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Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s 24 Robbers Peter Butler Not last night but the night before ... 59th St. Bridge Song [Feelin' Groovy], The Paul Simon Slow down, you move too fast, you got to make the morning last … 1993 1977, 1985 A Beautiful Morning Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati It's a beautiful morning… 2010 A Canine Christmas Concerto Traditional/May Kay Beall On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… 2009 A Long Straight Line G Porter & T Curtan Jack put down his lister shears to join the welders and engineers 2006 A New Day is Dawning James Masden The first rays of sun touch the ocean, the golden rays of sun touch the sea. 2012 A Wallaby in My Garden Matthew Hindson There's a wallaby in my garden… 2007 A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) Words by Tim Rice & music by Alan Menken I can show you the world. 2006 A Wombat on a Surfboard Louise Perdana I was sitting on the beach one day when I saw a funny figure heading my way. 2014 A.E.I.O.U. Brian Fitzgerald, additional words by Lorraine Milne I can't make my mind up- I don't know what to do. 1990 Aba Daba Honeymoon Arthur Fields & Walter Donaldson "Aba daba ... -" said the chimpie to the monk. 2000 ABC Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy & Deke Richards You went to school to learn girl, things you never, never knew before. 2003 Abiyoyo Traditional Bantu Abiyoyo ... yo yo yo yo yo yo 1994 Absolutely Everybody Mark Holden, James Ingram & Anthony Hicks Absolutely everybody, absolutely everybody. Everybody needs a little loving. 2005, 2014 Achim Baram Traditional Korean Achim baram chan baram ae ulgo ganun jau girogi uri ... 1997 Achy Breaky Heart Don von Tress You can tell the world you never was my girl ... 1995 Addams Family Vic Mizzy They're creepy and they're kooky- mysterious and spooky ... 2007 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Addams Family, The [TV medley] Vic Mizzy They're creepy and they're kooky- mysterious and spooky ... Advance Australia Fair Peter Dodds McCormick Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free… Publication Year/s 1994 1991, 2012 After the Night Richard Digance I'm sitting here wondering what will become of me … 1988 Agadoo Symile, Delancray & Peram Agadoo doo doo, push pineapple, shake the tree. 1986 Age of Reason Todd Hunter & Johanna Pigott From the day that we were born we've been heading down a track … 2002 Ah! Poor Bird Traditional Ah, poor bird, take thy flight, far above the sorrows of this sad night. 1984 Ai-Bolubolum Traditional Ai bolubolum, vai bolubolum 2007 Ain't Gonna Grieve My Lord No More Traditional Oh, you can't get to heaven in a rockin' chair … 1982 Ain't No Mountain High Enough N Ashford & V Simpson Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough 2006 Ain't She Sweet Jack Yellen & Milton Ager Ain't she sweet? See her coming down the street! 1981 Air Brian Simmons Have you been to the city and smelt the city smells? 1975 Air Rock re'nre' Roll Band Unknown You don't even need to know how to play ... 1992 Albatross Murray Lennox Soaring majestically on outspread wing- riding the thermals ... 2001, 2014 Alexander's Ragtime Band Irving Berlin Come on and hear … Alexander's Ragtime Band … 1979, 1989 Alfred Anonymous Have you ever been down a water spout ... 1999 Algy Met a Bear Traditional Rhyme Algy met a bear … 2002 Alice Traditional camp song "Alice- where are you going?"- "Upstairs to take a bath." 1993 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s All Day Singing Traditional All day singing … supper's on the ground … 1982 All in the Same Boat Rhonda Macken I am the captain! You all must listen to me. 2004 All My Trials Traditional African-American If religion was a thing that money could buy … 1978 All Night, All Day Traditional African-American All night, all day, angels watching over me my Lord. 1975, 1995 All Things Bright and Beautiful Cecil Frances Alexander & William H Monk All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small … 1979, 1985 All Those Years Janet Swain If I could take one thing from you, in all the time I've spent with you. 2003 Alley Oop Dallas Frazier There's a man in the funny papers we all know. 1991 Alligator's Old Top Hat, The Evan Jones Once upon a time, such a long time ago, when the sky was green, not blue .. 1982 Along Came Jones Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller I flopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel Two ... 1995 Along the Bumpy Road Louise Pettinger Along the bumpy road- wheels thunder by. 1995 Along The Road to Gundagai Jack O'Hagen There's a track winding back to an old-fashioned shack … 1981, 1993 Amazing Grace Traditional American melody, words by John Newton Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! 1976 Amazing World David Yazbek When I woke up on Saturday morning- I didn't want to open my eyes ... 1998 Amen Traditional African-American Amen ... See the baby- lying in the manger ... 1993 Amigos Para Siempre Andrew Lloyd Weber & Don Black I don't have to say a word to you. 2004 An Easter Round Elinor Bazdar [round] Let's rejoice it's Easter time, can't you hear the church bells chime ... 1984 An Ordinary Dog Lorraine A Milne It looked like an ordinary dog, on the day it was presented to me … 1981 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 3 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Ancient Mother Tradtional Ancient Mother, I hear you calling. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda Eric Bogle When I was a young man, I carried a pack, and lived the life of a rover. Publication Year/s 2009 1983, 1989, 2014 And They March Phil Paviour It's said that those who will grow old ... 1999 Andy's Gone with Cattle Music traditional, words by Henry Lawson Our Andy's gone with cattle now, our hearts are out of order. 1975 Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains … 1985 Animal Collective, The Lorraine A Milne When you put a bunch of animals together … 1989 Annual Thing, The Jon Madin January- February- March- April- May- June and July. 2000 Another Fall of Rain Traditional Oh, the weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more … 1978, 2010 Another Op'nin', Another Show Cole Porter Another op'ning, another show… 2006 Antonio Laura E Richards & Elaine Hempton Antonio, Antonio, was tired of living alonio … 1982 Any Dream Will Do [Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1976, 1981, 1994 I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain, to see for certain what I thought I knew … Anything You Can Do Irving Berlin I'm superior, you're inferior, I'm the big attaction, you're the small 2009 Apusski Dusky Traditional In middle ocean, sardines are swimming … 1980, 1986 Aquarius [Hair medley] James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot When the moon is in the seventh house … 1983, 1998 Arafura Pearl Kathleen Mills On the north coast of Australia…. Arkansas Traveller, The Traditional American Oh, once upon a time in Arkansas, an old man sat in his little cabin door … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2011 1977, 1983 4 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Arnhem Land Lullaby Mununggu & Ted Egan Goodnight little children, time to go to bed … 1976, 1987 A-Roving Traditional sea shanty In Amsterdam there lived a maid, mark well what I say … 1977, 1983 As I Swam Down to Breakfast Michael Dennis Browne & David Lord As I swam down to breakfast I stumbled on a rock ... 1996 Asmar Traditional Kurdish Khom Kermanshani yaarom Ghasriya. 2004 A-Soalin' Paul Stookey, Tracy Batteaste & Elena Mezzetti Heigh ho, nobody home, meat nor drink, nor money I have none … 1975, 1989 At the Codfish Ball Lew Pollack & Sidney Mitchell Come along and follow me, to the bottom of the sea. 1980, 1988 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes John Debello Attack of the killer tomatoes… 2010 Atti Dai Traditional Atti Daioh Yo voye dit moin… 2010 Auld Lang Syne Traditional Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? 2003 Aunt Maggie's Remedy Formby & Latta Now, there's all sorts of remedies that you can buy … 1980 Aussie Bar-B-Que Song, The Eric Bogle When the summer sun is shinin' on Australia's happy land ... 1990 Aussie Jingle Bells Colin Buchanan Dashing through the bush in a rusty Holden ute ... 1994 Australia Changing Jon McIntosh Australia was born on the back of the sheep ... 1996 Australia Hooray Peter Combe Thirty-nine in the shade, take a glass, lemonade … 1983 Australian National Anthem (in the Dharawal language) Dr Jaky Troy Nyini Australia gal budjari garibarrayini budjari buriga budjari … 2003 Autumn Leaves Traditional, music by Peter Butler Whirling and twirling the leaves fall down. 1998 Ay Ya Zahn Traditional Lebanese Ay ya zahn ay ya zahn ay ya zahn el a berdeen. Yah whir ya whir in ... 2000 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 5 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Ayelevi Traditional Ghanese Ayelevi me kulo mido papa A yele. Ah mido papa A yele. 2001 Baby Face Harry Akst & Benny Davis Baby Face! You've got the cutest little baby face! 2002 Baby Sardine Spike Milligan, P Wooding & J Wild A baby sardine saw her first submarine ... 1998 Babylon Traditional By the waters, the waters of Babylon … 1979, 1986 Back in the Saddle Again [Wild West medley] Ray Whitley & Gene Autry I'm back in the saddle again- out where a friend is a friend ... 1997 Back of a Crocodile Traditional Oh, she sailed away on a sunny summer day… 2009 Back to Love J Kincaid Yeah, yeah yeah yeah. Hey, yeah. It seems to me that we don't always get along. 2003 Back to Yarrawonga Neil MacBeath I'm going back again to Yarrawonga. 1993 Bad Hair Day Grant Ward Dear style Guru give me some advice! 2009 Bad Weather Christos Karpathakis It’s raining outside, it's raining outside. 2010 Baghdad Peter Combe Where's your bag, Dad, your bag? You left your bag, Dad, in Baghdad. 1988 Bahay Kubo Traditional Bahay kubo kahit munti. 2006 Balibo Traditional African Balibo conga may zamee ee ah oh sa sa sa conga may ... Ball Bearing Bird, The Will Pryor Oh what a hey- what a my- what a bird it is. 1993, 2006 2001 Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, The Mitch Murray & Peter Callander 1986 Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people, but I can tell you people they were devil's children. Ballin' the Jack Jim Burris & Chris Smith First you put your two knees close up tight … 1987 Balloon Song Keith McDonald How would you like to be up on the wind with me … 1985 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 6 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Banana Traditional Torres Strait Islander Banana, banana. Tupa eyea, tupa rearea, patia eyea … 2003 Bang a Boomerang Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Making somebody happy is a question of give and take. 2010 Banuwa Traditional Liberian Banuwa ... yo ... No-neh-ni-no la ... 1995 Barbara Ann Fred Fassert Bar-bar-bar- Bar-barbara Ann ... Take my hand Bar-bara Ann ... 1994 Bare-legged Joe W Miller Bare-legged Joe knows the curlew's cry … 1980 Barn Dance, The Tom T. Hall Last night while I was sleeping- something awakened me. 1991 Barnyard Hocket Traditional English Why doesn't my goose sing as well as your goose … 1980 Basin Street Blues Spenser Williams Won't you come along with me? 2008 Basketball Rap, The Phillip Splitter Let's dunk- let's jam- let's ally oop. 1997 Bat Fly Fatcat & Fishface I like eating guano from a short-tailed bat… 2013 Batman Shimmy Peter Butler & Kathy Roberts Shimy, shimy, shimmy, shimmy… 2009 Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe & William Steffe Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord … 1976 Be Back Soon Lionel Bart You can go but be back soon. You can go, but while you're working … 1976 Be Kind to Your Parents Harold Rome Be kind to your parents, though they don't deserve it. 2008 Be True Rhonda Macken & Kris Macken Sometimes I find a quiet place where all my thoughts can be free. 2001 Bear Hunt Edna Doll & Mary Jarman Nelson Let's go on a bear hunt! I'm not scared ... 1993 Beatles Medly John Lennon & Paul McCartney We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club ban we hope that you will enjoy the show. 2007 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 7 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Beautiful Carole King You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face.. 2010 Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken & Howard Ashman Tale as old as time, true as it can be. 2008 Because They're Cute Christopher Hoyne We thing mums are really nice… 2011 Beep Beep Donald Claps & Carl Ciccihetti While riding in my Cadillac, what to my surprise … 1981, 1993 Bees David Minchin Bees aren't very friendly, and I'll tell you why it's so … 1985 Behold That Star Traditional Behold that star ... up yonder! ... It is the star of Bethlehem! 1994 Behold the Lord High Executioner WS Gilbert & A Sullivan Behold the Lord High Executioner! 1975 Being Here Graeme Connors I have walked a long- hard road to be here … 2002 Believe It or Not Stephen Geyer & Mike Post Look at what's happened to me; I can't believe it myself. 1986, 2007 Best Disco in Town Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Phillip Hurtt It's the best disco in town. Number one in disco sound. 2005 Best Years of Our Lives David Jaymes & Geoffrey Deane I get such a thrill when you look in my eyes. 2004 Better Than Butler, Wiltshire & John All you want is, what what you can have… 2012 Big Bad Banksia Men Rhonda Macken Run- run- run for your life! We'll capture you whether day or night. 2001 Big Bad Bushranger Bob Brown Out in the bush where the kookaburras fly ... Big Black Hat, The Rolf Harris I met a man the other day, and he was dressed in a very strange way … Big Ted Robin Williamson Big Ted's dead. He was a great old pig. Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell They paved paradise- put up a parking lot ... © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1994, 2012 1981 1975, 1979 1997 8 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Bigger isn't Better Cy Coleman & Michael Steward My success should open up your eyes... 2006 Bike Malcolm Myer Push on a pedal, push on a pedal… 2013 Bill Jinks Alex Hood There's a sailor bold on the Murray-oh, who's sailed the world around … 1983 Billy of Tea Traditional You can talk of your whisky and talk of your beer ... 1992 Billy Tea Traditional You can talk of your whisky and talk of your beer… 2013 Bindii Rap, The Rhonda Macken Will I walk? Want to hide from the spiky bindii? 1999 Birthday John Lennon & Paul McCartney You say it's your birthday, its my birthday too yeah… 2011 Black Fella, White Fella Neil Murray & George Djilaynga Black fella- white fella- it doesn't matter what your colour ... 1997 Black Socks Traditional Black socks- they never get dirty. The longer you wear them ... 2001 Black Velvet Band, The Traditional In the grand old city of London, apprentice to trade I was bound … 1977, 1988 Blah Blah Blah George & Ira Gershwin I've written you a song- a beautiful routine- I hope you like it. 2000 Blame It on the Boogie Jackson-Rich, Krohn, Jackson-Clark, Meyer & Kampschroer My baby's always dancing and it wouldn't be a bad thing … 2002 Blame it on the Kellys Shel Silverstein Someone stole old Banyon's pig, blame it on the Kellys. 1986 Blame It on the Poltergeist Lorraine Milne What do you say when they say "Who did it?" 1991 Blood! Katherine Dines Dracula threw a party to show all his friends a good fright. 2003 Blow the Man Down Traditional sea shanty Blow the man down- bullies- blow the man down ... 1991 Blow the Man Down Traditional, arranged by John Kane Come all ye young fellows that follow the sea. 2008 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 9 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan How many roads must a man walk down, before they call him a man? Blue Moon L Hart & R Rogers Blue moon, you saw me standing alone. Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins Well it's a one for the money- two for the show ... Publication Year/s 1980, 1976 [words only] 2005 1991, 1999 BMX Rider Judy Irwig Take a look, take a look at me. What do you see, tell me, what do you see? 1988 Bo the Banjo Man Seona McDowell A figure old and dusty, once his fingers were long and thin. 1986 Boa Constrictor Shel Silverstein I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor … 1982 Body Jive, The Julie Henninger Come on everybody- let's step in time ... 1995 Body Talk Gillian Eastoe Oh I can make my tummy go ... especially in the summertime … 2002 Boneyard Rap Wes McGee This is the rhythm of the boneyard rap… 2013 Bonjour, Mes Amis Traditional French Bonjour mes amis- bonjour. 1999 Boo! (A Round of Spooks) Rhonda Macken Wa ... doo ... ssh ... oooo ha ha ha ha ha ... 1999, 2014 Boppin' the Blues C Perkins & H Griffin Hot and cold shivers up and down your spine … 1987 Boris and Felicia Rhonda Macken I am Felicia, a feline magnificent 2010 Born in Bethlehem J Phillips & B Weissman Little baby born in Bethlehem- yes he was ... 1991 Boss of Me John Flansburgh & John Linnell Yes, no, maybe. I don't know. Can you repeat the question? 2003 Botany Bay Traditional Farewell to old England forever, farewell to my rum culls as well … Bound for South Australia Traditional In South Australia I was born ... heave away, haul away ... © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983, 1985 1979, 1984, 2001 10 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Boy Stood in the Supper Room, The Traditional The boy stood in the supper room … 2002 Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, The Traditional The boy stood on the burning deck … 2000 Boys from the Bush Garth Porter & Lee Kernaghan Been shearin' sheep- we've been mustering stock … 2002 Brahms Lullaby Johannes Brahms Lullaby- O lullay- sleep soft till the day ... 1990 Brave Hearts Sean Peter Being a brave heart is sharing stories. Being a brave heart is showing how I feel. 2005 Brave Topolini Words by J E Edwards Crowding the streets of Roma, motorcar chariots go by … 1985 Bravo Bravissimo Traditional Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravissimo! 2012 Breakaway Bridget Benenate, Avril Lavigne & Matthew Gerrard Grew up in a small town and when the rain would fall dow, I just stared out my window. 2007 Breaths Diop & Barnwell Listen more often to things than to beings ... 1992 Bridge Building Man Rick Price & Heather Field Hey oh! ... Ev'ry morning with the rising of the sun ... 1999 Bright Eyes Mike Batt Is it a kind of dream floating out on the tide ... 1991 Bring Night Sia Furler & Gregory Kurstin Bring night, bring the night on. 2013 Brisbane Ladies Traditional Farewell and adieu to you Brisbane ladies … 1986 Brother Sun Rhonda Macken Day awakens- the earth is light ... 1997 Brothers Came to Egypt, The [Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber 1994 Back in Canaan the future looked rough. Brown Skin Baby Robert James Randall A young stockman used to ride a quiet pony round the countryside. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999 11 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Brown Slouch Hat George Wallace There is a symbol, we love and adore it. Brumby Jack Alex Hood See the dust cloud on the plain, hear the sound like falling rain … 2004 1977, 1982 Brush, Brush, Brush Peter Gosling Up and down with your brush, brush, brush … 1983 Bubble Gum Jon McIntosh Bubble gum ... I pay money to buy some. 1997 Bugs and Beetles Franciscus Henri Bugs and beetles in my garden- oh what horror- oh what dread! 1990 Buka Pintu Traditional Javanese Buka pintu- buka pintu Ada anjing gong-gong betaé ... 2001 Bullocky-O Cyril Duncan I draw for Speckle's Mill, bullocky-O, bullocky-O … 1975 Bullocky-O Traditional I draw for Speckle's Mill- bullocky-O- bullocky-O ... 1992 Bunyip, The Morva Cogan Tap us a song with your little tapping stick … 1977 Buon Giorno Traditional Italian [round] A cold and frosty morning, buon giorno, buon giorno … 1975 Buon Giorno Traditional Italian [round] Buon giorno mia cara bambina. 1978 Bush Dance, The Rhonda Macken Take your partner by the hand ... 1996 Bush Night Doug Kennedy Smoke curls up around the old gum tree trunk … 1985 Bush Night Song Richard Baylis & William G James Where the golden wattles rise, up to the purple skies … 1977 Busking Bunyip Louise Pettinger If walking through the bush one day there's music in the air ... 1997 By the Light of the Silvery Moon [Soft Shoe medley] Gus Edwards & Edward Madden By the light of the silvery moon- I want to spoon ... 1996 C.C. Hop, The Lorraine A Milne Do the Capital City hop. We won't rest until we drop. 1989 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Cakaros Traditional Torres Strait Islander Cakaros e run untup my hand- Kempoera tag e. 1999 Calypso John Denver To sail on a dream, on a crystal-clear ocean … 1978 Calypso Jan Holdstock Any time you need a calypso here is what you must do. 1996 Calypso Canon Malcolm Glynn This is a calypso canon (the type that you sing- not fire!) 1996 Calypso Carol M A Perry & S K Coates See him a-lying on a bed of straw … 1980 Calypso Noel Gordon Krunnfuscz Doo dit doo … Sing we Noel, sing we joyously … 1977 Camel Train to Yamba John Williamson Ev'ry Christmas holidays my father drove a camel train. 2009 Cameron's Farm Dave Clark Cameron had a funny little farm, about as big as your arm … 1982 Candy Man Traditional Candy Man ... Salty Dog ... If ya gonna be my Candy Man ... 1999 Canoe Song Traditional My paddle's keen and bright ... 1993 Can't Help But Wonder Tom Paxton It's a long and dusty road, it's a hot and heavy load … 1987 Carol of the Birds John Wheeler & William G James Out on the plains, the brolgas are dancing … Carra Barra Wirra Canna Morva Cogan There's a lake in South Australia, little lake with lovely name … 1985, 1987, 2012, 2014 1977, 1983 Carrion Crow Traditional Carrion crow sat upon an oak, with a ling dong dilly dong kiromee. 1988 Cartoon Heroes Claus Noreen & Soren Rasted We are what we're supposed to be, illusions of your fantasy. 2009 Castle On a Cloud Boublil, Kretzmer, Natel & Schonberg There is a castle on a cloud- I like to go there in my sleep. 1998 Cat and the Mouse Carol, The Ted Hutchinson Said the cat to the mouse, in their dark little house … 1983 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Cat Came Back, The Traditional Now, old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own … 1981, 1998 Catalpa, The Traditional Australian A noble whale-ship and commander, called the Catalpa, they say ... 1978, 1987 Catch a Falling Star Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away. 1981, 1995 Caterpillar Jeffery Leask Caterpillar, blue and green, do you think you can't be seen? 1989 Celebration R Bell, D Thomas, E Toon, R Mickens, J Taylor, G Brown & C Smith Celebrate good times, come on. 2009 Chanukah Oh Chanukah Traditional Chanukah, oh chanukah, come light the menorah. 2009 Chanukah, Chanukah Susie Davies & Phil Splitter Chanukah- Chanukah- festival of light ... 1998 Charcoal Annie Jim Low Charcoal Annie's moving down the track… 2011 Charlie Chaplin Went to France Traditional Charlie Chaplin Went to France 2007 Chattanooga Choo Choo Mack Gordon & Harry Warren Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? 