the days long gone by
are we looking for all that we've lost?
Are the things that we seek, somehow lost to the eye?
Are we poorer for counting the cost?

In the eyes of the settlers we see this great land
and we feel the great promise she had,
When we see how the cities have covered the sand
does it make us feel angry or sad?

When we hear of the tales of the drovers and such,
Can we ever know just how things were?
When the outback was distant but mattered so much,
and when travel meant horses and spurs

So here's to The Banjo and Lawson
to Mackellar and Gilmore and Quinn,
to the people who wrote all those words in our hearts
to their books and the gems found within

The bards tell us tales of the bush and its men,
who they met as they travelled about,
They stir in our hearts all the romance again,
of a time that seemed free from all doubt

In the writings of men who were there at the time,
we can live and re-live the old days,
In the pulse of their meter, the charm of their rhyme,
we can touch on their lives and their ways

So here's to the poets, the Bush Balladeers,
who gave us these treasures to hold,
Who told us the tales of the first pioneers,
with words much more precious than gold

So here's to The Banjo and Lawson
to Mackellar and Gilmore and Quinn,
to the people who wrote all those words in our hearts
to their books and the gems found within

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So far this has only happened to two on my ballads and I have so many more that I think will make good songs.

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