by Anonymous

"The Rambleers"





















With the breakup of the original Bushwackers band in 1957, three members Alex Hood, Chris Kempster and Harry Kay were later joined by Denis Kevans and Barbara Lisyak to form the Rambleers. Their focus appears to have been on performing Australian Folk songs to best represent the way they were actually sung by the people from which they were collected rather than being too commercial in presentation. This CD, with one exception I understand, includes all their published and unpublished tracks. This material was collated and remastered and released on CD in 2002. These are good workman-like performances with no fancy embellishing. Additionally, there are some dance tunes including some from the British Isles which many will recognise but they are performed in an Australian style.

Tracklist:
1. The dying Stockman
2. The Maronoa Drovers
3. Bourke's Dream (dance)
4. Bluey Brink
5. Seamus O'Brien (dance)
6. Another Fall of Rain
7. Ten Thousand Miles Away
8. The Old Bark Hut
9. The Keel Row (dance)
10. Dennis O'Reilly
11. Cain Killed Abel
12. Starry Night for a Ramble (dance)
13. Wallaby Stew
14. Click go the shears
15. The Springtime it grings on the Shearing
16. Flash Jack from Gundagai
17. Jim Jones at Botany Bay
18. Farewell to Old England
19. The Wild Colonial Boy
20. The Overloader
21. The Drover's Dream
22. The Lime Juice Tub
23. Brisbane Ladies
24. Cockies of Bungaree
25. The Shearer's Dream
26. Eubalong Ball
27. The Mucking of Geordie's Byre (dance)
28 Waltzing Matilda (original Banjo Paterson version)

76 minutes of music overall.