1979, 1984 Che-Che-Kule Eddie Quansah Che che koolay ... che che kofee sa ... kofee sa langa ... kata chee ... 2000 Cheese Apples Peter Merrill Cheese apples- I feel grape. Ev'rything's just peachy keen ... 2001 Cheki, Morena! Traditional Puerto Rican Cheki morena cheki. ¡Jue! ¿Que a donde esta ese ritmo caramba ... 1998 Chester Traditional Chester- have you heard about Harry? 1994 Chiapanecas Traditional Mexican Down in Mexico, joyous Mexico, where the evening stars shine brightly … 1975 Chicken Soup With Rice Carole King & Maurice Sendak In January it's so nice, while slipping on the sliding ice … 1979 Child of Sing Andy Beck & Derryl Herring Sing me a song when I wake in the morning. 2010 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Children Sing Diane Lucas Wind blows, water flows, streams fill, fish swim and children sing. Children, Go Where I Send Thee Traditional African-American Children go- I will send thee- how will I send thee? 2009 1984, 1995 Childsong Neil Diamond Weeping sky we bring the sun to make you glad ... 1994 Chiribim Traditional Chiribim, chiribom, chiribim bam bim bam boom. 2005 Chish and Fips and Riko Cholls Peter Combe Chish and fips, and riko cholls, somato tauce and rausage solls … 1982 C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E Bob Brown Now I love the watermelon- strawberries as well ... 1997 Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Denver Darling, Milton Gabler & Vaughn Norton Headin' for the station with a pack on my back… 2009 Choose Joy Keith McDonald & Glenn Capelli Feel the spirit flow. Feel the spirit flow. Let the whole world know. 2003 Chopsticks Traditional, lyrics by Wendy Macklin This is the most boring tune in the world ... 1996 Chrissimas Day Traditional Southern Appalachian Indian There was a pig went out to dig, Chrissimas Day, Chrissimas Day. 2003 Christmas Boogie Vernon White Christmas comes but once a year and Santa Claus will soon be here. 2001 Christmas Comes Traditional Hear the christmas story, told from long ago … 1982 Christmas Conga Cyndi Lauper & Jan Pulsford It's time to make the Christmas punch, Let's hand the streamers from the ceiling 2013 Christmas Day William James & John Wheeler The north wind is tossing the leaves, the red dust is over the town … 1975, 1990, 2104 Christmas Greeting, A Traditional God bless all good friends here. A merry, merry Christmas, and a happy New Year. 1985 Christmas Jazz, The Kenneth Cartwright While shepherds were watching their flocks in the night ... 2000 Christmas Medley Traditional Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains… 2013 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Christmas on the Station Joy McKean Oh there's going to dancin' and singin' at the old homestead tonight. 2011 Christmas Wrap, The Marion Woodlands It's that time of the year when you have to shop ... 1996 Chu-lu-lu Traditional, English lyrics by Elisabeth Mansutti Chu-lu-lu, chu-lu chu-lu-lu e la ma-nu-we … 1981 Cielito Lindo Traditional Mexican, English lyrics by Linda Marr & Ricardo Andino Coming down from the mountain- Cielito Lindo … 2002 Cielito Lindo [words only] Traditional Mexican I'm waiting nearby the fountain here … 1978 Cindy Traditional I wish I was an apple, a-hanging on a tree … 1981 Circle Game Joni Mitchell Yesterday a child came out to wonder… 2011 Circle of Friends Roger Emerson Come join us in our circle of friends ... 1997 Circles Harry Chapin All my life's a circle, sunrise and sundown … 1982 Circus is Coming to Town, The Evan Jones They're pulling on the ropes- so the tent goes up. 1990 City Beasts Frances Gorman Risser If I were in a jungle dark, I wouldn't cross a place … 1980 Clap, Stamp, Slap, Click Jan Holdstock First you make your fingers click- then you stamp your feet ... 1991 Clapping in Time Joan Bowen & Lyn McCarthy Can you clap in time? Clapping is fun, clapping's for ev'ryone. 1982, 1987 Clapping Land Traditional I travelled over land and see, I met a man who said to me … 1989 Clarissa Cornflake John Shortis Da doo da dn da da … Oh, Clarissa Cornflake … 1980 Classics of Their Kind Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis In the State of Victoria, there's Mollonghip, Nyah West and Hhill. 1988 Clear Blue Skies Graham Nash Clear blue skies, not too much to ask 2009 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Click Go the Shears Traditional Australian Out on the board, the old shearer stands, grasping his shears in his thin bony hands 1985, 2004, 2014 Close Every Door To Me Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber Close every door to me, hide all the world from me … 1977 Cockroach Rap Dermot Dorgan Some folk sprays me- some folk baits me … 2002 Coconut Harry Nilsson Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime. 2011 Coconut Woman Harry Belafonte & Irving Burgie Coconut woman is calling out and ev'ry day you can hear her shout. 2001 Coffee Song, The Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles Way down among Brazilians coffee beans grow by the billions ... 1984 Colonial Experience, A Traditional When I arrived in Sydney Cove, oh up and down the streets I roved. 1985 Colour My World Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent You'll never see a dark cloud hanging round me. 2009 Colours of the Wind Stephen Schwartz, music by Alan Menken You think you own whatever land you land on…. 2006 Come All Ye Shepherds Czech carol Come all ye shepherds and hark to our song … 1983 Come and Go with Me Adapted from a traditional African-American spiritual Come and go with me to that land where I'm bound. 1978, 1990 Come Let us Work Traditional [round] Come let us work, no, no, let us play … 1977 Come the Day B Woodley I know that one day soon a song shall rise. 2012 Coming Down the Flat Traditional, words by Charles Thatcher If a body meet a body coming down the flat … 1986 Communications Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis Communications, linking up the nations, another product of this century. 1987 Compost Makers' Work Song Fay White We are compost makers- we make compost well ... 1998 Conga Enrique E. Garcia Come on- shake your body- baby- do the Conga. 2001 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Consider Yourself Lionel Bart Consider yourself at home. Consider yourself one of the family. 1976 Coo-ee Round Barbara Stacey Iced vovos and lamingtons too- pavlovas with vegemite stew ... 1997 Cookie Jar Traditional Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? 1990 Coolangatta John Shortis O, Governor Brisbane listen to me, I've had so many years of adventure at sea … 1976 Cormorant, The Words anon, music by Carey Blyton The common cormorant or shag lays eggs inside a paper bag … 1979 Corner of the Sky Stephen Schwartz Ev'ry-thing has it's season, ev'ry thing has its time. 2009 Cosher Bailey Traditional Welsh Cosher Bailey drove a train, and it was a dreadful strain … 1977 Cottonfields Huddie Ledbetter When I was a little bitty baby, my mother would rock me in the cradle … 1983, 1992 Couldn't Sleep Last Night Sandy Offenheim Couldn't sleep last night with the thunder and the lightning ... 1998 Countdown Peter & Martin Wesley-Smith Ssss … Bop! … Pow! … Pip! Whack! Chomp, chomp, chomp … 1978 Counting the Beat P Judd, M Hough & W Stevens Look at the sun rise. Look at it burn. 2004 Country Life Jan Holdstock Oh, how pearceful living in the country 2010 Court of King Caractacus, The Rolf Harris Now, the ladies of the harem, of the court of King Caractacus … 1975, 1983, 2002 Cow in My Driveway David Lee Brown, Larry Olson & James Hersch School bell rings I'm racing out the door,,, 2013 Cowboy Carol Cecil Broadhurst There'll be a new world beginnin' from t'night. 1997 Cracker Night John Williamson & Tony Dennett Teary eyes at the window- where did Mum and Dad go? 1997 Cricket Round John Shortis Have a bowl- have a bat- howzat- howzat ... 1994 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Crocodile Rock Bernie Taupin & Elton John I remember when rock was young- me and Suzie had so much fun ... 1993 Crocodile, The Derek Bruce & David Clark In Arnhem land, if you should go, there's one thing I think you should know … 1980 Crooked Little Man Traditional Oh no, don't let the rain come down … my roof's got a hole in it, and I might drown … 1985 Cross of the South Traditional Australian Twas the month of December, the year fifty-four … 1987 Crossing the Road [words only] Unknown The poor old man, he was crossing the road … 1977 Cruella De Vil Mel Leven Cruella De Vil. 2008 Cuckoo Traditional [round] Twas on a summer's evening, I walked the forest through … 1988 Cuckoo, The Traditional Austrian Oh, I went to Peter's flowing spring, where the water is so good … 1977 Curate Who Wouldn't Go to Church, Ma'am, The Traditional Mexican The curate won't go to church, ma'am, and Lisa can tell you why. 1978 Cut the Cake Tina Liza Jones We're going to let second grade out early today ... 2001 Cut-Lunch Blues Laughton Pattrick & Jenny Pattrick Same old marmite and lettuce- lettuce- oh boy! 1991 Daddy Cool Frank Slay & Bob Crewe I saw a crazy chick a-runnin' down the street, I said 'Ooh pretty baby, why the great big beat?' 2004 Daffodil Day Song James Masden Do you know where to find the daffodils growing… 2013 Daisy, Daisy/Daisy's Answer Traditional, additional lyrics by Rhonda Macken & Kerry Murphy Daisy- Daisy- give me your answer true. I'm half crazy ... 2000 Dance and Sing Murray Lennox If you can walk, you can dance. 2010 Dance to Your Daddy Traditional, words by William Watson Come here, me little Jacky now a've smoked me baccy. 2004 Dance, Dance, Dance Brian & Carl Wilson After six hours of school, I've had enough for the day 2011 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Dancing in the Street Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter & William Stevenson Calling out around the world- are you ready for a brand new beat ... 1997 Dancing Nacho Chip Kayla Stevens Young Bernado was a chip put in a nacho dish 2010 Dancing Queen (ABBA medley) Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus You can dance. You can jive- having the time of your life … 2002 Dancing the Merengue RP Western & Bert Lee What I want is a proper cup of coffee … 1977 Dansi Na Kuimba Dave Perry & Jean Perry Sun will come. Day will bring the song of life to everything 2007 Dare to Dream P Begaud, V Cornish & W Tester I am my own believer, in my heart… 2008 Day by Day Stephen Schwartz Day by day … Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray … 1977 Day is Done Peter Yarrow Tell me why you're crying my son. I know you're frightened like ev'ry one. 1979 Day Trip to Bangor Debbie Cook Didn't we have a lovely time, the day we went to Bangor … 1982 Daydream Believer John Stewart Oh I could hide 'neath the wings of the blue bird as she sings. 2004 Day-O Lord Burgess, William Attaway, & Harry Belafonte Day-O, Day-O, daylight come and we wan' go home ... 1984 De Woman Eena Kitchen [West Indian medley] Traditional West Indian Oh- de woman eena kitchen she grumble like she wan' go home. 1994 Deadwood Stage, The Paul Francis Webster & Sammy Fain Oh, the Deadwood Stage is a rollin' on over the plains ... 1984 Deck the Shed with Bits of Wattle Colin Buchanan & Greg Champion Deck the sheds with bits of wattle- fa la la la la- la la la la. 2000 Deep in the Heart of Texas [Wild West medley] June Hershey & Don Swander The stars at night are big and bright- deep in the heart of Texas. 1997 Dham Dham Dham Traditional Hindu Dham ... dhamarubhaje .... Hara bola nata shiva shambo bhaje ... 2000 Did You Ever, Ever, Ever? Traditional Rhyme Did you ever- ever- ever in your leaf- life- loaf … 2002 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Die Gedanken sind Frei [My Thoughts are Free] Traditional My thoughts freely flower … my thoughts give me power. 1978 Ding Dong Howdy Doug Heywood Now I pulled into Count Town Saturday night ... 1991 Ding Dong Merrily on High Traditional Ding dong! merrily on high.The bells are gaily ringing ... 1984 Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead Ey Harburg & Harold Arlen Once there was a wicked witch in the lovely land of Oz. 2001 Dino Story Bonnie Nichols I was underneath the covers, Mum had just turned out the light… 2006 Dinosaur Bash, The Rhonda Macken The dinosaur's dinner dance began at nine. 1996 Dinosaur Song, The Malcolm Harrison Stomp- stomp- stomp the dinosaurs are hopping ... 1993 Djapana Mandawuy Yunipingu Hup we ... Look at the sun falling from the sky ... 1994 Do Doo Ron Ron Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still. 1996 Do It Now Wendy Fine If you want to run and jump and shout, go ahead and do it. 1987 Do the Funky Chicken Thomas Rufus You raise the left arm up… 2011 Do Ya Wanna Dance? Bobby Freeman Do ya do ya do ya do ya want to dance? 2005 Do You Hear the People Sing? Kretzmer, Schonberg, Boublil & Natel Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men! 1992 Do You Hear What I Hear? Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne Said the night wind to the little lamb ... 1992 Do Your Ears Hang Low? Traditional Do your ears stand out- do they wobble all about? 1998 Doctor Doctor [Appendages medley] Franciscus Henri Sunburn- wind burn- freckles brown ... 1996 Doctor, Doctor Rowland, Brown, Brindsen, Yeates, Dalli, Johnston & Newtown Doctor, doctor something isn't right… 2010 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Doctor, The Tom Johnston, Charlie Midnight & Eddie Schwartz I'm a man who lives in the city ... 1991 Does the Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour? Billy Rose, Marty Bloom & Ernest Breuer Does the chewing gum lose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight? 1980 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour? Billy Rose, Marty Bloom & Ernest Breuer Oh me, oh my, oh you! What ever shall I do? 2003 Dog's Life Rap James Paterson, Densie Alexander & Chris John Now it's very simpe when I say woof 2011 Don Gato Traditional Mexican, English words by Jacqueline Froom There was once a cat of sooty black. He was called Senor Don Gato. 1978, 1983 Don Gato Traditional Mexican Oh- Senor Don Gato was a cat. On a high red roof Don Gato sat. 2000 Dona Nobis Pacem George Strid Dona nobis pacem- pacem. 1997 Donkey Riding Traditional Were you ever in Quebec, stowing timber on the deck … 1982 Donkey Small Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Norman Luboff Donkey small, donkey sweet, no matter how much food you eat … 1980 Donna Donna Sholom Secunda On a wagon bound for market, there's a calf with a mournful eye … 1976 Don't Bring Lulu Billy Rose, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson Your presence is requested, wrote little Johnnie White … 1985 Don't Drop It Gavin Byrt Don't drop it- you'll cop it- so stop it- don't drop it. 1994 Don't Fence Me In Cole Porter Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. 2005 Don't Let the Grass Grow Under Your Feet Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis Don't let the grass grow under your feet … 1989 Don't Put It All in the Garbage Bin Gary Crees & Carol Crees You may think it's all so easy ... 1996 Don't Stay Away Traditional African-American My Lord says there's room enough, room enough in the heaven for us all … 1975 Don't Stop Christine McVie If you wake up and don't want to smile ... 1991 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Don't Stop Moving Stevens, Spearitt, McIntosh, Lee, Cattermole, O'Meara, Barrett, Solomon & Ellis 2004 Don't stop moving to the funky funky beat. Don't stop moving to the S Club beat. Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin Here's a little song I wrote ... 1994 Don't You Know Yockomo Huey Smith & John Vincent Hello baby ... Do-way-a-ka-way ... hully hully ho! 1995 Doo Doo Canon Traditional Dum dum dum, da da da da da. 2004 Doodlin' Song, A Carolyn Leigh & Cy Coleman Doo doo dee oop ... Obligato- pizzicato Guy Lombardo ... 2001 Dorringo Line, The P Shaw Clickety clack down the Dorrigo track, rickety rack up to Dubbo and back … 1987 Down by the Riverside Dazz Jordan I met my little bright-eyed doll down by the riverside … 1979 Down by the Riverside Traditional I'm gonna lay down my heavy load down by the riverside … 1983 Down by the Riverside [words only] Traditional Gonna lay down my sword and shield down by the riverside … 1975 Down Down Baby Traditional playground chant Down down baby down- down the roller coaster. 1999 Down on the Corner John C Fogerty Early in the evenin', just about supper time … 1980, 1985 Down River The Wilcannia Mob When it's really hot we go to the river and swim 2009 Down the River Traditional river shanty Down the river, oh, down the river, oh, down the river we go … 1979 Down Where the Watermelon Grow Traditional Maori Down by the sea, where the watermelon grow … 1978, 1979 Downtown Tony Hatch When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go downtown ... 1984, 2008 Dr Knicker Bocker Traditional Doctor Knicker Bocker, Knicker Bocker number nine ... 1981, 1984 Dr Tickle Kerry & Mary McCammon Doctor Tickle- won't you give him a hand ... © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1992 23 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Dragon Traditional Indonesian, English words by Jeffrey Leask See the dragon twist and turn. What a sight to see! 1986 Dream Ross Inglis I can fly like a bird, way up high, sounds absurd. 1987 Dreamland Danny Hooper The great red rock is beating, heart of this great land. 2012 Dreamtime Christmas Jeff Aschmann There's no drummer boy- no tall Christmas tree. 1999 Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill Traditional Canadian Ev'ry mornin' at seven o'clock ... Drover's Dream, The Traditional Australian One night when trav'ling sheep, my companions lay asleep … 1976, 1997, 2012 1975, 1986 Drummer and the Cook, The Traditional Oh, there was a little drummer, and he loved a one-eyed cook … 1983 Dry Bones Traditional Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones … I hear the word of the Lord. 1987 Dubinushka Traditional Mnogo pesen slykhal ia vrod 2006 Dude Ranch Cowboy Traditional round Dude ranch cowboy on a frisky mare. 1994 Dum, Dum, Diddle Traditional Dum- dum- diddle- diddle- dum- dum- diddle ... 1994 Dumplins Traditional Caribbean Tina- you see nobody pass here? 1990 Dungara Traditional Dungara upara marachi tina 2008, 2014 Dust Storm Rob Inglis & Robin Wood Dust storm- gritty-blinding- irritating- teeth-grinding ... 1998 E possibile per me Glen Capelli, music by Keith McDonald It is possible for me, possible for you. 2009 Eagle Rock Ross Wilson Now listen howe're steppin' out- I'm gonna turn around ... 2000 Earth Day Everyday Mikuak Rai As we walk through the land, there's so much to see. 2011 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 24 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Earth Day Rap Doug Goodkin The sky is high and the ocean deep ... 1996 Earth is Our Mother, The Traditional Native American The Earth is our mother- we must take care of her ... 1997 Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water, The Traditional Native American The Earth- the Air- the Fire- the Water ... 1998 Earthworm Anthem Fay White Tunnel and wriggle and squirm, that's the life of an earthworm. 2003 Easter Koala, The Phil Paviour He was required to get up early- paint the easter eggs up ... 1997 Eat Your V-e-g-e-tables Penny Davies Chomp ... carrots- spuds and broccoli- garlic- onions- leeks ... 1997 Eating on the Plane Robyn Archer Eating on the plane I love it! The trolley comes again- I love it! 1997 Edge of the Kimberley Colin Buchanan Take the sunset strip out of Timber Creek. Past the boab tree ... 1999 Eep! A Computer Round Rhonda Macken Tap ... EEP! Save in my memory ... 1995 Eighty-eight Little Black Pot Stoves John Shortis Eighty-eight little black pot stoves standing all in a row … 1975 Einini Traditional Einini, einini codalaigi. 2013 El Condor Pasa Traditional, words by Daniel A Roberts I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail… 1978, 2013 El Vito Aura Kontra To the bull-fights in Sevilla, went a spanish lady … 1975 El Vito Traditional Con el vito, vito, vito… 2009 Electricity Elton John & Lee Hall I can’t really explain it, I haven't got the words… 2010 Elephant Present, The William Engvick & Alexa Wilder Elephants can be lots of fun, they're big and warm and pleasant. 1980 Empty Paddock Blues Marni Sheehan When the sheep lie down in the middle of the morn… 2008 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 25 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s En Roulant Ma Boule Traditional Derrier chez nous y'atun etang. 2007 Entendez-Vous Le Carillon? Traditional Entendez-vous le carillon? 1996 Enviro-rap Anne French Clean up Australia ... we hear ... the call rings out ... 1997 Epo I Tai Tama E Traditional Epo i tai tama e- O epo i tai tama e. Epo i tai tama epo i huru huru ... 2000 Erie Canal Traditional American folk song I got a mule, her name is Sal, fifteen miles on the Erie Canal! 1980, 1990 Eugowra Rocks Traditional It's all about bold Frank Gardiner with the devil in his eye… 2012, 2014 Eureka Peter Merrill For all Eureka heroes, stand tall and raise a cheer. 2005 Every Day is Somebody's Birthday Mark Weeks Every day is somebody's birthday. 1990 Every Night When the Sun Goes In Traditional American Ev'ry night, when the sun goes in … I hang down my head and mournful cry … 1977 Every Star Shall Sing a Carol Words by Sydney Carter Every star shall sing a carol! Every creature, high or low … 1977 Everybody Loves Saturday Night Traditional Ghanaian Ev'rybody loves Saturday night ... 1976, 1984 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love [Rock 'n Blues medley] Wexler, Berns & Burke Everybody needs somebody ... to love. Someone to love. 1999 Everybody's Got a Little Rhythm Peter Combe Rhythm, rhythm, everybody's got a little rhythm … 1982 Everybody's Got a Smile Lisa Ferraro Ev'ry body's got a smile for the world.. 2011 Everyone Take a Partner Gary King Ev'ryone take a partner, ev'ryone take a partner. 2006, 2014 Everything's Alright Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to problems that upset you. 1988 Explorers Kris Macken & Adam Rayment Explorers from the land of yesterday never stopped to stare at the setting sun ... 2003 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Exterminate Peter Combe Exterminate … all blowflys. Hit 'em with the fly spray … 1986 Fame Dean Pitchford & Michael Gore Baby- look at me and tell me what you see … 2002 Family Tree Roberta O'dowd So many people connect to each other 2009 Farmer and the Cowman, The [Oklahoma medley] Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Oh- the farmer and the cowman should be friends ... 2000 Feel Like Going Back Home Stephen Pigram I feel like going back home right now, while the mangoes are ripe. 2003 Feel the Joy Phil Splitter & Susie Davies-Splitter Joy is all around us. 2006 Feliz Navidad José Feliciano Feliz Navidad- Feliz Navidad … 2002, 2010 Fernando Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Can you hear the drums Fernando? 2008 Ferry Boat Traditional American Here she comes round the bend- toot- toot! 1990 Ferry Me Across the Water Christina Rossetti & Lyn Williams Ferry me across the water, do, boatman, do. 2005 Few Questions, A Brian Fitzgerald Where have the seals gone, where are the whales … 1982 Fiddle Dee Dee Louisa Wise I wander high and I wander low, I play my fiddle wherever I go. 1988 Fill the World with Peace Traditional Hungarian, lyrics by Rhonda Macken Take my hand and walk with me- we can walk together. 2000 Fillimiooriay Traditional Fillimiooriorriay 2011 Fire Down Below Traditional sea shanty Fire in the galley, fire down below. 1986 Fireflies Adam Young You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies… 2012 Fishfingers Tango Barbara Stacey I'm eating fishfingers, what happened to their toes? 2003 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 27 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Five Four Groove Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter Improvising with a jazzy sound … 2002 Five Hundred Miles Traditional If you miss the train I'm on- you will know that I am gone ... 1995 Flash Bang Wallop David Heneker All lined up in a wedding group- here we are for a photograph. 2000 Flash Jack from Gundagai Traditional I've shore at Burrabogie, and I've shore at Toganmain … 1988, 2001, 2008 Flashdance (What a Feeling) Giorgio Morder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara First When there's nothing bit a slow glowing dream… 2012 Flea Traditional Flea. Flea fly. Flea fly flo. Vees-ta! Coom-a-la … 1979 Flight of Swans Brian Simmons High above the clouds they fly, winging their way to their home. 1976 Flintstones, The [TV medley] William Hanna, Joseph Barbera & Hoyt Curtin Flintstones- meet the Flintstones- they're a modern stone-age family. 1994 Flowers are Red Harry Chapin The little boy went, first day at the school. He got some crayons, and started to draw. 1981 Flowers Won't Grow Jim Hunter & Tom Paisley Flowers won't grow if we throw junk on the ground ... 1993 Fly Around Traditional Fly around my pretty little miss, fly around my daisy … 1975 Follow That Song Mark Weeks Follow that song as you hear us sing. 1989, 1990 Follow the Drinking Gourd Traditional American Follow the drinking gourd ... for the old man is waiting ... 1991 Follow Your Heart Mark Holden & Paul Wiltshire There's a place inside of us, inside me and you. Somewhere out there in the air … 2003 Following the Birds Louisa Wise I'm following a butcher bird, just to hear him singing. 1988 Following the Music Hilda Rostron & Lorraine A Milne I stamp my feet, and wriggle my toes, and clap my hands as the music goes … Food Glorious Food Lionel Bart Food, glorious food. Hot sausage and mustard! © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983, 1988, 1990 1985 28 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Fool on the Hill, The John Lennon & Paul McCartney Day after day, alone on a hill, the man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still. 1976 Footloose Dean Pitchford & Kenny Loggins Been working so hard, keep punching my card 2009 Footy on the TV Ty Soupidis Footy, footy on the TV, footy, footy on the TV 2012 For Good Stephen Schwartz I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason. 2008 For the Beauty of the Earth Words by F S Pierpoint For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies … 1978 Forever Young Bob Dylan May God bless you and keep you always 2013 Forty Performing Bananas Graeme Connors & Jack Prelutsky We're forty performing bananas- in bright yellow slippery skins. 2000 Fouaba Traditional Guinean Fouaba samba collole collele. 2005 Found a Peanut Traditional Found a peanut- found a peanut … 2002 Four Rubbish Tins Franciscus Henri Down by the back door as you know are four rubbish tins ... 1996 Four White Horses Traditional Four white horses on the river. Hey- hey- hey- up tomorrow ... 1995 Fox, The Traditional American The fox went out on a chase one night … 1977, 1982 Fraction Too Much Friction Tim Finn There's a fraction too much friction. 1988 Freddie Feelgood and His Funky Little Five Piece Band Ray Stevens Well- I got a tight little unit- you know they're the most. 1999 Free Wheeling Lorraine A Milne Ev'ry time it comes around to Saturday … 1982 Freedom Train Ralph A Dale This old freedom train is such a long time in a-comin' … 1989 French Cancan Polka Jimmy Kennedy & Jacques Offenbach I can-can and you can-can- so why should not we two can-can? 2001 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 29 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Frere Jacques Traditional French round Frere Jacques … Dormez vous? 1987 Friday on My Mind Harry Vanda & George Young Monday morning feels so bad. 2004 Friends Brian Fitzgerald Well, I going to the stable … gonna saddle up a horse … 1982 Friends Marvin, Welch, Bennett & Rostill There are some things I've been meaning to say ... 1984 Friends Buzzy Linhart & Mark Kingman And I am all alone, There is noone beside me… 2013 Friends are all You Grant Ward Just tell me who will be there… 2006 Friendship Rap Ann French When I came to school on that very first day ... 1995 Friendships Julie Halligan, Bob, Karen & Lee Partington You can get along without money ... 1995 Frim Frame Sauce Joe Ricardel & Redd Evans I don't want french fried potatoes, red ripe tomatoes 2007 Frog Kissing CW Kalb Jr 2004 Do you remember in the fairy tale, how the wicked witch's spell changed the handsome prince to a toad? From a Distance Julie Gold From a distance- the world looks blue and green ... 1992 From the Days of the Dinosaurs Jim Low Hidden away in the bushland for a hundred million years ... 1998 From Today Ian Jefferson Is there no other path before me? 2007 Fulera Mama Traditional Kenyan Fulera mama, fulera bechuana bech kago … 1989 Full Moonlight Dance Karen Beth Under the full moonlight we dance- spirits dance ... 2000 Funge Alafia Traditional Ghanese Funge alafia asche ache. 2001 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 30 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Funkytown Steve Greenberg Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me… 2012 Gadigi Nyian The Kunhgganji People Gadigadi yinan, gadigadi yinan 2007 Galleries of Pink Galahs John Williamson Galleries of pink galahs- crystal nights with diamond stars ... 2001 Galway Piper Traditional Ev'ry person in the nation… 2009 Garbage Disposal Unit Virginia Ewing & Elaine Hempton My aunt has a dragon, who lives in her sink … 1980 Garbage Man, The Martin Wesley-Smith Collecting the garbage with a clank and a clink … 1982 Garden Song David Mallett Inch by inch- row by row- I'm gonna make this garden grow. 2001 Gary Galah Louise Pettinger Way out west where the gum trees are ... 1994, 2014 Gas Man Cometh, The Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Twas on a Monday morning the gas man came to call. 1987 George of the Jungle Sheldon Allman & Stan Worth George, George, George of the jungle, strong as he can be. 2010 Georgy Girl Jim Dale, music by Tom Springfield Hey there! Georgy girl, swinging down the street so fancy free… 2007, 2014 Get Off-a My Rock Robin McPherson Don't come close, don't come near me … 1987 Get Up! Get Up! Rhonda Macken Early in the morning on the days I go to school ... 1994 Ghost Busters Ray Parker Jr If there's something strange in your neighbourhood … 1987 Ghost of Tom Traditional Have you seen the ghost of Tom, long white bones, with the flesh all gone … 1982 Ghoulie Song, The Julie Henninger Is there a skeleton in the closet? 1995 Giggle and Grin Song, The Virginia Ferguson & Betty Carson You're not feeling bright? Can't sleep at night? 1983 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 31 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Gilliganre's Island [TV medley] Sherwood Schwartz & George Wyle Sit right back and you'll hear a tale- a tale of a fateful trip. 1994 Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer A Hoffman & Dick Manning There's a tiny house… 2010 Gimme Dat Ding A Hammond & M Hazelwood Well that's right- that's right- I'm sad and blue ... 2000 Ging Gang Gooli Traditional Ging gang gooli gooli gooli gooli watcha ging gang goo … 1987 Give Love on Christmas Day Mizell, Gordy, Yarian, Richards & Perren People making lists, buying special gifts…. 2010 Glee Reigns in Galilee Traditional Israeli Glee reigns in Galillee, the Galil rejoices … 1975 Gnu, A Michael Flanders & Donald Swan A year last Thursday- I was strolling in the zoo ... 2000 Go Gymnastics (Bendy Girl) John Kane, Genevieve Kane & Mark Walmsley I'm a bendy girl, I'm a bendy girl… 2013 Go Tell it on the Mountain Traditional Go tell it on a mountain, over the hills and everywhere … 1976, 1999 Go West J Morali, H Belolo & V Willis Together we will go our way- together we will leave someday ... 1996 Goat, The Traditional My highland goat was doing fine, he ate three shirts off my back line. 1980 Goats Eat Flowers John Manifold & Peter Butler Goats eat flowers- goats eat fruits ... 1996 Gobbolino, The Witch's Cat GC Westcott One fine night, in a witches cavern, two little kittens rolled onto the floor … 1978 God Save the Queen Traditional God save our gracious Queen… 2012 Golden Vanity, The Traditional There was a lofty ship, and she sailed upon the sea … 1978 Gone the Rainbow Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Milton Okun & Mary Travers Shule, shule, shule-a-roo, shule-a-rak-shak, shule-a-ba-ba-coo … Good Morning Arthur Freed & Nacio Brown Good mornin', good mornin'. We've talked the whole night through. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983, 1986 2004 32 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Good Morning Happiness Grant Lee Phillips Gonna wake up with a smile… Good Morning Starshine Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni Good morning starshine, the earth says hello ... Publication Year/s 2012 1976, 1984, 1998 Good Planets Are Hard to Find Steve Forbert Good planets are hard to find… 2012 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) B Pritchard, M Pritchard & F Wright Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. 2009 Good Things The Casio Brothers I only ear food things, I want to be kind to the planet… 2010 Good-bye Harry Graham & Robert Stolz Goodbye! It's time I sought a foreign clime … 1977 Gospel Train, The Traditional African-American The Gospel train's a-comin', I hear it just at hand … 1976, 1978 Got To Travel On Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar & Tom Six Done laid around, and stayed around, this old town too long … 1976 Grandmare's Chicken Soup [Wild West medley] John Riggio When I'm playin' outside and the cold starts to get me ... 1997 Grandma's Feather Bed Jim Connor When I was just a little bitty boy, just up off a floor … 1982 Grandma's Grammar Rap Janet Holmes a Court Back in the day when Grandma was at schoo 2009 Grandparents Song Shana Lyn Smith Well I've got a mum, I've got a dad… 2011 Granny Gurble's Herbal Tea Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith I was feeling crook, I called for the quack … 1983 Grasshopper: Loose in Queensland Slim Dusty There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland … 1982, 1986 Great Australian Bush Is Like a Great Big Zoo, The Evan Jones There's a mob of galahs in me apricot tree … 1989 Great Race, The Elisabeth Mansutti & Phil Cunneen Down on the vacant block, we've got a racetrack … 1983 Greek Shepherd Song [Provatakya] Traditional Greek Hear the sheep with dusty backs, din din din, din din din ... © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1979, 1984 33 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Green Door, The Marvin Moore & Bob Davie Midnight. One more night without sleepin' … 1985 Green Eggs & Ham (Seuss Medley) Flaherty, Ahrens, Theo Seuss Geisel P/K/A Dr.Seuss I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam-I-Am. 2005 Green Glass Sue Nicholls Fancy leaving bottles a-hanging on the wall ... 1998 Green Grow the Rushes-O! Traditional English I'll sing you one - O! Green grow the rushes - O! 1976, 1985 Green Song Rita Abrams I woke up this morning and thought I must be dreaming … 1983 Greensleeves Traditional Alas my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourt'ously … 1986 Grizzly Bear Laurie Orchard & Mark Weeks If you ever, ever, ever, meet a grizzly bear … 1989 Guantanamera Jose Marti, Hester Angulo & Pete Seeger Guantanamera guajira guantanamera … Yo soy un hombre sincero … 1983 Guitar Man, The Audrey Snyder He sits and strums his guitar ... 1991 Gurringindenarme Traditional Aboriginal Gurringindenarme jujumoberono 2003 Gypsy Rover, The Traditional Irish The gypsy rover came over the hill, bound though the valley so shady. 1976, 1984, 2002 Hahvah Nahgeelah Traditional Jewish Hahvah nahgeelah … vuhnismuh 'kh-hah … 1976 Haida Traditional Chassidic Haida- haida haididi daida haida haida haida ... 2001 Hakuna Matata Words by Tim Rice & music by Alan Menken Hakuna matata. What a wonderful phrase! 2006 Hallelu Traditional Hallelu ... hallelujah- praise ye the Lord ... 1996 Hallowe'en D Matthews & Elaine Hempton This is the night, this dark, eerie, night, the only night of the year … Hammer Man Traditional American Take this hammer- whew! Carry it to the Captain- whew! ... © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1982, 1992 1991 34 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Hand Down My Silver Trumpet Traditional African-American Well, I've never been to heav'n, but I've been told … 1982 Hand in Hand D Rodgers & P Walker We're in a day when we must look beyond ourselves and see into the hearts of others 2008 Hangin' Five Ben Acton & Fred Kirkham Well- it's early in the morning and it's time to make a start ... 1997 Hani Kuni Traditional Native American Hähni kuni häh hoo häh ni Häh way wäh bika näh säni häh Häh hoo ... 1999 Hanky Tank, The Traditional Down by the banks of the Hanky Tank ... 1995 Happiness Franz Schubert Spring is here at last; dreary winter's past. 1977 Happiness Clark Gesner Happiness is two kinds of ice-cream… 2006 Happiness is When You Sing Dick Averre I don't like to sing a sad song- I don't like to sing a silly song ... 1991 Happy Christmas [War Is Over] John Lennon & Yoko Ono So this is Christmas, and what have you done? 1989 Happy Days are Here Again Milton Ager & Jack Yellen Happy days are here again. The skies above are clear again. 2003 Happy New Year Traditional Tria karavakia me hrisa pania. 2010 Happy Song, A Catherine Buxton This morning as I walked to school- I sang a happy song. 1990 Happy Wanderer, The Moeller I love to go a wandering, along the mountain track … 1975 Hard Rock Café Carole King Downtown anywhere U.S.A. you can find yourself ... 1990 Harvest Song Traditional Chinese Sa zhong- sa zhong- wo men dà jia sa zhong- yo o ho o hei ... 1992 Hashivenu Traditional Hashiveni, hashivene… 2011 Hát Chèo Thunyèn Traditional Vietnamese Chong chai là chai vo luoi © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2005, 2014 35 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Hats Bob Brown You read it in the papers… 2008 Haul Away Joe Traditional Oh, way, haul away, we'll haul away the bowline. 1982 Haul on the Bowline Traditional sea shanty Haul on the bowline, the good ship's a-rolling … 1980 Hava Nagila Traditional Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava nagila vanismehah. 1988 Have Gun While You're Still Alive Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter Have fun while you're still alive 2010 Have You Got a Phobia? Lorraine A Milne Have you got a phobia like me? Have you got a phobia? Let's see! 1987 Have Yourself a Merry Christmas Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane When the steeple bells sound their "A"- they don't play it in tune. 2001 Heading for the Country Life Lorraine A Milne Packed my suitcase, packed my bags … tied on all the tags. 1987 Heal the World Michael Jackson There's a place in your heart and I know that it is love ... 1994 Heart of the Country McCartney, Paul & Linda I look high, I look low, I look ev'ry where I go. 1989 Hearts in Harmony Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter With the world's unrest around us- in our cities and streets ... 1999 Heigh-Ho Larry Morey & Frank Churchill We dig ... in our mines the whole day through. 1996 Held Up to the Moon Archie Roach In fifty-six when the floods came down… 2008 Hello Friend Mark Weeks Hello friend, how d'you do? My name's Mark, who are you? 1989 Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah Allan Sherman & Lou Busch Hello Muddah, hello Faddah, here I am at Camp Granada. 1980, 2005 Hello to You Lyn Thomas Hello to you, and what is your name? … Now, tell me what your name is. 1987 Hello World P Renier, J Soulier & B Perez Hello world, this is me. 2004 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 36 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Hens' Duet, The Fred Beckman, Richard Strauss & Luigi Arditi My ambition is to audition with the great Metropolitan troupe. Here Comes the Sun George Harrison Here comes the sun- doo doo doo doo. Here comes the sun ... Publication Year/s 2003 1987, 1998 Here We Go Zoodio Traditional Here we go Zoodio … all night long. 1983 Here's Got the Whole World Traditional African-American He's got the whole world in his hands ... 1999 Here's to Song Allister MacGillivray The candle flickers towards its last, our time together's ended. 2005 Heroes of the School Leo Grayson Tuck shop ladies, the heroes of the school … 1985 He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Traditional gospel He's got the whole world in his hands … 1978 Hey Baby Cobb and Chanel Hey, hey baby. Ooo ah. I want to know if you'll be my girl. 2005 Hey Jude John Lennon & Paul McCartney Hey Jude- don't make it bad … 2002 Hey Yo Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter I said Hey Yo, ( I said a Hey Yo.) 2013 Hey! Little Hen Ralph Butler & Noel Gay I had a lot of chicken, a large chicken run … 1981 Hey, Ho! Anybody Home? Traditional English [round] Hey, ho! Anybody home? Meat and drink and money have I none … 1976, 1983 High Hopes Sammy Cahn & James Van Heusen Next time you're found with your chin on the ground … 1983, 1992 Hill an' Gully Rider Traditional Jamaican Took my horse an' come down … but my horse done stumble down … 1982, 1988 Hine e Hine Princess Te Rangi Pai E tangi ana koe… 2006 Hiney Ma Tov Traditional Let's all join hands, and go round in a ring, round in a ring together. 1983 Hippopotamus Song, The Michael Flanders & Donald Swann A bold hippopotamus was standing one day … 1980 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 37 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Hippy Hippy Shake Chan Romero For goodness sake- I got the hippy hippy shake ... 1995 Hit the Road jack Percy Mayfield Hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more … 1986 Ho Ho Watanay Traditional Native American (Iroquois Nation) Ho ho watanay. Ho ho watanay. 2003 Hoedown Throwdown Adam Anders & Nikki Hassman Boom boom clap diclap di clap 2011 Hole in the Road, A Paul Reade & Peter Charlton They're digging a hole in the road! ... 1993 Holi Hla Hla Traditional South African Holi hla hla Mandela- freedom is in your hands. 2001 Holiday Camp Nonsense A D Strutton Chibba nabba hibba nabba hing nai ay. 1980 Holiday in the Sun Harry & Angelee Theodoros Holidays in the sun, you and me having so much fun. 1987 Holiday Time [English Style] Tony Rees Oh, the sea is blue, and the children run in and out … 1978 Home Among the Gum Trees Wally Johnson & Bob Brown I've been around the world a couple of times, or maybe more … 1985 Home and the Heartland Bill Whelan High in the sky through the clouds and rain ... 1998 Home-Grown 'How Do You Do?', A Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis When you travel around the world, from the Caribbean to Corfu … 1988 Homegrown Tomatoes Guy Clark Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better, than bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes. 2004 Home-Made Band Hap Palmer Here's a little story 'bout a home-made band … 1981 Horror Movie Greg Macainish Watch a horro movie right there on my TV… 2010 Horse Head [West Indian medley] Traditional West Indian Horse head come and gawn ... De Jackindegreen come an' go wey ... 1994 Horsebells Words traditional, music by Greg Abbott I love to lie and listen to the horsebell's merry sound … 1987 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 38 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Horsey, Horsey Box, Cox, Butler & Roberts Horsey, horsey, on your way, we've been together for many a day … 1986 Hosanna [Jesus Christ Superstar medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber Hosanna Heysanna sanna sanna hosanna Heysanna ... 1993 Hound Dog Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller You ain't nothing but a hound dog … 2002 House at Poo Corner Ken Loggins Christopher Robin and I walked along … 1979 How Lucky You Are (Seuss Medley) Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens When the news is bad, when you've sour and blue. 2005 How Many People Paul McCartney How many people stand in a line? 1991 How Much is that Doggie in the Window? Don Merrill How much is that doggie in the window? 2007 Human Drum Kit Ana Sanderson Are you ready? Click click. 'Cause you're in for a treat. 1999 Humelela Traditional Zairean Humelelalela. Humelelalela. 2004 Huron Carol, The Traditional 'Twas in the moon of wintertime when all the birds had fled ... 1993 Hurrah for the Bush Roy Abbott Well, I'm bound for Botany Bay, me boys, to see where it began … 1986 Hush, Hear the Angels Sing Patsy Ford Simms A long time ago in a manger bed- a tiny baby laid down his sweet head. 2000 Hymn to Freedom Harriette Hamilton & Oscar Peterson When ev'ry heart joins ev'ry heart and together yearns for liberty … 2003 I am a Paleontologist Daniel Weinkauf I love digging in the dirt 2013 I am a Spider [da da dum] John Shortis Is there anyone at home, said the spider to the stone … 1975 I am Australian Bruce Woodley & Dobe Newton I came from the dreamtime, from the dusty red soil plains … 1989 I Am Children of the World Genni Kane & John Kane I am boy- I am girl- I am children of the world. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1996, 2014 39 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s I am Not Your Broom John Flansburgh & John Linnell Now broom, you must now sweep for me, the dust it fills my room. 2005 I Am the Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra Mark Weeks I am the conductor of the symphony orchestra. 1990 I am the Vid [In the Video Game] Mark Weeks I am the vid in the video game … and I take all the blame … 1988 I Believe Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter There are times when we question the meaning of our lives. 2000 I Can Make a Little Window Leigh Wigglesworth & Mark Weeks I can make a little window, empty window for a while. 1989 I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash I can see clearly now, the rain has gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. 2005 I Can't Spell Hippopotamus Fred Coots I can spell hat, H.A.T, I can spell cat, C.A.T. ... 1980 I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside J Glover-Kind, additional verses by E Mansutti Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside … I Don't Really Need 'em Lorraine A Milne Nuts and bolts, a ball of string, a box that's full of stones … 1983, 1996, 2002 1981 I Got a Name Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox Like the pine trees, lining the winding road … 1978, 1990 I Got a Robe Traditional African-American I got a robe, you got a robe, all God's chillun got a robe. 1979, 1995 I Got Plenty o' Nothin' George & Ira Gershwin & Dubose Heywood I've got plenty o' nothin', and nothin's plenty for me. 1987 I Got Rhythm George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin Days can be sunny- with never a sigh … 2002 I Got the Music in Me Bias Boshell Ain't got no trouble in my life, no foolish dream to make me cry. 2003 I Got the Sun in the Morning Irving Berlin Got no diamond, got no pearl. 2013 I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown I feel good- I knew that I would now. 1998 I Have a Dream Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus I have a dream, a song to sing… 2011 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 40 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s I Know a Song that Will Get on Your Nerves Traditional I know a song that will get on your nerves. 2010 I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Alan Mills & Rose Bonne There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why ... 1999 I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Chris Yacich & Lorraine Milne Standing by the fruit stall on the corner ... 1991 I Like the Flowers Traditional I like the flowers- I love the daffodils- I like the mountains ... 2001 I Love a Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt, David Malloy & Even Stevens Well I love a rainy night, I love a rainy night… 2013 I Love My Shirt Donovan Leitch Do you have a shirt that you really love … 1975 I Love Pumpkin David Billings, Rob Fairbairn, Mark Leehy & Kevin O'Mara I like potatoes and rutabagoes … 2002 I Love That Dog Connie Kaldor I love that dog- the way he runs up to me when I call. 1999 I Luvva B double-O K Colin Buchanan I luvva B-double-O-K. O-K? I R-E-A-D every day. 1998 I Need a Boat Michael Hurd I need a boatman- that'll carry me away. 1994 I See a Rainbow Brian Simmons I see a rainbow, a rainbow … a rainbow in the sky. 1976 I Still Call Australia Home Peter Allen I've been to cities that never close down … 1982 I Still Enjoy the View Graeme Connors I wake up at the same time ev'ry morning. 2001 I Swallowed a Bee Bob Brown Now I'm just a songer, my name you won't know. 2006 I Wanna Stay in Bed Ty Soupidis You know it's so hard, waking in the morning. 2004 I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas John Rox I want a hippopotamus for Christmas … I Went to the Pictures Tomorrow Traditional Rhyme I went to the pictures tomorrow ... © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1978, 2011 2000 41 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s I Whistle a Happy Tune Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rogers Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect … 1979 I Wonder Why? Brian Simmons I wonder wonder why, oh why I wonder wonder why … 1975 I Wonder Why? Jackie & Ted Egan I wonder wonder why the stars are in the sky? 1978 I Won't Grow Up Carolyn Leigh & Mark Charlap I won't grow up (I won't grow up,) 2010 Ice-Cream Man Jonathan Richman Ice-cream man upon my street- I love your truck outside. 1997 I'd Do Anything Lionel Bart I'd do anything for you- dear- anything … 2002 I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing Backer, Davis, Cook & Greenaway I'd like to build the world a home, and furnish it with love … 1978 If I Had a Hammer Lee Hays & Pete Seeger If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning … 1975, 1978, 1994 If I had no Less John Shortis If I had no legs, what would I dance on? 1975 If I Had Words Music adapted from Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, lyrics by Johnathan Hodge If I had words to make a day for you ... 1997 If I Only Had a Brain Yip Harburg & Harold Arlen Said a scarecrow, swingin' on a pole, to a blackbird, sittin' on a fence … 1981, 1992 If I Were a Rich Man Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock If I were a rich man, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle, daidle, dum. 1980 If You Should Meet An Elephant Nel Magness If you should meet an elephant upon a summer's day … 1989 Igor the Flying Fox Louise Pettinger He comes out at night when the moon is high ... 2001 Il Eh Tu Eh Traditional Torres Strait Islands Il eh tu eh tu el e my Il eh tu eh tu el e my Pear ama ama ama Pear ... 2000, 2008 Ilie Mou Traditional Ilie mou .. evya ... Poukanis to noftari na yemiziapo hrisafi ... 1996 I'll Be There for You Skloff, Willis, Solem, Wilde, Kauffman & Crane So no-one told you life was gonna be this way. 1999 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 42 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s I'll Stand By You Chrissie Hynde, Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg Oh, why you look so sad? 2010 I'm a Believer Neil Diamond I thought love was only true in fairy tales … 2002 I'm a Caterpillar of Society Martin Wesley-Smith & Peter Wesley-Smith I'm a caterpillar of society, not a social butterfly. 2005 I'm a Green Pea John Shortis The celery's in the salad, the mint is in the punch, but I'm in the freezer til Sunday's lunch. 1979, 2004 I'm a Green Pea John Shortis I've been refrigerated many times before. 2014 I'm a Lad From Krakow Traditional I'm a lad from Krakow, I'm quite a dandy … 1983 I'm a Little Boat Wendy Fine & Judy Irwig I'm a little boat, and I'm sailing away … 1989 I'm a Song (Sing Me) Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield I've got music, I will share… 2011 I'm Henery the Eighth, I am Murray & Weston You don't know who you're looking at, now have a look at me! 1981 I'm Late Sammy Fain & Bob Hillard Good morning Mister Chatterbox… 2011 I'm Not Scared Lucille Wood There's something moaning in the old oak tree. 1986 I'm Not Talking to You Rhonda Macken I'm talking to you and I'm not talking to you. 1995 I'm on My Way Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner Where'm I goin? I don't know. Where am I headin'? I ain't certain … 1988 I'm on My Way Charlie Reid & Craig Reid I'm on my way from misery to happiness today. 2003 Imagine John Lennon Imagine there's no heaven- it's easy if you try ... 1994 Imene Takake Traditional O atu te aro'a… 2009 In a Dark, Dark Wood Traditional Rhyme In a dark- dark wood- there's a dark- dark house … 2000 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 43 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s In and Out Song, The Garrison Keillor Well- I want to go out! Open that door if you love me. 1999 In Flanders Fields J Jacobsen & R Emerson In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row 2011 In Our Small Way B Verdi & C Yarian Maybe you and I can't escape 2012 In the Bath Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Oh, I find much simple pleasure, when I've had a tiring day … 1981 In the Navy Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure, learn science, technology? 2005 Inanay Part of an Aboriginal songline Inanay gupu wana Inanay gupu wana Ay ay ay oola Oola Oola ... 1998 Inch Worm, The Frank Loesser Two and two are four, four and four are eight, eight and eight are sixteen … 1976 Indian Pacific Joy McKean From coast to coast by night and day… 2009 Insomnia Brian Fitzgerald When I can't sleep at night .... I count sheep till ... 1992 Inverno Traditional Italian In inverno ... fa- molto freddo ... e nevica- ... E piove ... 1993 Ipharadisi Traditional Ipharadisi ikhaya labafile. 2013 Isa Lei Traditional Fijian Isa Isa vulaqi lasa dina Nomu laro- au na rarawa Rina ... 1996 Island in the Sun Harry Belafonte & Lord Burgess This is my island in the sun, where my people have toiled since time begun … 1979, 1985 Isle of Samarai Traditional Papua New Guinean Roaming days are over, I'm going home … 1980 Istanbul Not Constantinople Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople. 2004 It Ain't Gonna Rain No More Traditional Oh- it ain't gonna rain no more- no more. 1999 It Could be a Wonderful World Lou Singer & Hy Zaret If we could consider each other… 2011 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 44 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got that Swing) Ellington & Mills It don't mean a thing if it ain't got swing… 2006 It Takes Two Carolyn Martin Well it takes two to talk together- two to walk together ... 1994 It's a Long Way to Tipperary/Pack Up Your Troubles Judge, Williams, Asaf & Powell It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go ... 1984 It's a Miracle Lorraine A Milne The fact that a bird can hang on a breeze is a miracle … 1988 It's a Most Unusual Day Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh It's a most unusual day, feel like throwing my worries away … 1981 It's a Small World Richard M & Robert B Sherman It's a world of laughter, a world of tears ... 1977, 1984 It's a Sunburnt Country Genni Kane & John Kane Out on the Western Plains it's a land that never rains. 1996 It's Breakfast Time Kevin Mahoney Get out of bed and scratch my head. 2007 It's Christmas Barbara Stacey Christmas has come, it's that time of the year. 2005 It's Great To Be Smelly Peter Denahy When we were younger, we went on a date. 2005 It's My Car Traditional I've got a car that's made of tin… 2013 It's Not Deliberate Lorraine A Milne I don't delib'rately get dirty, I don't delib'rately make a mess. 1986 It's Our Planet Ann French & Rhonda Macken Cycle- recycle- send it round and round. 1995 It's Raining at School Today Colin Buchanan It's raining at school today- we can't go outside to play ... 1996 It's Ruff Being a Dog Phyllis Wolfe They say dogs have it easy- they say dogs have it good ... 1998 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Billy Joel What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? 1987 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Paul J. Vance & Lee Pockriss She was afraid to come out of the locker ... 1997 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 45 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s I've Been Everywhere Geoff Mack (McElhinney) I was carryin' my bluey on the dusty Oodnadatta road ... 2000, 2014 I've Been to Harlem Traditional I've been to Harlem, I've been to Dover, I've travelled this wide world all over … 1983, 1994 Ja Posejah Lubenice Traditional Yugoslav Ja posejah lubenice, pokraj rode studenice … 1987 Jabbin Jabbin Letherbridge & Loam Jabbin Jabbin Kiroo ka gla- Kurra Kurra Kiroo Ka ... 1996 Jack-Ass Song, The Irving Burgie & William Attaway Jack-ass will jump and bray, let 'im bray, let 'im bray … 1988 Jack's Tooth Mark Weeks Jack had a tooth which was loose, loose, loose. 1989 Jacob's Ladder Traditional We are climbing Jacob's ladder … soldiers of the Cross … 1977 J'ai Plus Faim Henri Des J'ai plus faim. J'ai plus faim. 2004 Jake the Peg Rolf Harris & Frank Roosen I'm Jake the Peg, deedle-eedle-eedle um … 1979 Jam Jar Jane Saunders, Genni Kane & John Kane I can see her in the kitchen- flour on her face ... 1996 Jamaica Farewell Lord Burgess Down the way where the nights are gay, and the sun shines daily on the mountain top ... 1978, 1984 Japanese National Anthem Traditional Kimigayoo wa Chiyo niii yachiyo ni… 2012 Java Jive Milton Drake & Ben Oakland I love coffee, I love tea. I love the java jive and it loves me. 2003 Jaws Alison McKay There was a story doo doo doo ... 1994 Jazz Gloria Natalie Sleeth Gloria in excelsis Deo- Gloria alleluia. Gloria in excelsis Deo ... 1998 Jelly Michelle Smith & Lorraine A Milne I love jelly, wobbly, delicious, jelly. 1983 Jelly Bean Jive, The Peter Merrill Down at the mumbo rhumba we do the jelly jive. 2001 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 46 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Jesus Christ Superstar [Jesus Christ Superstar medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber Jesus Christ ... Who are you? What have you sacrificed? 1993 Jig Jog Traditional I want someone to buy me a pony, jig jog jig jog jig-a-jog gee. 1989 Jiggles Susie Davies Dum du dum ... take two steps in- take two steps out ... 1997 Jim Jones at Botany Bay Traditional Oh, listen for a moment, lads, and hear me tell my tale … 1988, 2003, 2014 Jingle, Jingle, Jingle F Loesser & J J Lilley I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle … 1975 Jog Along Till Shearing Traditional Australian Oh the truth it's in my song so clear, without a word of gammon … 1975 John Barleycorn Traditional English There came three men from out the west, their victory to try … 1979 John Brownre's Body Traditional John Brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the grave ... 1990 John Flynn E Egan I guess it was the death Jimmy Darcy that prompted the decision to provide… 2012 John Kanaka Traditional American Folk Song I heard, I heard the old man say, John Kanaka, naka toolaay! 2005 Johnny Built a House Malvina Reynolds Johnny built a house that was just so high … 1986 Jonah-man Jazz Michael Hurd When Jonah sank into the sea, he closed his eyes and prayed … 1978 Joy To The World Isaac Watts & GF Handel Joy to the world! The Lord has come; let Earth receive her King. 1976 Juani Traditional Juani, juani, juani, juani. 2008 Juicy, Juicy, Green Grass Peter Combe Juicy, juicy green grass … where have you gone … 1988 Junkanoo Jan Holdstock We've got a bell- we've got a drum- Junkanoo has begun. Just Imagine Rhonda Macken Books can take us anywhere- just imagine. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1991, 2001 1999 47 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Just One Person Hal Hackady & Larry Grossman If just one person believes in you. Kaeru No Uta Traditional Japanese Kaeruno uta ga Kikoete kuruyo Gwa! Gwa! Gwa! Gwa! Gero gero ... Publication Year/s 2008 1999, 2014 Kagome Traditional Japanese Kagome ... Kagonona Kano toriwa Itsu ...de yaru Yoakeno ... 1995 Kaiapi Kaiapi Traditional Torres Strait Islander Iriro Iririro. Comaki comaki. 2004 Kalinka Traditional Russian Kalinka … my dear, your name in the whisper of pines I can hear. 1979 Kalinka Traditional Russian Underneath the pine tree- green and shady pine tree ... 1997 Karadeniz Turkusu Traditional Turkish Daglar gibi dalgalari 2005 Kazoo Koncerto, The M Donnelly & G Strid One day when I was feeling bored- looking for something to do … 2002 Keep a Dream in Your Pocket Bruce Woodley Keep a dream in your pocket and a song in your heart ... 1995 Keep it Clean Nuala & Radloof O'Hanlon Let's clean up our nation for future generations. 2010 Keep on the Sunny Side A P Carter There's a dark and a troubled side of life. 2003 Keep Your Cool Don Spencer & Allan Caswell If you get mad- you can't think straight ... 1995 Keeper, The Traditional English The keeper did a-shooting/a-hunting go, and under his cloak he carried a bow … 1975, 1978 Kelly's Turning, The Larry King We're meetin' by the riggin', for the word has passed around … 1977 Ki-Kiri-Kiki Traditional, English words by Elisabeth Mansutti Old farmer George was standing in the market … 1982 Kitchen Whizz Christoph Antony & Emilia Maubach I don't want to do the dishes any more! 1995 Kite Flying High Traditional Kite flying high in the blue of the sky. 1994 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 48 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Kojo No Tsuki Bansui Doi & Rentaro Taki Haru koro no hana noen meguru sakazuki … Publication Year/s 1978, 1984 Kookaburra Traditional Australian Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he … 1986 Kookaburra Laughed, The Wakefield Down to the lake came the old black horse, down to the lake for a drink … 1988 Kum Ba Yah Traditional West Indian Kum ba yah, my Lord .. Someone's crying Lord … 1977, 1989 Kumbaraza Traditional Ati kumbraza ye.. 2013 Kutsu Ga Naru Jill C Gallina O te te tsunai de 2012 Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta Traditional Finnish Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta, miero päivän nousendoa. 2003 La Bamba Traditional Para bailar la Bamba … se necesita un poca de gracia. 1989, 2012 La Bamba Traditional Italian C'è la luna piena ... glianimali ballano la bamba. Muu muu la ... 1995 La Bolivianita Traditional De Bolivia vengo bajando. 2007 La Cucaracha Traditional, English words by Elisabeth Mansutti Oh, the tiny cucaracha is a funny little insect … 1981 La Isla Bonita [Calypso medley] Madonna Ciccone, Pat Leona & Bruce Gaitsch Last night I dreamt of San Pedro ... 1993 La Mia Casa (My House) Traditional Italian, lyrics by Elio Guarnuccio La mia cas' é piccolina- la la la. 1990 Lachlan Tigers Traditional At his gate each shearer stood as the whistle loudly blew… 2007 Lahaina Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina I was sitting at a table in an open cafe ... 1991 Land of the Silver Birch Traditional Canadian Land of the silver birch- home of the beaver ... 1993 Lantern Festival Song Traditional Autumn moon is here at last, festival of lanterns bright. 1983 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 49 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream Ed McCurdy Last night I had the strangest dream I ever had before … 1977 Laughing Gnome, The David Bowie I was walking down the high street when I heard footsteps behind me ... 1984 Lay Down Your Arms Doron Levinson, Lisa Cohen & Brian Harry Lewis Dear God- please hear us- listen to our prayer ... 2000 Lazy Bones Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael You a good for nothin' lazy bones … 2002 Lazybones Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael Lazybones, sleepin' in the sun, how you 'spec' to get your day's work done? 1983 Lean Forwards, Lean Backwards Traditional Lean forwards, lean backwards to the left, to the right. 2013 Lean on Me Bill Withers Sometimes in our lives we all have pain ... 1994 Leather Wing Bat Peter Yarrow & Paul Stookey "Hi-" said the little leather wing bat ... 2000 Leave Them a Flower Wally Whyton I speak on behalf of the next generation … 1986 Lesson Break Rap Ann French When your mind needs a break- and your body too ... 2000 Lest We Forget Michael J Reynolds & Rhonda Macken Although you're getting on in years and memories seem to disappear. 2004, 2014 Let 'em Laugh Peter Alsop 1988 Let 'em laugh … Let 'em call me a clown … that won't stop me from getting up when I fall down! Let it Go Michael Leuning & Suzann Frisk Let it go, let it out. 2012 Let Me Fly Traditional spiritual Way down yonder, in the middle of the field … 1989 Let the Music Brian Simmons Just let the music move you. That's all you have to do. 1977 Let the River Run Carly Simon Let the river run- let all the dreamers wake the nation ... 1992 Let the Sunshine In [Hair medley] Galt MacDermot Let the sun shine- let the sunshine in- the sunshine in. 1998 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 50 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Let Us Sing Together Adapted from Czech folk tune [round] Let us sing together … one and all a joyous song … 1978 Let's Celebrate: An Easter Song Rhonda Macken At Easter time we think of long ago in old Jerusalem ... 1994 Let's Get Loud Gloria Estefan & Kike Santander Let's get loud, let's get loud. 2010 Let's Have Music Andre Oosterbaan Music! Let's have music. Music we'll sing … Let's Have Music Tim Hood Let's have music, let's sing a song ... 1980, 1981, 1983 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Let's Live as One Ben Mackenzie We are the children of this world. 2006 Let's Sing All Together Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter Let's sing all together- let's sing right now- let's sing with beauty ... 1999 Let's Twist Again Kal Mann & Dave Appell Come on! Ev'rybody- clap your hands. 1993 Life is Fun M Murphy, K Visocchi, D Taliangis & N Strother Life is fun and dreams will come, songs will be sung yeah. 2005 Life is Wonderful Jason Mraz It takes a crane to build a crane, 2011 Light a Candle Marta Keen Light a candle, hold a sign of hope in your hand. Light a cangle let it shine across the land. 2005 Light Candles in the Darkness Rhonda Macken The world's a place for us to live in peace ... 1997 Like an Eagle Carl Strommen Now is the time to follow the wind, to walk alone 2013 Li'l Liza Jane Traditional I know a gal that you don't know, L'il Liza Jane … 1987 Lily the Pink Traditional We'll drink a drink, a drink, to Lily the pink, the pink, the pink … 1982 Limbo Rock Jon Sheldon & William Strange Ev'ry limbo boy and girl all around the limbo world ... 2001 Lime Juice Tub Australian ballad When shearing comes, lay down your drums … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1977, 1996, 2013 51 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Limerick Song, The Traditional Aye … in China, they never grow chilly … 1980 Linstead Market Jamaican calypso Carry me ackee go a Linstead Market, not a quatty worth sell ... 1978 Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Solomon Linda & Paul Campbell Wim-o-weh ... In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight. 1984, 1986 Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky … 1978 Little Child John Shortis Little child, sleep soundly while Christmas bells may ring. 1975 Little David Traditional African-American Little David, play on your harp, hallelu', halleu' … 1983 Little Deuce Coupe Brian Wilson & Roger Christian Little Deuce Coupe, you don't klnow what I've got. 2009 Little Donkey Eric Boswell Little donkey … on the dusty road, got to keep on plodding onwards … 1979, 1988 Little Jack Horner Traditional Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie … 2002 Little People Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil & Jean-Marc Natel They laugh at me, these fellows, just because I am small. 2003 Little String Bag Vicki Larnach A little string bag is what you need. 1993 Little White Horse Wendu Morrison I got out of my bed… 2011 Live Baby Live [Appendages medley] Gary Crees & Carol Crees Live baby- live! ... You need your body to live. 1996 Living Planet Christos Karpathakis I am the living planet third orbit from the sun 2009 Living Years Mike Rutherford & B A Robertson Ev'ry generation blames the one before ... 2000 Loco-Motion, The Gerry Goffin & Carole King Ev'rybody's doin' a brand new dance now ... 1984, 1987, 2005 Lollies Class 2/3HF (1997) Bronte Public School I happened to be walking down the street- ooh- ooh- bubble gum. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999 52 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Lollipop Julius Dixon & Beverly Ross Lollipop lollipop, oh lolly, lolly, lolly. 2004 Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) Traditional Oh Danny Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling. 2007 Long Tall Texan Henry Strzelecki Well I'm a long tall Texan- I wear a ten gallon hat … 2002 Look After the Trees Lorraine A Milne There are so many things we take for granted ... 1992 Look for the Silver Lining Kern & De Sylva Please don't be offended if I preach to you awhile 2007 Look, There is the Steamboat Traditional Look, there is the steamer from faraway lands … 1980 Loony Limericks Traditional Aye, aye aye aye, the language of lim'ricks is loony. 2013 Loose Tooth Blues David & Jan Raff Hey- Mum look here at this tooth ... 1993 Lord of the Dance Music traditional, words adapted by Sydney Carter I danced in the morning when the world was begun … 1976, 1985 Lord, Lord, I've Got Some Singing to Do Robert Schertz The Lord made all the world in just six days … 1979 Lord's My Shepherd, The Music by Jessie Seymour Irvine The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want … 1982 Lotus Flower Song Traditional Hi raita hi raita Nanno hanaga 2009 Louise Traditional 1995, 2005 Way down in deepest Africa by the shade of the bongo tree, lived an elephant, her name it was Louise. Love is Alive at Christmas Rhonda Macken One little baby- living in the hay ... 1994 Love is all R Glove & E Hardin Ev'ry body's ot to love together. 2006 Love is all Around Us Reg Presley I feel it in my fingers- I feel it in my toes ... 1996 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 53 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Love of the Common People John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins Living on free food tickets…. 2010 Luau, The Traditional Comes the luau, beautiful morning, making ready in the early morning … 1982 Lucerne to Weggis Traditional Swiss From Lucerne to Weggis blue, holdiridia holdiria … 1980 Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds John Lennon & Paul McCartney Picture yourself in a boat on a river … 1985 Lukere's Desk Colin Buchanan Very few have climbed great mountains ... 1997 Lulu Jane Frazee Little Lulu- Lulu- dress'd in blue-lu- blue-lu- doing the hula ... 1995 Lychee Evan Jones Lychee, China white sea, my three kites fly free … 1982 Lydia the Tattooed Lady Ey Harburg & Harold Arlen La la la ... Lydia! Oh- Lydia! Say- have you met Lydia? 2001 Ma Bela Bimba Traditional Italian Ma come bali bela bimba, bela bimba, bela bimba … 1978 Macnamara's Band John J Stanford & Shamus O'Connor My name is Macnamara, I'm the leader of the band … 1975 Magalina Haggalina Traditional Maggalina Haggalina Ookataka Wakataka Okomokopoko ... 2000 Maggon, The Bad Tempered Dragon Peter Canwell Once there was a dragon, a bad-tempered dragon ... 1979, 1984 Magic Night H Belolo, J Morali & V Willis When I'm with my friends, there's magic in the air… 2006 Mairire's Wedding Traditional Gaelic Step we gaily- on we go- heel for heel and toe for toe … 2002 Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingstone Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey … 1988 Make 'em Laugh Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown Make 'em Laugh, make 'em laugh… 2011 Make Hay While the Sun Shines Peter Cupples Keep you heart for adventure- and your inquisitive mind ... 1990 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 54 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Make the Puppet Dance Lorraine A Milne Make the puppet dance, jingle, jangle .. 1982 Make Your Own Kind of Music Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil Nobody can tell you there's only one song worth singing 2009 Malaaisha Traditional Iza nezembe Malaisha… 2010 Malenre'kiy Yodzhek Traditional Russian Malen'kiy yodzhek- chetvero nozhek na spine listok nesyot Pesenku poyot- oy! … 2002 Mama Don't 'Low No Music Cow Cow Davenport Mama don't 'low no music playin' in here. 1979, 1989, 1999 Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm Jerome Jerome, Richard Byron & Walter Kent Since she was a kid of three- Connie practised diligently. 2001 Mamma Mia (ABBA medley) Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus I've been cheated by you since I don't know when … 2002 Mamunya Caithlin Maeve Mamunya for the children. 2012 Man of La Mancha, I Don Quixote Joe Darion & Mitch Leigh Hear me now, O thou bleak and unbearable world … 1986 Manana Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour The faucet is dripping and the fence she's falling down ... 1984 Mandrake Tex Morton I've told you of Aristocrat and good old Rocky Ned ... 1992 Mango Walk West Indian calypso My brother did a-tell me that you go mango walk … 1980 Mangoes Traditional Mangoes … mango vert, mango teen … Ah wan' a penny to buy … 1983 Maori Fishing Song Traditional Taku Rongo maie 2005 Maori Stick Game Traditional E papa waiari takune mahi takune mahi e tukuroi mata. E au ... 1995, 2014 Maps Goldie Capers-Smith, Elisabeth Mansutti & Elaine Hampton A map is a picture of where you are going … 1981 Maraca Joe Don Cowan Down in the land of Mexico, there lives a boy called Maraca Joe … 1983 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 55 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Marbles in my Pocket Lynda Pender & Craig Schlencker Marbles in my pocket, winter time's begun … 1981 Marching Song Chris John, Jim Patterson & Denise Alexander When I'm feeling happy , I just like to march… 2012 Marco Polo, The Hugh Jones The Marco Polo's a very fine ship, the fastest on the sea … 1986 Marianina Traditional Italian O'er the ocean flies a merry fay, soft her wings are, as a cloud of day … 1982 Martin the Cobbler Traditional, new words by Elisabeth Mansutti Martin the cobbler sits by the window, watch how his work is nimble and neat. 1981 Marvellous Toy, The Tom Paxton When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy … 1977, 1986 Mary Ann Traditional calypso All day, all night, Miss Mary Ann … 1979 Mary Had a Baby, Yes Lord Traditional African-American Mary had a baby, yes, Lord! Mary had a baby, yes, my Lord! 1981 Mary Had a Little Blues Charles A. Collins Mary had a little lamb- its fleece was black as soot. 2001 Mary Poppins R Sherman & R Sherman Chim, chiminey, chim, chiminey… 2012 Maryborough Miner Traditional Come all you sons of liberty and listen to my song. 2014 Mary's Boy Child Jester Hairston Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say … 1976, 1979, 1977 [words only] Mary's Child Geoffrey Ainger Born in the night, Mary's child, a long way from home … 1983 Mashed Potato Katherine Dines This is the way my gradma makes mashed potatoes, mahed potatoes 2007 Masters in this Hall Words by William Morris Masters in this hall, hear ye news today … 1979 Mathemagical Maths Rhonda Macken They said it was fun- divide by two- subtract one ... 2001 Maths Rap Phil Paviour You got the square- I got the cube- I got the triangle- I got the blues ... 1998 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 56 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Matilda Traditional Matilda … she take me money and run Venezuela … 1985 May it be Enya & Roma Ryan May it be an evening star shines down upon you. 2006 Me and My Shadow [Soft Shoe medley] Billy Rose, Al Jolson & Dave Dreyer Me and my shadow- strolling down the avenue ... 1996 Meadowlands, The Traditional Czech Out to the meadowlands we go, walking in the sunlight … 1979 Mean Old Hyena Jack Prelutsky & Graeme Connors The hyena was lazy and lanky- he was sneaky and slinky and lean ... 1998 Mee Ha Bai Loo Loo Ba Shembel Traditional Turkish Mee ha bai loo loo bashembel … 2000 Men of Harlech William Duthie Men of Harlech, in the hollow, do ye hear like rushing billow … 1975 Mermaid, The English One Friday morn, when we set sail, and our ship not far from land … 1975 Merry Christmas John Wheeler & William G James Sun gleams bright, hearts are light … 1977, 1982, 1988 Merry Piper, The Doris R Fisher & R William I am a merry piper, I travel far and wide … 1978 Messing About on the River Tony Hatch When the weather is fine, then you know it's a sign … 1983 Metamorphosis Peter Christie My budgie has changed to an orang-outang ... 1991 Mexican Woodpecker, The Ralph Martucci A mexican woodpecker, high in a tree … 1980 Mezare Israel Traditional Mezare Israel Yek abtsenu ... Ushemaro Kero edro ... shem ... 1994 Mi Caballo Blanco Traditional Es mi caballo blanco, 2012 Michael Finnigin Traditional There was an old man called Michael Finnigin … 1981 Michael Finnigin/This Old Man Traditional/Traditional There was an old man called Michael Finnigin, he grew whiskers on his chinigin … 1982 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 57 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Midnight Raider Lorraine Milne & Ross Inglis I wanna tell you a story 'bout a cat ... 1992 Mighty Muldoon Alex Hood Make way for mighty Muldoon, there's not a record he won't break soon. 1981 Milkshake Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis 2005 Do the shake, (do the shake), do the shake, (do the shake). Do the milkshake, the milkshake. Do the shake. Minstrel, The Franz Schubert When first the buds are blowing, thro' fields and forest going … 1978 Miss Sue from Alabama Traditional American Miss Sue ... from Alabama. Hey- you- scooby doo ... 1993 Mister Banjo Traditional American Look at the dandy, see Mister Banjo … 1976 Mixing Colours Lorraine A Milne Mixing colours, finding out what will happen … 1982 Modern Major General [The Pirates of Penzance medley] W.S. Gilbert & A.S. Sullivan I am the very model of a modern Major General. 2001 Molly Malone Traditional In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty … 1978, 1975 Monday Morning Blues Seona McDowell Woke up this morning, I've got the blues … 1985 Money Blues Malvina Reynolds Some folks have lots of money, some haven't got a bean … 1986 Money to Burn David Heneker If I had money to burn a hole in my pocket ... I'd go like a rocket ... 2001 Money, Money, Money Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus I work all night- I work all day- to pay the bills I have to pay. 1996 Monkey Bars Phil Paviour There's monkey bars at the park. 1997 Monster Mash Bobby Pickett & Lenny Capizzi I was working in the lab late one night ... 2000 Moon Festival Song Traditional Vietnamese Tet trung thu xách den di chòi Em xách den di cap nòi lang Tung … 2000 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 58 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Moon River Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini Moon River, wider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style some day. Moon Shadow Cat Stevens I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow. 1977 1981, 1988 Moon, The R L Stevenson & Mark Weeks The moon has a face like the clock in the hall … 1989 Mooving Phil Paviour In the back paddock of Mister Von Klink's farm ... 1998 Moreton Bay Traditional One Sunday morning, as I went walking by Brisbane waters … 1982 Morning Has Broken Words by Eleanor Farjeon Morning has broken, like the first morning. 1976, 1985 Moscow Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger & Christian Dornaus Moscow, queen of the Russian Land 2006 Moses Supposes Traditional Rhyme Moses supposes his toeses are roses … 2002 Mosquito Aces Louise Pettinger In the summer heat- when cicadas sing- I can hear a sound ... 1997 Mosquitoes Wendy Ireland Did I tell you I hate mosquitoes? 2007 Mother Nature's Son John Lennon & Paul McCartney Born a poor young country boy… 2010 Mother's Lament Traditional A muvver was washing her baby one night … 1985 Motown Medly Stevenson, Gaye & Hunter; Ashford, Simpson, Holland, Holland & Dozier Calling out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat? 2009 Move to the Music Lorraine A Milne Y' gotta move to the music, y' gotta groove to the music … 1981, 1992 Move Your Feet Jesper Mortensen Ev'ry body move your feet and feel united 2006 Moving On Gary Moore I'm gonna leave this place tomorrow ... 1992 Mozzie Swat Shane Heatlie, Andrew Johns & Felix Riley It's thirty-two degrees and eating in the shade. 2008 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 59 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Mr And Mrs Kazoo John Shortis & Brian Simmons Mister Kazoo heard Missus Kazoo playing on the radio-o … 1981 Mr Banjo Traditional Look at the dandy, see Mister Banjo … 1982 Mr Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker I knew a man Bojangles, and he danced for you, in worn-out shoes. 1986 Mr Mystery Kirstin Berg & Brooke Hunter Just me and you, together that's two. Just you and me, so how come there's three? 1985 Mr Spaceman J McGuin Woke up this morning with light in my eyes … 1985 Mr Tambourine Man Bob Dylan Hey! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me … 1979, 1992 Mr Willie Wagtail Neil McClelland He's dressed in black, he dressed in white. 2007 Mr Wobblesgoose's Bicycle Kenneth Anderson Old Mister Wobblegoose, nearly ninety-two … 1980 Mrs Murphy's Chowder George L Giefer Won't you bring back … Mrs Murphy's chowder? 1979 Muddy Water Roger Miller Look out for me- oh muddy water- your mysteries are deep ... 1991 Mull of Kintyre Paul McCartney & Denny Laine Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea … 1979 Mumbo Jumbo Peter & Robyn Mapleson Abracadabra- hocus pocus- mumbo jumbo zing! 1998 Mummy Song, The Colin Buchanan You ought to see what they did to my mummy ... 1995 Music is My Life R Porter & J Wagner-Porter Music, sweet, sweet, music. 2009 Music of the Day Peter Combe Look at the sky on a blue, cloudless day … 1981 Music of the World A-Turnin', The Levitt & Thomas I hear the music of the world a-turnin' ... 1992 Music of this Land, The Lorraine A Milne As you trace the ragged coastline ... 1990 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 60 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Music Speaks Louder Than Words Harold Payne, Edgar Pease & Michael Scarpiello Music speaks louder than words 2011 Mustang Sally Bonny Rice Mustang Sally. Guess you'd better slow that Mustang down. 2003 My Best to You Isham Jones & Gene Walladen Here's to you. May your dreams come true. 2004 My Bike Elisabeth Mansutti & Craig Schlencker It was a beaut bike, my bike. I'd painted it bright green … 1981, 1982 My Boat Traditional Hawaiian, adapted by Ermine & Elsa Cross My boat is sailing, sailing, sailing … over the water … 1977 My Body Peter Alsop My body's nobodys' body but mine. You run your own body, let me run mine. 1987 My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes Edward Pola, John Golden & Ted Koehler Since makin' whoopee became all the rage … 1980, 1993 My Choice Helen Green & Lorraine Milne They want to know the answer- they're always asking me ... 1991 My Dad Drives a Big Mack Truck Mark Weeks My Dad drives a big Mack truck- through the outback's dust ... 1990 My Dad Snores John Williamson My dad snores, does yours? 2008, 2014 My Dad the Worker Rhonda Macken My Dad the worker goes to work each day. 1995 My Dog Joe Wendy Fine I have a naughty dog, and his name is Joe … 1987 My Dog Rupert Janet Thomas & Lyn Stott My dog Rupert's cool and slick … 2002 My Family's Cat Rhonda Macken My family's cat is old and grey- miaow- miaow. 1993, 2011 My Farm Traditional Argentinean Come let us see my farm, for it is beautiful … 1977 My Fatherre's Hands (Lucky to be an Australian) Broderick Smith & Tony Slavich My father's hands- they work in steel ... 1991 My Fatherre's House Traditional American Won't you come with me to my father's house ... 1993 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 61 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s My Favourite Things Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rogers Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ... 1991 My Friend Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka When I'm unhappy and feeling lonely … 2002 My Friend Jayne Travers-Drapes You can laugh but you can't cry. Share my thoughts – only try. 2005 My Galre's/Guy's a Corker Traditional My gal's a corker- she's a bushwalker. 1997 My Grandfather's Clock Henry C Work My grandfather's clock was too big for the shelf … 1980 My Hat it has Three Corners Traditional My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat. 2006 My Island Home Neil Murray Six years I've been in the city and ev'ry night I dream of the sea. 1997, 2014 My Literary Friend Henry Lawson & Brian Fitzgerald Once I wrote a little poem that I thought was very fine … 1989 My Little Boat Louise Pettinger We set off from the shore-line with the help of a friendly breeze. 2010 My Mother Works at the Bakery Traditional My mother works at the bakery- yum- yum- yum- yum. 1996 My Name Is Traditional Rhyme My name is: Addi- addi- chickeri- chickeri … 2000 My Name Is Joe Traditional Hi- my name is Joe- I've a wife and three kids ... 1996 My Nose is Blue Alexander Soames & Allan Miller My nose is blue, my teeth are green … 1979 My Oath to Australia John Williamson Hoist up the kangaroo- red ochre- Uluru- golden wattle ... 1995 My Old Banjo Traditional 2005 I love to play my old banjo and rest it on my knee. But now the strings are broken down and it's no good to me. My Place Col Finley My place is a little house, surrounded by a country town © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2006 62 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s My Ship Sailed from China Traditional My ship sailed from China with a cargo of tea ... 1990 Nane Nane Traditional Torres Strait Islander Nane- nane- pungai pungai pa. 2002 Narcissus, The Traditional Fair narcissus sui-sin-fa- lovely blossom sui-sin-fa. 1996 Nasty Little Lice Julian Duband You always try and keep your hair so very shiny clean ... 1993 Native Born Archie Roach Albert Namatjira painted not so much the things he saw … 2002 Nature Wayne Mason Through falling leaves I pick my way slowy… 2014 Nature's Lament Debra Byrne Do you really care? Have you heard the cries? 2005 Ndinani Na Traditional South African Wamemez' Un gomaa. Ndiya gula Ndinani Na? … 2002 Nero Burnt Rome D D A Kloessing [round] Nero burnt Rome … burnt ev'ry home … 1980 Never Bath in an Irish Stew Spike Milligan & John Shortis Never bath in an Irish stew, it's a most illogical thing to do .. 1975 Never Ending Story Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey Turn around, look what you see in her face; the mirror of your dreams. Never Never Letty Katts What better seat than a saddle, what better roof than the sky … Never Smile at a Crocodile J Lawrence & F Churchill Never smile at a crocodile, no you can't get friendly with a crocodile ... 1989, 2002 1982 1976, 1984 Never Song, The Edward Lipton I'ver heard a collie bark, I've heard a police dog bark … 1980 Never Too Old Rhonda Macken She sits by the fireside- reading the paper ... 1996 Never, No Never, No Never Peter Combe Three girls could never, no never, no never squash into an old paint tin … 1983 New Found Land Woody Guthrie Well, I just got up to my new found land … 1978 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 63 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song New Playgym Peter Combe It was Friday afternoon, and the clock said half past three … Publication Year/s 1982, 1986 New Shoes Jim Duguid, Matty Benbrook & Paolo Nutini Woke up cold one Tuesday… 2011 Nga Tae o Nga Putiputi Mary Chetty Puiputi whero. Putiputi kahurangi. 2002 Ngulkul Ginjil [The Firewood Song] Joe Geia Ngulkul ginjil ... 1988 Nicky Knacky Knocky Noo Traditional Hands on my head, what is that here? 1989 Night Before Christmas Carly Simon Children carry through the streets a brightly painted star. 1999 Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Richard M & Robert B Sherman Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train … 1989 Nina Nana Traditional Nina nana- Cocola della mama. Nina nana- Cocola del ... 1996 Nine Hundred Miles Traditional Walkin' down this railroad track ... 1992 Nine to Five Dolly Parton Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen … 2002 No Bad News Charlie Smalls When I wake up in the afternoon, which pleases me to do … 1987 No Goon No Pah Traditional Aboriginal No goon no pah no pah ga la gi an gamma way terri mo ... 1999 No Mirrors in My Nannare's House Ysaye Maria Barnwell There were no mirrors in my Nanna's house ... 2000 Nobody Nose Kaye Umansky Nobody nose where my nose has gone… 2007 Nobody's Business [Calypso medley] Traditional Jamaican folk song Solomon grandpa's gone to Equador ... 1993 Noel, Noel Jan Holdstock Noel- Noel ... Jesus was born on Christmas day ... 1997 Non Nobis Domine Patrick Doyle & Lawrence Ashmore Non nobis domine domine ... sed nomine- sed domine Tu o da gloria. 2000 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 64 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Not Alone Jane Plumridge This is a vast land of many colours… 2011 Not-so-boring Minuet Phyllis Aleta Wolfe We are supposed to sing this song. We hope it doesn't last too long! 1999 Nursery Rhyme Rap, The Mark Weeks Everybody clap, everybody clap, everybody clap to the nursery rhyme rap. 1988 Nutting for Christmas S Stepper & R Bennett I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas… 2010 O Canada Calixa Lavalee, Robert Stanley Weir & Adolphe-Basile Routhier O Canada! 2012 O Caterina Traditional Italian Oh, has anybody seen our Caterina? They tell me she's coming. 1979 O Come All Ye Faithful Traditional Christmas Carol O come all ye faithful- joyful and triumphant ... 1991 O Little One Peter Combe O, little one, O little one, all wrapped in swaddling clothes … 1985 O Little Town of Bethlehem Traditional Christmas Carol O little town of Bethlehem- how still we see thee lie ... 1996 O No John English On yonder hill there stands a creature, who she is I do not know … 1975 O Sinner Man/What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor? Traditional/Traditional sea shanty O sinner man, where will you run to … all on that day? 1983 O Tannenbaum Traditional, new words by Elisabeth Mansutti O, Tannenbaum … your branches green delight us … 1981 O Waly Waly (There is a Ship) Traditional English The water is wide. I cannot get over- and neither have I wings to fly. 1998 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da John Lennon & Paul McCartney Desmond has a barrow in the market place … 1975, 1987 Ob-Nail Boots Wot Farver Wore, The Words traditional, music by Lorraine A Milne Me farver's feet filled up half a street, so 'is boots was in proportion … 1979, 1986 Octopus's Garden Richard Starkey I'd like to be under the sea, in an octopus's garden, in the shade … 1981, 1988 Odd Job Song, The Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith We're sweeping the path for Missus McGrath … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1981 65 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Oh Mama Hurry Mark Weeks Oh, Mama, hurry … get the bottle for the baby. 1989 Oh Susanna Traditional I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee … 1987 Oh Ye Cannae Shove Your Granny Traditional Oh ye cannae shove your Granny... 2010 Oh, Better Far to Live and Die Giblert and Sullivan Oh, better far to live and die under the brave black flag I fly 2006 Oh, How He Lied! Traditional She sat by the window and played her guitar ... 1995 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep Traditional African-American If I could I surely would, stand on the rock where Moses stood. 1977 Oh, My Aunt Came Back Traditional, words by Rhona Macken Oh my aunt came back… 2011 Oh, Rock My Soul Traditional Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham ... 1984 Oh, the Thinks You Can Think (Seuss Medley) Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens Oh, the Thinks you can think! Oh, the Thinks you can think if you're willing to try. 2005 Oh, 'twas in the Broad Atlantic English Oh, t'was the broad Atlantic, 'mid the equinoctial gales … 1975 Oh, What a Beautiful Morning [Oklahoma medley] Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Oh- what a beautiful morning- oh- what a beautiful day ... 2000 Okina Taiko Junichi Kobayashi & Yoshinao Nakada Ookina Taiko don don Ki sano taiko ton ton ton Ookina taiko ... 1993 Okki-tokki-unga Traditional Okki-tokki-unga … hey, Missa Day, Missa Doh, Missa Day … 1979 Oklahoma [Oklahoma medley] Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Oklahoma where the wind comes rushing down the plains. 2000 Old Bark Hut, The Traditional Oh, my name is Bob the Swagman, and I'll have you understand … 1980, 1991 Old Billabong Jim Low Who's going down to the old billabong? 2010 Old Bullock Dray, The Traditional Australian Oh, the shearing is all over, the wool is coming down … 1976 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 66 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Old Cottonblossom, The, No. 1 R Sparkes If I could be anything I want to be, anything under the sun … Old MacDonald Traditional Old MacDonald had a farm- ee-i-ee-i-oh. Old MacDonald's Car Marl Leehy and Kevin O'Mara Old MacDonald had a car e-i-e-i-o. Old Man Emu John Williamson Let me tell you of an interview with old man emu. Publication Year/s 1977 1990,1997 2010 1987, 2003, 2009 Old Man Platypus A.B. ('Banjo') Paterson & Lorraine Milne Far from the trouble and toil of town ... 1992 Old Music Master Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael One night, long ago, by the light of the moon … 1981 Old Piano Man, The Robert W. Thygerson Up in Chicago- is where the folks go- just to hear that old piano man. 2001 Old Texas Traditional American I'm going to leave old Texas now ... 1977, 1984, 1988 Old Time Rock 'n' Roll Tom Jones III & George Jackson Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to 'em by myself. 1988 Old Uncle Luke Traditional Rhyme Old Uncle Luke thinks he's cute… 2000 Oleanna Traditional Oh to be in Oleanna. That's where I'd like to be … 1978 On a Bicycle Harry Dacre Ging gang gooli gooli gooli on a bicycle- ging gang gooli ... 1997 On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at Traditional English Where hast thou been since I saw thee? On Ilkla Moor baht'at … 1976, 1983 On Mules We Find Traditional, lyrics by Ogden Nash On mules we find two legs behind and two we find before. 1996 On My Way Phil Collins Tell ev'ry body I'm on my way. 2007 On the Good Ship Lollipop Clare & Whiting I've thrown away my toys. 2007 On the Sunny Side of the Street Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh Grab your coat and get your hat- leave your worries on the doorstep ... 1998 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 67 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s On Top of Spaghetti Tom Glazer On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese. 2007 On with the Show Jay Althouse We're ready to sing, we're up on the stage… 2012 On Your Marks Rhonda Macken Read all about it! ... Green and yellow is the best ... 2000, 2013 Once an Austrian Went Yodelling Marie Winn & Allen Miller Once an Austrian went yodelling, on a mountain so high ... 1981, 1984 Once in Royal Davidre's City Traditional Christmas Carol Once in Royal David's City- stood a lowly cattle shed. 1995 One Bottle of Pop Traditional One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop … Don’t throw your junk in my backyard … 1979 One Brick at a Time Cy Coleman & Michael Stewart The Lord gave each and ev'ryone- the spunk to do what can't be done ... 1999 One Day Sue Stevens One day the sun will rise on a bright new morning ... 2000 One Drop Round Fay White One drop of water makes a splash, flicks away a few grains of earth. 2003 One Hundred Children Tom Hall One hundred children, brave boys and girls … 1981 One Hundred Years from Now Lisa Silver & Patty Way I was fishing with my Grandpa on the shady river-side… 2013 One Little Candle Audrey Snyder One little candle burning bright … 2002 One Misty Moisty Morning Traditional English One misty morning, when cloudy was the weather … 1978 One More Day Traditional sea shanty Only one more day- me Johnny- one more day. 1992 One More River Traditional Old Noah he did build the ark. There's one more river to cross … 1985 One Thing Wrong With Rainbows, The John Shortis I have watched a thousand rainbows lean across the sky … 1976 One Voice Barry Manilow Just one voice singing in the darkness … 2002 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 68 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s One, Two, Three Jeffery Leask One, two, three, one, two, three, can you count one, two, three? 1988 One, Two, Three, Four, Five Traditional One- two- three four five- once I caught a fish alive. 1990 One-Eyed Jack Words anon., music by Elaine Hempton One-eyed Jack, the pirate chief, was a terrible, fearsome ocean thief. 1979 One-Eyed Jack Traditional One-eyed Jack the pirate chief ... 1994 One-Man Band Elisabeth Mansutti & Phil Cunneen See who's coming down the street, with his drum on his back and bells on his feet. 1983 Ooby Dooby Wade Moore & Dick Penner Hey baby- come over there- when we do the Ooby Dooby ... 1994 Oom-Pah-Pah Lionel Bart Oom-pah-pah … that's how it goes …ev'ry one knows … 1977 Oompa-Loompa Song Bricusse & Newley Oompa-loompa, doompa-dee do. I've got a perfect puzzle for you 2004 Oomphalada Julie Wallace, Cindy Smith & John Vallins One day, while walking down the street, I chanced to meet a hippo … 1983 Open Up Our World Phil & Jodi Tweed We open up our world and make room for many friends. 2011 O'Rafferty's Motor Car Tommie Connor Now Danny O'Rafferty's motor car is the greatest I declare ... 1993 Our House Chris Foreman & Chas Smyth Father wears his Sunday best- Mother's tired- she needs a rest ... 2000 Our Lips are Sealed Jane Wedlin & Terence Hill Can you hear them? 2007 Our Solar System Phil Barton & Ben O'Hara It's our solar system, our solar system. 2003 Out the Back Don Spencer & Alan Caswell There's a lot more of Australia out the back. 2000 Over in the Meadow Traditional Over in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun … 1989 Overlander, The Traditional There's a trade you all know well, and it's bringing cattle over … 1985 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 69 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Overlander, The [Bush Dance medley] Traditional Australian There's a trade we all know well- it's bringing cattle over. 2001 Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (Happy Medley) George Henry Powell Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. 2003 Pack Up Your Troubles/It's a Long Way to Tipperary George Asaf (Powell) & Felix Powell; Jack Judge & Harry Williams 1984 Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile. Paddy McGinty's Goat Bery Lee & R.P. Weston Paddy McGinty- an Irish man of note ... 1994 Paddy the Fireman Davy Brown Paddy was a fireman who lived in our street … 1988 Paddy Works on the Railroad Traditional American railroad song In eighteen hundred and forty-one, I put my cord'roy breeches on … 1979, 1987 Page of Traditional Rhymes Traditional Page of Traditional Rhymes 2000 Paint the Ocean Ian Jefferson When I was told 'Paint a picture of the ocean!', I considered it an easy task indeed. 2004 Pandur, Pandur Traditional Hungarian Pandur- pandur andanduri ... 1993 Parcel in the Post Peter Combe I had a friend in Melbourne ... 1984 Party Christine Anu & David Bridie Stepping out in my deadly red shoes ... 1998 Pavlova Rolf Harris G'day! Listen! I met this bloke ... 1991 Pay Me My Money Down Traditional I thought I heard the captain say "pay me my money down … 1983 Peace by Piece Darryl Chute & Susanne Freeman Ev'rybody's got to stick together under the one sky. 2000 Peace Round Jean Ritchie What a goodly thing- if the children of the world ... 1997 Peanut Butter Sandy T Offenheim It's good for your Dad, and it's good for your mother. 1978 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 70 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Peanut Butter, Yes, Please Lorraine A Milne Peanut butter, yes ma'am! Peanut butter, not jam. 1985 Peanut Vendor Cuban melody, words & music of English version by Xavier Gugat Peanuts! Peanuts! In Cuba each merry maid wakes up with this serenade … 1979 Pearly Shells Webley Edwards & Leon Pober Pearly shells, from the ocean, shining in the sun, covering the shore … 1980 Pebble and the Man [Happiness Runs] Donovan Leitch Little pebble upon the sand, now you're lying here in my hand … 1978 Penny Lane John Lennon & Paul McCartney Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs … 1978 People Get Ready Curtis Mayfield People get ready- there's a train a-comin'. 2001 Peppermint Twist Joey Dee & Henry Glover Got a new dance and it goes like this ... 1991 Permission to Shine Bridget Benenate Hey- what would you say if I can't play the hero tonight? … 2002 Perrie Merrie Dixie Dominie Traditional I had four brothers over the sea. Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie … 1987 Peta Peta Traditional Peta Peta seniwa dideh deh … 1985 Peter Pan Michael Maurice Harvey Peter Pan, the boy lives in ev'ry man. 2009 Petit Papa Noel Henri Martinet & Raymond Ovanessian Petit Papa Noel quand tu descendras du ciel 2009 Phil the Fluter's Ball Traditional Have you heard of Phil the Fluter, of the town of Ballymuck! 1983 Phone Calls Daddy Peter Combe Sits by the phone, making lots of phonecalls … Daddy. 1987 Pick a Bale o' Cotton Traditional American, words by John Lomax Gonna jump down, turn around, pick a bale o' cotton … 1976, 1981 1986 Piffle Poffle, The Catherine Lodge & Lorraine A Milne If you ever see a creature with thirty-seven toes … 1980 Pizza Deborah Mulcair We are going off to buy a pizza. Well, are you now? 2003 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 71 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Plastic Song, The Words by D Henderson Day and night, the big machine, turns out a never ending stream … 1977 Platypus Song Morva Cogan O riddle, riddle, riddle me, a platypus I be! 1980 Po Atarau Traditional Po Atarau… 2007 Poison Blood Sally Dastey, Cindy Louise Bennett & Amy Saunders If you build it, don't tear it. If you build it, don't tear it down. 2003 Pokare Kare Ana Maori love song Pokare kare ana nga waio Rotorua … 1975, 1983, 1988, 2014 Policemanre's Lot, A [The Pirates of Penzance medley] W.S. Gilbert & A.S. Sullivan When a felon's not engaged in his employment ... 2001 Pollution Tom Lehrer If you visit American city- you will find it very pretty ... 1998 Polly-Wolly-Doodle Traditional Oh, I went down south for to see my Sal, sing polly wolly doodle all the day. 1988, 2000 Pony Man, The Gordon Lightfoot When it's midnight on the meadow, and the cats are in the shed … 1975, 1985 Pony Song S Coleman & A Thorn See the pony trotting, trotting, down the country road. 1989 Poor Freda Brian Simmons Freda's got a funny nose, looks quite like a yellow rose … 1975 Poor Ned [Ballad of Ned Kelly] Trevor Lucas Poor Ned, you're better off dead. At least you'll get some peace of mind. 1988 Popeye [Cartoon medley] Sammy Lerner I'm Popeye the sailor man ... I'm strong to the 'finich' ... 1995 Porcupine Pie Neil Diamond Porcupine pie … vanilla soup, a double scoop, please … 1977 Porog At E Liu Thaiday Porog ata e, porog ata e.. 2006 Possibility Christopher Hoyne In the distance there is light and you start to wonder… 2013 Possum Julie Blanchard My house is so sold my house is cool, ev'rything stays in place as a rule. 2008 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 72 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Potato Cheryl Wheeler Potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato 2012 Pots and Pans Phil Parton & Scott Aplin When I get to the kitchem, I can't control my hands. 2006 Prehistoric Animal Brigade, The M L Reeve Listen to the chorus of the brontosaurus ... 1979, 1984 Pretty Little Baby Traditional What you gonna call your pretty little baby? ... 1996 Pretty Little Ditty Harley Mead Boom chick boom chicka boom boom… 2013 Proper Cup o' Coffee Traditional Puerto Rican Maracas are playing, dancers are swaying … 1977 Proper Sort of Gardener, A Maggie Holland & Jon Moore Once upon a time I found a garden- picked the brightest things ... 2000 Proud Mary John C Fogerty Left a good job in the city … 1977, 1983, 1995 Proud to be Australian Sally Hogan I've got eyes like my mother, and big feet like my brother. 2003 Psarapoula Traditional Greek Ksekina mia psaropoula Apto yialo- Ksekina mia psaropoula Aptin ... 1998 Psaropoula Traditional Greek See, the bright boat sails away now, out from the shore … 1981 Puddles Bob Brown & Harvey Welsh I call my puppy Puddles… 2006 Purple People Eater, The Sheb Wooley Well, I saw the thing a-comin' out of the sky. Pushbike Song Idris & Evan Jones Riding along on a pushbike, honey, when I noticed you … 1981, 1993, 2003 1985, 1975 Pusi Nofo Traditional Samoan Song Pusi nofo, nofo lugaole fala. 2005 Put a Little Bit of Love in Your Heart Rhonda Macken Put a little bit of love in your heart- today's a great place to start. 1998 Put a Little Love in Your Heart Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers & Jackie de Shannon Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand. 2004 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 73 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Put on a Happy Face Lee Adams & Charles Strouse Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face … Publication Year/s 1981, 2006 Put Your Hand in the Hand Gene MacLellan Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water … 1980 Put Your Little Foot Right Out Traditional Dutch/Afrikaans Put your little foot right out. 1990 R.O.C.K. Haley & Kiefer R.O.C.K. Rock! Take an "R" from the eight ... 1992 Railroad Train, The Charles Harvey Clickety-clack- a-lunk- a-lunk! 1990 Rain Peter Combe And the rain keeps tumbling down. Listen, it's a wonderful sound. 1987, 2010 Rain Traditional Aboriginal, words by John Shortis Rain clouds have come and have blocked out the sun … 1981, 1986 Rain It Raineth All Around, The Traditional Rhyme Rain It Raineth All Around- The 2002 Rain Song, The John Perry & Douglas Coombes On Monday morning he got up. It's raining, it's raining again! 1981 Rainbow Connection, The Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher Why are there so many songs about rainbows ... 1993 Rainbow Snake Robin McPherson In the outback of Australia lives the rainbow snake ... 1984 Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head Hal David & Burt Bacharach Raindrops keep fallin' on my head … 1983, 1976 [words only] Rainforest Rap Sam Valentine Yo yo let me talk t'ya 'bout a special place… 2007, 2014 Raining on the Rock John Williamson Pastel red to burgundy and spinifex to gold. 2007, 2014 Rak Niwilli Pilawuk White & Peter Lawson Alice Rigney rode a pointer shak from Torrens River 2006 Ram of Derby Traditional Australian 1980, 1988 As I went to Derby upon a market day, I met the finest sheep [me boys] there/that ever was ever fed on hay. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 74 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Rap It Up Julie Blanchard & Rhonda Macken You need to go to school to exercise your brain ... 1993 Rattlin' Bog Traditional Hi, ho, the rattlin' bog, down in the valley - O. 1986 Rattling Dog Traditional, arranged by Mike Jackson Rare bog, a rattling bog… 2009 Raunchy Little Rockin' Tune, A Lorraine A Milne I heard a band playin' down in the park … 1981 Rawhide Ned Washington & Dimitri Tiomkin Rollin', rollin' rollin'. Rollin', rollin', rollin'. Rollin', rollin' rollin', Rawhide! 2003 Razzle Dazzle John Kander & Fred Ebb Give 'em the old razzle dazzle, razzle dazzle 'em. 2005 Reach Cathy Dennis & Andrew Todd When the world leaves you feeling blue, you can count on me. 2003 Reach Diane Warren & Gloria Estefan Some dreams live on in time for ever. 2004 Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) Nicholas Ashford & Valerie Simpson Reach out and touch, somebody's hand. 2008 Reach Out For Peace Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis Reach out for peace all over the world … 1988 Real Wild Child John Greenan & Johnny O'Keefe Well I'm just out of school like I'm real, real cool. 2011 Redback on the Toilet Seat Ralph Ernest Newtown There was a redback on the toilet seat when I was there last night. 2007 Reindeer Boogie Stephen Lawrence Oh, I thought I heard a jingle and a tiny hoof. 2007 Reindeer Rap Sally Albrecht We fly through the air like we know that we should ... 1998 Reluctant Dragon, The Penner, Hee & Wolcott I'm the reluctant dragon. What ho! Quite so! 1976 Remember the Feeling of Christmas Matthew Perry Remember the feeling of Christmas time ... 1997 Respect Phil & Jodi Tweed & Peter & Elizabeth Oliver You've gotta respect all your brothers and sisters… 2010 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 75 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Rheumatism Boogie Louis Tod Innis & Moon Mulligan Well my Unlce Ebenezer and old Aunt Jane heard the rheumatism boogie… 2008 Rhythm in Syncopation D D A Kloessing Rhythm in syncopation, that is the true foundation … 1979 Rhythm of Life, The Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman Daddy started out in San Francisco, tootin' on his trumpet, loud and mean ... 1977, 1998 Riddle, The Traditional German A little man is standing within the wood … 1977 Ride the Wind Harry Bryan Ride the wind. That's what the old man said to me. 2003 Riding Round on Golf Balls Bob Brown 2005, 2014 I'm not a fluffy Persian cat, a prize dog or race horse. I'm just a common garden ant who lives on a big golf course. Right Said Fred Miles Rudge & Ted Dicks Right, said Fred, both of us together. One each end and steady as we go. 1979, 1984 Right Way Round, The Lorraine A Milne All the people who live in the northern hemisphere … 1986 Ring, Ring the Banjo Stephen Foster The time is never dreary, if the darky never groans … 1978 Rip Rip Woodchip John Williamson What am I gonna do- what about the future? 1991 Risseldy Rosseldy Traditional I married my spouse in the month of June. 2013 River Boy F Carter He was born and raised on the river, it's the only life that he knows … 1981 River Country William A. McIntosh 2005 From the stones of New Years Ridge, down the gullies where the winds blow. To the river, down to the river. River of Dreams Billy Joel In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep ... 1996 River Town Troy Casar-Daley There's a little place that come's to mind… 2011 Rivers of Babylon Farian, Reyam, Dowe & McNaughton By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yeah we wept when we remembered Zion ... 1984 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 76 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Road Runner [Cartoon medley] M. Franklyn If you're on a highway and Road Runner goes beep! beep! ... 1995 Robin Hood John E West & Hettie M Hawkins Now, Robin Hood was an outlaw bold … 1978 Rock and Roll Christmas George Thorogood Let's have a rock and roll Christmas just like we used to know… 2012 Rock Around the Clock Max C Freedman & Jimmy De Knight One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock … 1980, 1993, 2007 Rock Island Line Paul Campbell & Joel Newman On the Rock Island line, it is a mighty good road … 1983 Rock Me (ABBA medley) Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Rock me- give me that kick now … 2002 Rock My Soul Traditional African-American Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham ... 1977, 1990 Rock 'n Roll Music Chuck Berry Just let me hear some of that rock 'n roll music. 1990 Rocket Science Christos Karpathakis From the dawning of humanity… 2008 Rockin' Christmas Joseph Beal & Jim Boothe Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock, 2008 Rockin' Robin Jimmy Thomas 1977, 1982, 1979 [words only], 2003 Twidderlee didderlee dee. He rocks in the tree-tops all day long … Rockre'n A Round Rhonda Macken I am mostly happy but I can be sad. I'm mostly good but I can be bad. 1998 Roger Ramjet [Cartoon medley] Charles Koren & Paul Shively Roger Ramjet and his eagle fighting for our freedom ... 1995 Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry I'm gonna write a little letter- gonna mail it to my local D.J. 1992 Roller Coaster Gary Crees & Carol Crees The roller coaster's the one to ride ... 1996 Roller Coaster Ride Rhonda Macken Roller coaster ride ... come and join the fun ... 1993 Rome Wasn't Built in a Day Paul Godfrey, Ross Godfrey & Sky Edwards You and me we're meant to be walking free in harmony. 2003 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 77 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Room For Us All Rhonda Macken There's room for us all- whether large or small. 1994 Rosina Goes to Market Traditional Italian On a Monday, bright and early, Rosina hurries along … 1980 Round and Round Traditional Round and round the earth is turning- turning always round ... 1996 Round and Round and Round Rhonda Macken Round and round ... collect it all and send it round and round ... 1993 Round of Good-Byes, A Frederick Silver Good-bye- farewell- the time has come for parting. 2000 Roundabout Town John Shortis When you're climbing in your tree, can you see Roundabout Town? 1976 Row, Row, Row Your Boat Traditional Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. 2010 Rufus Rastas [Appendages medley] Barb Stacey & Judy Bedard Optic retina Iris Brown- what'cha gonna do ... 1996 Running Bear J.P. Richardson On the bank of the river stood Running Bear ... 1993 Rusty it's Goodbye Carey & Kirkpatrick By a lonely railroad station a dog sits patiently. 2009 Ryebuck Shearer, The Traditional I come from the South and my name it's Field ... 1990, 2008 Sabunana Kusasa Jerry Brodey Sabunana Kusasa. Sabu ... nana ... Oo ... Sasa. 1987, 2000 Sadako from Hiroshima Robin Mann She saw the thunderbolt in the sky- like a million suns ... Sail Gently, Sail (The Israeli Boat Song) Traditional, words by Lionel Morton Rocky gently sailboat, in the midday sunshine … 1990 1983, 1993 Sailing Gavin Sutherland I am sailing, I am sailing, home again, 'cross the sea … 1980 Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea., A Traditional A sailor went to sea, sea, sea, to see what he could see, see, see … 1989 Sakaraka [The "Bomb"] Rena Kartheou & Stelios Tsiolas Pa pa pa … pi pi pi … Granke brunke triki traka … 1988 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 78 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Sakura Traditional Sakura, sakura, Ya yo I no sorawa 2010 Saltwater Julian Lennon, Leslie Spiro & Mark Spiro We are a rock revolving around a golden sun ... 1993 San Sereni Traditional New Mexico San Sereni de la buena- buena vida- hacen asi- asilos ... 1997 Sand Elisabeth Mansutti & Jerry Wesley Fine sand, dry sand! No matter how you try sand … 1979 Sansa Kromo Traditional Sansa kroma Ne nay woo awcheche 2011 Santa Bring Me a Dinosaur Bob Brown When Christmas comes I don't want a bike… 2007 Santa Song Genni Kane & John Kane There's a funny little guy I keep seeing around ... 1996 Santa's Moving to the South Pole Colin Buchanan & Greg Champion It was in the middle of last July when Santa jumped out of bed. 2004 Sao Roma Traditional Romany Sao Roma baje. Ama rodive ... Er dele zi. Sa o Roma Daje ... 2001 Save the Bones for Henry Jones Danny Barker, Vernon Lee & Henry Jones Tonight we'll have a party- we'll eat some food that's rare. 1991 Say Gooday You Aussie Kids Ted Egan An old man came back from the Dreamtime … 1980 Scarborough Fair Traditional English Are you going to Scarborough Fair, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme … 1975, 1978 School Days [School Days medley] Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards School days ... dear old golden rule days ... 1995 School Days Rap Rob Quantrelle Well I get up in the morning- and I have a stretch ... 1994 Schooldays Leslie Bricusse Schooldays, so they tell us, are the most sublime of our lives … 1977 Scoo Be Doo Susie Davies Doo doo doo do de doo ... scoo be doo ... bap du wap ... 1995 Scooby Dooby Doo Jon Madin Scooby dooby doo. Na na na na. 2005 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 79 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Scotland the Brave Traditional Hark when the night is falling, hear, hear the pipes are calling … 1975, 1985 Scottish Soldier, The Traditional Scottish There was a soldier, a scottish soldier … 1978 Seasons of Love Jonathon Larson Five hundred, twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. 2004 Secrets Mark Weeks I have got a secret- and I promised not to tell. 1990 See Ya Later Alligator Robert Guidry Well, I saw m' baby walkin' with another man today. 1989 See You Later Alligator Robert Guidry Well I saw my baby walkin' with another today. 2006 Seekers Medley A World of our Own/Springfield; Georgy Girl/Springfield & Dale; One Day/Simon 2011 Close the door, light the light… Seize the Day A Menken & J Feldman Open the gates and seize the day 2010 Senzenina Traditional South African Senzenina ... 1993 Sesere eey Traditional Sesere eeye sesere eeye narin ar in a roparte… 2013 Seventy-Six Trombones Meredith Willson Seventy-six trombones led the big parade … 1978 Shake a Tail Feather [Rock 'n Blues medley] Otha Hayes, Andre Williams & Verlie Rice Twist it- shake it ... Baby. Here we go loop-de-loop- shake it up Baby ... 1999 Shake It Up Ross Inglis I love to dance the rhumba and the twist ... 1991 Shake the Papaya Down Traditional West Indian Mama says no play- this is a work day. Up with the bright sun ... 2001 Shake, Rattle and Roll [Rock 'n Roll medley] Charles Calhoun Well get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans ... 1993 Shalom Chaverim Traditional Israeli [round] Farewell good friends … farewell … 'til we meet again … farewell. 1983 Shalom Dundai Traditional Here is a song from Jericho- it's a melody you ought to know ... 1996 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 80 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Shalom, Chaverim Traditional Israeli [round] Shalom, chaverim! … Lehitraot, shalom! 1976 Sharing Our Future Jane Patterson, Kylie Peppiatt & Jo-Anne Bowerman It would make the world a better place- if we all hold hands ... 1990 She'll be Coming Round the Mountain Traditional She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes … 1985 Shelter Eric Bogle I'm drowning in the sunshine as it pours down from the sky ... 1998, 2014 Shenandoah Traditional American Oh- Shenandoah- I long to see you. Away- you rolling river. 2000 Shine Gerrard, Matthew & Stochansky Get up, get out, get up, lift your head.. 2008 Shining River Eric Bogle Outside my door when I was young- there flowed a shining river. 2000 Shiny, Happy People William Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills & Michael Stipe Shiny- happy people holding hands. Shiny- happy people laughing. 2000 Ship That Never Returned, The Traditional English On a summer's day, while the waves were rippling … 1979 Shoes Squeak Japanese. English words by Akiyama, Kazuo. Music by Horota, Ryutaro Hand in hand, strolling along, out in the field, as we sing our song. 1979 Shoo Fly + Get that Fly Traditional Shoo fly (swat) don't bother me! 2006 Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy Sammy Gallop & Guy Wood If you wanna do right by your appetite ... 1992 Shoop Shoop Song, The Rudy Clark Does he love me- I want to know ... 1996 Shores of Botany Bay Traditional Australian I'm on me way down to the quay, where the big ship now doth lay … 1987 Short'nin' Bread Traditional African-American Three little babies, lyin' in bed. Two were sick, and the other 'most dead. 1979 Shout! Roland Isley, Rudolph Isley & O'Kelly Isley You know you want to make me shout! 1998 Show Me the Way to Go Home Irving & Ivor King Show me the way to go home ... 1995 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 81 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Shower the People witn Love James Taylor You can play the game and you can act out the part. 2008 Shusti-Fidli Music traditional, words by Fjeril Hess & Lilian Jackson Children, guess what I have here. 1979 Shut the Gate Ann North & Martin Wesley-Smith Now, listen 'ere cobbers, remember what I say … 1981 Si Si Si Traditional Si si si si, Do la da 2013 Side by Side Harry Woods Oh! We ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny … 1986, 2003 Sikbala Ian Ross Williams Main baba bin go la hospil Ibin jidan jeya long time- bobala ... 2001 Silly By the Sea Angela Moore & Penny Biggins Silly by the sea, have a cup of tea 2008 Silly Contest, The Louisa Myers The kangaroo was a proud fellow. Said he to the numbat, don't you know … 1986 Simon Says Elliot Chiprut I'd like to play a game that is so much fun, and it's not very hard to do … 1983, 1988 Simple Gifts Traditional Appalachian Tis the gift to be simple- 'tis the gift to be free. 1999 Simple Melody Irving Berlin Won't you play a simple melody like my mother sang to me? 2008 Sing (and Tell the Blues So Long) Kasha & Wilson Wyche Well I can't do nothin' with the blues I got but sing- sing- sing. 1992 Sing a Little Song Jari Houston & Stephen Lawrence Sun won't shine- it's dreary … 2002 Sing a Rainbow Arthur Hamilton Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue ... 1979, 1984 Sing a Song M White and A McKay When you feel down and out… 2011 Sing Gloria! John Wheeler & William G James The trees are whisp'ring a secret from twilight to dawn … 1976 Sing Out With Joy! Sally Albrecht Sing out with joy! ... Alleluia- amen. 1999 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 82 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Sing Theme Lorraine A Milne Sing Ninety-One! Tune in- switch on ... Sing Theme Rhonda Macken Go with the music when you feel your body moving ... 1991, 1992 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Sing Your Own Song Miten Sing your own song, beat your own drum Sing! Joe Raposo Sing! Sing a song! Sing out loud! Sing out strong! 2011 1978, 1983 Sing! (It's Christmas Day) Phil Paviour The angels sing "It's Christmas day". 1998 Sing, C'est la Vie Sonny Bono, Charles Greene & Brian Stone When things go wrong, just sing this song … 1981 Sing, Sing Together Traditional Sing, sing together, merrily, merrily sing … 1976 Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima Sing, sing, sing, sing. Ev'rybody start to sing … 1985 Singalong '93 Theme Rhonda Macken Sing '93 Theme 1993 Singalong Theme Lorraine A Milne Any time's the right time to sing a song ... 1992 Singalong Theme Rhonda Macken Stamp your feet- clap your hands ... 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. Singalong Theme: Come On and Sing! Colin Buchanan If you're ready to tap your feet- come on and sing. 1998 Singing in the Rain Freed & Brown I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain … 1985 Singing in the Shower Dan Johnson I'm singing in the shower, turn the water power up so I get a lot of steam. 1979, 2004, 2014 Sippin' Cider Through a Straw Unknown The prettiest girl … I ever saw … was sippin' cider through a straw … 1979 Sir Frederick Pottinger Kenneth & Patricia Cooke Sir Frederick Pottinger came out in a sailing ship to Sydney town … 1979 Sister Moon Rhonda Macken Day awakens- the earth is light ... 1997 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 83 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Sit a While Rhonda Macken Sit a while- relax a while. Watch a show on TV. 1996 Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding & Steve Cropper Sitting in the morning sun ... 1997 Six Months in a Leaky Boat Tim Finn When I was a young boy- I wanted to sail round the world. 1999 Six Ribbons Jon English If I were a minstrel, I'd sing you six love songs. 1980, 1994 Six White Boomers Rolf Harris & John Brown Early on one Christmas day a joey kangaroo was far from home and lost in a great big zoo. 2005 Skating Emil Waldteufel Winter is here, best time of year … 1977 Skeleton Julie Blanchard Inside of me is a skeleton. I wish I could look in. 1993 Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat T.S. Eliot & Andrew Lloyd Webber Skimbleshanks- the railway cat- the cat of the railway train! 1990 Sky Machine A D Strutton Ki ki oo oo … Choo choo … chi chi chi … 1980 Skye Boat Song Traditional Scottish Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing. 1978, 1985, 2004 Sleigh Bells Traditional Russian, adapted by May Sarson Marry bells go ting-a-lingle, toes and fingers freeze and tingle … 1978 Slice of Heaven Dave Dobbyn Da da da baboom da da da boom ... Hey I got a lot of faith in ya. 2003 Slitheree-Dee, The Shel Silverstein Oh, the Slitheree-Dee has crawled out of the sea … 1975 Sloop 'John B', The Traditional Bahamian Oh, we come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me … 1976, 1984 Smile Teresa Jennings Sometimes you feel that life is a race. 1997 Snail's Pace Bob Brown I'm one of the oldest species that the world has ever known. 2004 Snakes in the Ceiling Peter Merrill I've lived around Australia in ev'ry kind of home ... 1996 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 84 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Sneezing Fisherman, The Traditional A fisherman went out one day, to catch some schnapper in the bay. 1989 Sneezing Is An Art D D A Kloessing Sneezing is an art, ha-choo! I ha-choo much better than you … 1979 Snoopy Versus the Red Baron Dick Holler & Phil Gernhard After the turn of the century- in the clear blue skies ... 1994 Snowgum Louise Pettinger (Perdana) A white veil spreads around me- as far as I can see. 1995, 2009 Snowy River Roll! Bill Lovelock Give me a man who's a man among men ... 1993 So Good Ali Thomson, A Carlsson and Jorgen Elofsson We know how to dare, we know how to dream. 2008 Solar Vicki Larnach Solar ... Use the energy from the sun. We won't need the oil ... 1999 Solar Systme Rap Rhonda Macken Give us an M for Mecury, small but bold. 2008 Soldiers' Chorus Guiseppe Verdi Marching along, we hear the trumpets sounding, calling one and all the battle and glory. 2012 Solid Rock Shane Howard [Goanna Band] Out here nothing changes, not in a hurry anyway. 1987 Someone Got Lost in a Storm Traditional African-American Somebody got lost in a storm … 1977 Somewhere Over the Rainbow Ey Harburg & Harold Arlen When all the world is a hopeless jumble ... 2001 Somewhere Therere's a Forest Susan Stevens Somewhere there's a forest where you can stand and dream ... 1995 Song for the Mira Allister MacGillivray Out on the Mira on warm afternoons ... 2001 Song of Australia CJ Charleton & Carl Linger There is a land where summer skies are gleaming with a thousand dyes … 1982 Song of Gold Alex Hood Come all you jolly fossickers and shaftsinkers so bold. 2004 Song of Joy Adapted from Beethoven's Choral Symphony Sing of joy around the world. Let all men hear and understand. © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1976, 1989 85 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Song of Peace Lloyd Stene & Jean Sibelius This is my song, oh God of all the nations. 2004 Song of Peace Mary Donnelly If I could have one wish come true ... 1997 Song of the King [Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat medley] Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber1994 I was wandering along the banks of the river ... Song of the Tree, The Gerry Atkinson When I was born a baby cried ten thousand miles away. 1988 Song of the Volga Boatmen Marion Mannering Yo-oh heave ho! Yo-oh heave ho! Pull together, yo-oh heave ho! 1982 Song of the World's Last Whale, The Pete Seeger I heard the song of the world's last whale … 1989 Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond This is not a sad song; a sad song to sing when you're alone … 1976 Sorry Song Kerry Fletcher If we can now say that we're sorry to the people from this land. 2007 Sound Song, The Edward Lipton The flowers come up in the spring, spring, spring … 1981 Sounding Off Brian Fitzgerald Old Joe Stone, he lives alone, call him up on the telephone … Sounds of Silence Paul Simon Hello darkness- my old friend. Sounds of Then (This is Australia) Mark Callaghan I think I hear the sounds of then- and people talking- scenes recalled ... 1982, 1986 1990 1998, 2014 South African National Anthem Enoch Sontnaga & C J Langehoven Nkosi sikeleli Afrika… 2012 Southern Cross, The Mark Weeks Blue are the heavens, red is the sand … 1989 Spaghetti Bolognaise Peter Combe Unlike a yo-yo craze, unlike a marble phase, I love it ev'ry day … 1983 Spanish Flea Marcel Stellman & Julius Wechter The biggest circus came to town. 'Twas headed by the biggest clown … 1985 Spare Pair Soozah Clark What can the octopus do with eight legs? Two legs to hold a chair ... 2001 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 86 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Speaking Hands, Hearing Eyes Judy Small 2005 Jeffrey is just six years old, the biggest smile you ever saw, and there's so much I know he wants to say. Spider in the Bath, The Michael Flanders & Donald Swann I have fought a grizzly bear, tracked a cobra to it's lair … 1986 Splish Splash Bobby Darin & Jean Murray Splish splash, I was taking a bath, 'long about a Saturday night. 2005 Spread a Little Happiness Vivian Ellis, Clifford Grey & Gretres Newman Even when the darkest clouds are in the sky ... 1996 Spring Morning Traditional Chinese Now it is spring and birds all sing … 2002 Spring Song Christos Karpathakis The earth around the sun turns… 2012 Springtime of Our Dreams Peter Combe You can see her in the blossom, and the blue of the sky … 1982 Stand By Me Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller When the night has come and the land is dark … 2002 Standing in the Rain Sydney Carter No use knocking at the window, there is nothing we can do, Sir … 1975 Star Trekkin' Graham Lister, John O'Connor & Rory Kehoe Star trekkin' across the universe … 2002 Station Wagon, The Traditional Rolling along in the station wagon- on our way to Darwin. 1990 Steppy Peppy Spider, The Rita Abrams The steppy, peppy spider was spinning along … 1982 Stewball Robert Yellin, Ralph Rinzler & John Herald Stewball was a good horse, he wore a high head … 1977 Sticks and Stones Sean Peter Ev'ry body gets sad sometimes. 2006 Stodola Pumpa Traditional Czech, English words by Harry H Wilson Stodola … walking along with my dear maiden gay … 1976, 1984 Stonere's Throw Away, A Brian Fitzgerald It's just a stone's throw away from where you're standing ... 1992 Story Teller, The Brian Simmons His eyes were blue and his hair was grey … 1975 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 87 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Straighten Up and Fly Right Irving Mills & Nat King Cole A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air. 2004 Streets of Forbes, The Australian ballad Come all you Lachlan men, and a sorrowful tale I'll tell … 1976 Streets of London, The Ralph McTell Have seen the old man in the closed-down market ... 1977, 1981 Stromming Boats, The Traditional Scandinavian The boats are homeward coming, across the brimming fjord … 1982 Suba Su Brian Fitzgerald & Ross Inglis Suba suba ya … to the south of the island, near the blue lagoon … 1985 Summer Heat Shuffle Traditional, lyrics by Rhonda Macken It's a red hot scorcher and we're not near the sea. 1999 Summer Holiday Brian Bennett & Brunce Welch We're all going on a summer holiday, no more working for a week or two … 1986, 2010 Summer is a Coming In Traditional Summer is a comin' in, loudly sing cuckoo. 2005 Summer Song Burke, Le Poidevin, Willis, Johnston & Kane Sun is bright, hey hey. The air is hot, OK. 2004 Sun Arise Rolf Harris & Harry Butler Sun arise, she bring in the morning … 1987 Sun Magic Donovan Leitch The sun is a very magic fellow, he shines down on me each day-ay-ay … 1983 Sun Smart Song, The Gail Godber & the students of Spring Gully Primary School If you want to be cool at our school ... 1995 Sun Woman, Moon Man John Shortis Sun woman, you light the day. Sun woman, you show the way. 1976 Sun-A-Rise Rolf Harris & Harry Butler Sun a-rise, she bring in the morning 2007 Sunning James S Tippett & Lorraine A Milne Old dog lay in the summer sun, much too lazy to rise and run. 1986 Sunny-time Summer Lorraine Milne & Ross Inglis Feel it heatin' up- clouds are startin' to clear. 1990 Sunshine Feelfine Peter Merrill Sunshine feel fine- feels fine to be so happy ... 1998 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 88 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Sunshine Medly Walking in the Sunshine/Miller; Walking on Sunshine/Rew; Good Day Sunshine/Lennon & McCartney 2010 Good day sunshine, Good day sunshine.. Super Chook Chris John, Jim Patterson & Denise Alexander Super chook, be like a chicken, super chook, don't try and stop me. 2012 Super Gran Phil Coulter & Billy Connolly Stand back Superman- Iceman- Spiderman- Batman ... 1990 Supercalifragilisticesxpialidocious Richard & Robert Sherman Supercalifragilisticesxpialidocious, supercalifragilisticesxpialidocious! 2008 Surfin' Safari B Wilson & M Love Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learning how. Come on a safari with me. 2005 Surfin' USA Chuck Berry & Brian Wilson If ev'ry body had an ocean across the USA… 2008 Swamp Song Mark Weeks Down in the swamp- the frogs are hopping ... 1990 Swanee Gershwin & Caesar I've beenaway from you a long tim, I never thought I'd miss you so. 2007 Sway Pablo Beltran Ruiz & Norman Gimbel When marimba rhythm starts to play, dance with me, make me sway. 2008 Sweet Gingerbread Man Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Michel Legrand Feel like I'm made out o' gingerbread … 1980, 1989 Sweet Music Traditional Oh music- sweet music- your praises we sing … 2002 Sweet Potato Traditional American Soon as we all cook sweet potato … 1980 Swimming Song Loudon Wainwright III This summer I went swimming ... 1997, 2013 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional African-American Swing low- sweet chariot- coming for to carry me home! 1995, 1998 Swinging on a Star J Burke & J Van Heusen Would you like to swing on a star? 2008 Synco-copation Susie Davies Moving and grooving- twisting and turning ... 1997 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 89 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Syncopata Maniac Brian Fitzgerald I hate to syncopate. Right on time, my beat is never late. 1988 Syncopated Clock Michael Parish & Le Roy Anderson There was a man like you and me, as simple as a man could ever be … 1982 Syncopated Cyril Gary King & Audrey Klein Syncopated Cyril walking down the street ... 1993 Syncopated Dreamin' Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis Ev'ry Monday morning I gotta rise- can't sleep in ... 1990 Taba Naba Traditional Torres Strait Islander Taba naba- naba norem. Tugei pe naisir mi dinghy em ... 1997, 2014 Taba Naba Norem Traditional Taba naba naba norem togey peni se em … 1983 Tadpole Blues Peter Combe Yesterday I had a body and a tail, body and a tail 2010 Tafta Hindi Traditional Arabic Tafta Hindi … come and buy, oh ladies fair, shining satin, lovely laces … 1976, 1994 Take Me Home, Country Roads Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert & John Denver Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River ... 1977, 1984 Take Me Out to the Ball Game [School Days medley] Jack Norworth & Albert Von Tilzer Take me out to the ball game- take me out with the crowd. 1995 Talk of the Town Shane Howard Sun goes down on a cloudless sky. The tide is in the water's high. 1999 Talk to the Animals Leslie Bricusse If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it … 1977 Talking Sarah McNeil & Peter Hutchings Talk to me- I want to hear your voice ... 1992 Talking to Your Dog Isn't Silly Tony Rees I talk to my dog, and she listens … 1978 Tapping Your Feet Karl Dietrich If there ain't no happy news, here's the thing for you to do. 2009 Tarantara [The Pirates of Penzance medley] W S Gilbert & A S Sullivan When the foeman bares his steel- Tarantara tarantara. 2001 Tarara de Sevilla Traditional Spanish La Tarara- si- la Tarara no- La Tarara nina que lahe visto yo. 1994 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 90 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Tarnikini Ian R Williams Hide 'n' seek and hide 'n' seek… 2008 Teacher Took My Tennis Ball, The Libby Hathorn & Stephen Lalor The teacher took my tennis ball- she took it for the day. 1998 Teddy Bear's Picnic j Bratton & J Kennedy If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise. 2007 Tee Ball Mark Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday- that's when some folk like to play. 1990 Tell Me ... Lorraine A Milne If you planted some people in the garden ... 1990 Ten Green Bottles Traditional Ten green bottles hanging on the wall ... 1998 Ten Thousand Miles Away Traditional Australian Sing ho for a brave and a gallant ship … 1978, 1989, 1994 Tena Koutou Traditional Maori Tena koutou, e hoa ma. Kuataemai nei ... 2003 Tenho Uma Boneca Traditional Mozambiquen Tenhouma boneca Assim- assim! Velo de Inhambane- P'ra mim ... 1998 Tennessee Wig-Walk, The N Gimbel & L Coleman I'm a bow-legged chicken, I'm a knock-kneed hen … 1989 Tennis Match, The Rhonda Macken "Thirty all-" the umpire calls. 1997 Tepok Amai-amai Traditional Malaysian Tepok amai amai belalang kupu kupu. Tepok ramai ramai Emak ... 1998 Thalasa Traditional Thalasa, thalasa tous…. 2008 Thank You Schneider, English version by van der Haas & van Reyvald et al Thank you for giving me the morning … 1977 Thank You For the Music Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing … 1980 Thank You For the Music Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus I'm nothing special- in fact I'm a bit of a bore. 2001 Thargomindah Road Maurie Lawson Crickety crack, a' crickety crack, the wagon it complains … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1981, 1986 91 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s That's Mathematics Thomas Lehrer Counting sheep when you're trying to sleep… 2012 That's My Team David Faulkner And another thing, I'm discovering lately. 2013 That's What Friends Are For Carol Bayer Sager & Burt Bacharach And I never thought I'd feel this way ... 1995, 2007 The 3 Rs: Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle B Dorough Three it's a magic number, yes it is. 2009 The Aardvark Elizabeth Gilpatrick The burrowing African Aardvark is an eater of termites and ants 2010 The Ballad of Kelly's Gang Traditional Oh! Paddy dear and did you hear the news that's going round? 2007 The Bear Song (The other day I met a bear) Traditional The other day I met a bear. 2007 The Bell Doth Toll Tradtional The bell doth toll, it's echoes roll 2013 The Best Gift of All Sally Albreacht & Jay Althouse The best gift doesn't come wrapped in paper. 2006 The Bloodmobile J Flansburgh & J Linnell The Bloodmobile, the Bloodmobile 2011 The Book You Pick Up Jennifer Samlid I'm the book you pick up, when you need to know. 2006 The Call Regina Spektor It started out as a feeling which then grew into a hope.. 2011 The Climb Jessica Alexander & Jon Mabe I can almost see it, that dream I'm dreaming 2011 The Crawdad Song Traditional You get a line and I'll get a pole 2010 The Crocodile Opera Jon Madin At the crocodile opera there's a beautiful tiger 2011 The Cuckoo Clock Duet Andy Beck High on a hill in Austria… 2013 The Cup of Life (La Copa de la Vita) Robi Rosa & Desmond Child The cup of life, this is the one 2007 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 92 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s The Drop of Water Peter Denahy I'm a drop of water and I have vertigo. I'm sitting in a raincloud and I'm about to go. 2005 The Expanding Universe Mark Walmsley & Carol Jenkins Given gravity's a form of stretchy glue… 2011 The Flame John Foreman The fire within me will reach out to the goal. 2004 The Flower that Shattered the Stone Joe Henry & John Jarvis The earth is our mother, just turning around. 2007 The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring William Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan The flowers that bloom in the spring… 2013 The Green and the Gold Susie Davies Splitter & Phil Splitter We are Australians, we're proud and we're free. 2008 The Green Grass Grew All Around Traditional There was a patch (there was a patch) 2012 The Happy Wanderer Friedrich W Moller, English words by Antonia Ridge I love to go a wandering, along the mountain track. 2006 The Hippopotamus Song Michael Flanders & Donald Swann A bold hippopotamus was standing one day, on the banks of the cool Shalimar. 2004 The Journey Patrice Villines & Tim Hayden, arranged by Jay Althouse No-one ever climbed a mountatin or ever learned to fly… 2008 The Last Anzac Michael Travers Every year we remember, in April and November. The boats on the water carrying the brave. 2005 The Lion Sleeps Tonight G Weiss, H Peretti & S Linda 2007 The Man from Snowy River A B Paterson and D Kirpatick There was movement at the station for the word had passed around… 2010 The Man in the Picture Garry Paul Koehler The man in the picture didn't fly through the air… 2011 The Middle James Adkins, Richard Burch, Thomas Linton & Zachary Lind Hey, don't write yourself off…. 2012 The Mummy Song Colin Buchanan You ought to see what they did to my mummy… 2014 The New and the Old Rhonda Macken There was a beautiful tree in our garden, almost as tall as the sky. 2005 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 93 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s The Old Bark Hut Traditional Australian Oh my name is Bob, the Swagman and I'll have you understand. 2004, 2014 The Overlander Traditional There's a trade you all know well 2009 The Piano John Kane & Mark Walmsley I love,I love, I love, I love, I love to play the piano… 2009 The Quartermaster's Store Traditional, arrangement by Lorraine Milne There was bread, bread, harder than your head, in the store, in the store. 1992, 2004 The Sharing Song Gill Gill & Adam Topple It's always more fun to share with ev'ryone. 2010 The Sow Took the Measles Traditional When I was young, I bought me a plough 2007 The Three Drovers John Wheeler & William James Across the plains one Christmas night… 2014 The Three Pigs Rap Mar Harman, This is the story about three pigs 2012 The Unbirthday Song A Hoffman, J Livingston & M David Statistics prove, prove that you have one birhtday ev'ry year. 2006 The Wassail Song Traditional Here we come a wassailing among the leaves so green 2013 The Woolly, Woolly Sheep Melissa Perrin There was a woolly sheep, walking down the road. 2006 The Wrong End Traditional, arranged by Mike Jackson Rabbits have bright shiny noses. 2009 Thelma Brown Peter Combe Thelma Brown lived in a zoo, there were cows in her kitchen, and roosters on view … 1981 Thelonius the Moggy Chris Matters Tsh tsh t tsh tsh t tsh t tsh Miaow miaow! Thelonius the moggy ... 1998 There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens J Whitney & A Kramer There ain't nobody here but us chickens, there ain't nobody here at all. 1989 There is Water Traditional Greek The water falls in the winter rain … 1980 There Was a Young Man from Perth Peter Butler There was a young man from Perth who was born on the day of his birth. 2008 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 94 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s There Was an Old Witch Traditional There was an old witch, believe if you can … 1980 Therere's a Bunk in the Humpy Henry Lawson & Roy Abbott The bush was too lonely and life was too slow ... 1990 There's a Gumtree Andy Armstrong There's a gum tree growing on a hill ... 1991, 2009 There's a Hole in my Bucket Traditional There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza … a hole. 1987 There's a Kid Peter Combe There's a kid who's lyin' in bed, stuck at home with a cold in the head. 1986 There's an Elephant in my Bedroom R Murphy & T Hiller There's an elephant in my bedroom, and I keep him under my bed. 1976 There's No Business Like Show Business Irving Berlin The costumes, the scen'ry, the make-up, the props.. 2006 Think Big! Mike Cornick You gotta think big- if you can think at all … 2002 Third Planet from the Sun, The Elaine Hempton Let's look after it- handle with care ... 1990 Thirteen's My Lucky Number David Minchin I am not the superstitious kind. Ghosts and things are just inside your mind … 1985 This is It! Mack David & Jerry Livingston Overture, curtain lights. This is it, the night of nights. 2003 This Little Light of Mine Traditional This little light of mine- I'm going to let it shine ... 1997 This Old Man/Michael Finnigin Traditional/Traditional This old man, he played one, he played nick-nack on my drum ... 1982 This Ole House Stuart Hamblen This ole house once knew his children, this ole house once knew his wife ... 1984 This Train Traditional, adapted by Anne Mendoza This train is bound for glory, this train … 1978 This Train Traditional, words adapted by Elisabeth Mansutti This train is bound for Sydney, this train … 1981 This Train Traditional This train don't carry no stealers, this train ... 1984 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 95 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Thoity Poiple Boids Traditional Thoity poiple boids- sittin' on the coib- a choipin' and a boipin' ... 1999 Thongs Rob Fairburn & Mark Leehy Thongs! Thongs! Lift up your voices in song. 1988 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Ron Goodwin Those magnificent men, in their flying machines … 1979 Thousand Hairy Savages, A Spike Milligan & John Shortis A thousand hairy savages sitting down to lunch … 1975 Three Drovers, The John Wheeler & William G. James Across the plains on Christmas night, three drovers riding blythe and gay ... 1976, 1984, 1993 Three Holy Kings Traditional Puerto Rican, English version by Aura Kontra Los tres Santos Reyes los tres y los tres. 1987 Three Little Fishies Saxie Dowell Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool, swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too. 2005 Three Ravens Traditional There were three ravens- sat on a tree- down-a-down- hey! 1993 Threw It Out the Window Traditional Little Jack Horner sat in a corner- eating his Christmas pie. 2000 Thumbelina Frank Loesser Though you're no bigger than my thumb … 1979 Tiddalik The Cat Team Tiddalik, the big green frog, spends all day sitting on a log. 1982 Tie a Yellow Ribbon [words only] Irwin Levine & Russell Brown I'm coming home, I've done my time … 1975 Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport Rolf Harris There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying. 1984, 1991, 2004 Till We Meet Again Phil Arnold It seems like only yesterday that you and I first went to school. 2001 Time to Sing-a Noel Mary Val Marsh See the bright star in the sky- time to sing-a Noel. 2001 Times are a-Changin' Bob Dylan Come gather 'round people, wherever you roam … 1987 Tina, Singu Traditional African Tina singu le lu vu tae o watsha watsha watsha … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1976, 1979 96 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Tinikling Traditional, Rhonda Macken Ev'ry-one join in the Tinikling 2009 To Market, to Market Traditional To market- to market went my brother Jim ... 1996 Today I Feel Older Jan Holdstock Today I feel older that I ever felt in my life. 2007 Toembai Traditional Israeli round Toembai, toembai, toembai … 1975 Together, One for All Alex Hood Now, when things are getting tough, and you think you've had enough .. 1979 Tom Dooley Traditional American Hang down your head- Tom Dooley- hang down your head and cry ... 2000 Tommy the Termite Collected by Alex Hood & Bryon Clark Way up north, where there is no snow … 1975, 1982 Tomorrow Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse The sun'll come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun. 2005 Tom's Nonsense Tony Strutton I've a friend called Tom, with a mole on his shoulder … 1982 Tony Chesnut R Jordan Tony Chestnut, knows I love him. 2005 Top of the World John Betts & Richard Carpenter Such a feeling's coming over me … 1977 Toreador Song R J Malone & Georges Bizet Toreador, be ever on your guard! 1975 Touch the Morning Take the time to touch the morning, You wish you had some day Take the time to touch the morning, You'll wish you had some day.. 2012 Touch the World Brian Simmons I am going to feel the world around me … 1975 Toway Traditional Toway toway amara sinya moway amara 2007 Traditional Rhymes Traditional The rain it raineth all around … 2002 Transylvanian Two-Step Joyce Eilers Backak In haunted houses ev'rywhere- apparitions fill the air. 1999 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 97 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Travelling Down the Castlereagh Music traditional, words by A B "Banjo" Paterson I'm travelling down the Castlereagh, and I'm a station hand … Publication Year/s 1977, 2006 Tree in the Wood, The Traditional English All in a wood there grew a tree, the finest tree you ever did see. 1976 Trek, Tek, Tek Traditional Kalau tidak kerana bintang, trek tek tek … 1986 Tren Gelir Hos Gelir Traditional Tren gerlir hos gelir… 2006 Trepanging Andrew de Teliga & Bill O'Toole From our home in Macasa, we man the prahas and point the rubber. 2004 Tri Neveste Traditional Macedonian Tri neveste tikve brale bre. Huh! 2004 Tribal Voice Mandawuy Yunupingu & Yothu Yindi There's a wakening of a rainbow dawn- and the sun will rise on high ... 2000 Trot, Trot, Trot Traditional Trot, trot, trot. Trot, my pony, trot! 1989 True Blue Gill Autry & Raney I was born out in the mountains, out where the snakes grow legs … 1987 True Colours Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly You with the sad eyes, don't be discouraged, oh I realise. 2004 Trunda Ti Eh Traditional Ghanese Trunda tieh tieh Tieh. Trunda trrah Tieh. 2003 Try a Little Kindness Bobby Austin & Curt Sapaugh If you see your brother standing by the road, with a heavy load … 1977 Tshotsholoza Traditional South Africa Tshotsholoza. He ya kwe zon ta ba stime la si phu me zim ba! Tumbalalyka Traditional Russian, words by Ruth Rubon Maiden, maiden, tell me true, what can grow without the dew? Turn on the Sun Mitch Murray & Peter Callander Turn on the sun … light up the world, come ev'ryone. Turn the Beat Around Peter Jackson Jr & Gerald Jackson Turn the beat around. Turn, Turn, Turn Words adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, music by Pete Seeger To ev'rything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999, 2014 1985 1975, 1982 2008 1976, 1991 98 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Tutira Mai Traditional Tutira mai nga iwii 2011 Tutor who Tooted the Flute, A Traditional Rhyme A tutor who tooted the flute … 2000 Twas in the Moon of Winter-time Traditional Native American carol T'was in the moon of winter-time, when all the birds had fled … 1978 Twelve Days of Christmas Traditional, words by Authur Chick On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me … 1986 Twelve Days of Christmas [Emu up a Gum Tree] Traditional, words by June Williams On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me … 1986 Twelve Days of Summer Traditional, lyrics by 1996 Class 5/6R Girraween Public School On the first day of Christmas- my true love sent to me ... 1999 Twist and Shout Bert Russell & Phil Medley Well shake it up baby now ... twist and shout ... 1999 Two Little Boys Theodore More & Edward Madden Two little boys had two little toys… 2013 Two Little Donkeys Vic Marantz There was a little donkey named Aw-ee-aw … trot, trot trotty wot home. 1976 Two Men Traditional Aboriginal, translation by Alice Moyle Gayung manda martji. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Issacher Miron & Yahiel Haggiz Tzena … can't you hear the music playing, in the city square … 1981, 2004, 2014 1978, 1986 Uh, Oh! Lorraine A Milne Uh, oh, out in the sun. Uh, oh, goin' to have fun. 1979 Uk Alele Traditional Uk Alele a pere tike tomba a masse ... Uk Aloah ... 1994 Uncle Jessie Traditional Georgie Sea Islander Now- here comes Uncle Jessie- coming through the field ... 1997 Uncle Joe Traditional Did you ever go to meeting Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe … 1975 Under African Skies Paul Simon Joseph's face was black as night., the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes. 1989 Under Southern Skies Damien Halloran & Maria Millward There's a peace in our hearts and a hope in our hands … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2002, 2014 99 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Under the Boardwalk Artie Resnick & Kenny Young Oh when the sun beats down and melts the tar upon the roof ... 1998 Under the Sea H Ashman & A Menken The seaweed is always greener in somebody' else's lake…. 2012 Underneath the Mango Tree Ian Ross Williams Underneath the mango tree were we ... 1990 Underwear Song, The Traditional I have lost my underwear- but I don't care. I'll go bare. Bye- bye long-johns! 1999 Unicorn, The Shel Silverstein 1984 A long time ago when the earth was green, there were more kinds of animals than you've ever seen ... Universere's Daughter Fay White In the silent world of space- like a jewel of priceless worth … Unto Us a Boy is Born Traditional German carol Unto us a child is born, King of all creation … 2002 1975, 1978 Up a Lazy River Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin Up a lazy river by an old mill stream 2010 Upidee Traditional The shades of night were falling fast, tra la la, tra la la … 1986 Urabaw Boey Thomas Matthew & Edna Matthew Urabaw boey thel. Manu badanu. 2005 Urapunga Frog, The Bryan Clark When the wet hits the north, and the rivers are in flood … 1976 Ushkadara Traditional If you like blue sky and sunshine- never go to Ushkadara ... 1996 Valley to Pray Pilla & Guthrie Couston Come on, let's go down - down in the valley to pray. 1976 Van Dieman's Land Traditional, additional words by Alex Hood You rambling boys of Liverpool, I'll have you to be aware … 1982 V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E-S Colin Buchanan V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E-S 2009 V-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e-s Colin Buchanan V-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e-s 2014 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 100 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Very Last Day Paul Stookey & Peter Yarrow Ev'rybody gonna pray, on the very last day … 1988 Video Peter Combe One day my Dad said we're gonna hire a video, video, video, video. 1985 Village Dance Traditional Hungarian The lanterns gleam- the yellow flames leap and play. 1999 Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean Starry- starry night- paint your palette blue and grey. 2000, 2007 Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, The West Indian Spiritual The Virgin Mary had a baby boy ... 1995 Vogue Madonna Ciccone & Shep Pettibone Look around- ev'rywhere you turn is heartache … 2002 Volcano [Calypso medley] Jimmy Buffet, Keith Sykes & Harry Dailey I don't know ... where I'm a gonna go when the volcano blows ... 1993 Wade in the Water Traditional African-American Wade in the water ... children ... God's a goin' to trouble ... 1994 Wait for the Light to Shine Fred Rose When your road is rocky an' you're carryin' the load ... 1992 Wait 'till the Sun Shines Nelly Harry Von Tilzer Wait 'til the sun shines, Nellie, when the clouds go drifting by … 1978 Waiting Elaine Hempton I spend half my life waiting- waiting's the hardest thing I do. 1991 Waiye Ganadie Toby Waiye- e eya e- Waiye- e eya eya o. Urabau ba a naka gimalo e ... 2001 Waka Nini Yana Lou Bennett Waka nini yana? 2012 Wake Up! James Masden The sun has come up, Wake up! 2012 Walk a Country Mile Joy McKean Well I've walked a mile or two in my lifetime. 2005 Walk a Mile in My Shoes Joe South If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour… 2010 Walk Right In Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods Walk right in, sit right down, Daddy let your mind roll on ... 1982, 1995 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 101 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Walk the Dinosaur David Weiss, Don Fagenson & Randell Jacobs Boom boom acka lacka lacka boom. 1998 Walkies on the Wild Side Keith MacDonald & Paul Stanton Walkie! Ruff ruff, ruff ruff, ruff, ruff ruff ruff 2007 Walkin' in the Sunshine Roger Miller & Fred Bock Walkin' in the sunshine, sing a little sunshine song. 1980 Walking in the Air Howard Blake We're walking in the air. We're floating in the moonlit sky. 2003 Walking to the Left Gary King Walking to the left we go, not too fasr and not too slow. 2006 Waltzing Matilda Traditional [Qld version], words by A B "Banjo" Paterson Oh, there once was a swagman camped in a billabong … 1978, 1987, 2004 Waltzing Matilda Traditional, words by A B "Banjo" Paterson Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong … 1978, 1988, 2014 Wataj Quillasnin Traditional Bolivian Quechua Juchuy pokay jatun pokoyka pankar waray quillay. Juchuy pokoyka ... 1999, 2010 Watch Out for Witches Virginia Ferguson & Betty Carson The day is calm; you feel the breeze gently sway the bending trees. 1983 Water Come a Me Eye Traditional Jamaican Every time I think of Liza, water come a me eye … 1978 Water Cycle Round Fay White Water's always moving round and round. 1998 Water is Wide, The Traditional English The water is wide, I cannot get o'er, and neither have I wings to fly. 1976 Wawirri Ted Egan & Tess Nabaljari The children out at Yuendumu love to hunt the kangaroo. 1980 We Absolutely have to have music Jacqueline McNair We absolutely have to have music. 2008 We Are Ysaye Maria Barnwell For each child that's born- a morning star rises … 2002 We Are Family Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers We are family. I got all my sisters with me … 2002 We Are Going [Wo Ya Ya] Tonton, Osei, Richardson, Auras, Bedeau, Armarfio, Bailey We are going; heaven knows where we are going … 1977 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 102 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s We are One Mary Donnelly Ev'ryone is in this world together, living day by day as best we can. 2003 We Are the Champions Freddie Mercury I've paid my dues time after time- I've done my sentence ... 1997 We Are the People John Cougar Mellencamp If you're feelin' shut down- may my thoughts be with you ... 1992 We Are the World Michael Jackson & Lionel Ritchie There comes a time when we need a certain call ... 2001 We B Cool Cheryl Webb, Jay Stewart & John Collingwood-Smith We be cool. We gotta be cool. We be cool, we be smart … 2003 We Don't Care Kane, Walmsley & Visocchi We don't care what you look like. 2006, 2014 We Gather Here Together (Harmonia Mundi) Tradtional music, words by Scott Diebler We gather here together with joyful heart and mind. 2006 We Go Together Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey We go together like ramalama lama ka dingada dingadong. 2005 We Got the Beat Charlotte Caffery See the people walking down the street… 2013 We Gotta All Get Together Freddy Weller This world ain't got no room for narrow-minded people. 1999 We Need a Little Christmas J Herman Haul out the holly… 2006 We Shall Not Be Moved Traditional Well I'm on my way to heaven- we shall not be moved ... 1992 We Shall Overcome Traditional We shall overcome … some day. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe … 1976, 1975 [words only] We Three Kings of Orient Are Traditional Christmas Carol We three kings of Orient are- bearing gifts we traverse afar ... 1992 We Will Always Be Friends Lorraine A Milne Well I'm sittin'- thinkin' of the times we spent together ... 1990 We Will Rock You Brian Harold May Buddy you're a boy, make a big noise, playing in the street… 2006 Wear a Hat Vicki Larnach Wear a hat! A swatty batty hatty- wear a hat. 1993 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 103 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Weather With You Tim & Neil Finn Walking around the room singing stormy weather at fifty-seven Mount Pleasant Street. 2007 Welcome the Day Andrew Swain The light is breaking and the day is dawning. 1999 Welcome to All People Ruby Hunter Welcome where grass is green- as green as it can be. 2000 Welly Boot Song (If it Wasnae for Your Wellies) George McEwan Now gumboots, they are wonderful 2009 Welly Boot Song, The George McEwan Now gumboots- they are wonderful- gumboots they are swell ... 1991 We're All in this Together Gerard Matthew & Robbie Nevil Together, together, together ev'ry-one. 2009 We're Coming to Greet You Traditional Puerto Rican We're coming to greet you, this holiday gay … 1978 We're going to be Friends Jack White Fall is here, hear the yell. 2008 Whale, The Fred Dyer & Terry Fielding Di di ... We sailed from port one morning ... 1994 What a Mouth! R P Weston Jimmy Bean was a funny looking fella. 2003 What a Wonderful World George David Weiss & Bob Thiele I see trees of green- red roses too … 2002 What Dreams are Made of D Pitchford & M Wilder Hey now, hey now 2008 What Have They Done to My Song, Ma? Melanie Safka Look what they've done to my song, Ma … 1979, 1985 What Have They Done to the Rain? Malvina Reynolds Just a little rain falling all around. The grass lifts it's head to the heavenly sound. 1977, 1984 What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor? Traditional sea shanty What shall we do with the drunken sailor … early in the morning? 1979 What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?/O Sinner Man Traditional sea shanty/Traditional What shall we do with the drunken sailor … early in the morning … 1983 What the World Needs Now Hal David & Burt Bacharach What the world needs now is love, sweet love … 1976 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 104 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s What You Gonna Call Yo' Pretty Little Baby? Traditional African-American What you gonna call your pretty little baby … born in Bethlehem? 1978 Whatever Will Be Will Be Jay Livingstone & Ray Evans When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother what would I be … 1987 What's in the Bag? Ty Soupdis Check your bags' the teacher said 'on the way inside' 2006 What's the View Through Your Eyes? Lauren Russell & Melinda Bryant If I like reading novels and you to watch TV. If I prefer to stay indoors and you to climb a tree … 2003 What's Your Favourite Sport? Bob Brown Ev'ry where around the world people are playing sport 2011 Wheels Keep Turning Graham Beebee Some machines are fun to watch, and make a funny sound. 1989 When Father Papered the Parlour Weston, Barnes & Lee Our parlour wanted papering- and Pa said it was waste ... 1992 When Handel Wrote the Fireworks Suite Peter Butler When Handel wrote the Fireworks Suite, he conjured up a fiery trear 2009 When I First Came to This Land Traditional When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man ... 1984 When I Get My Name in Lights Peter Allen I'll dance and I'll sing, I'll do anything. 2006 When I Grow Up Brian Simmons When I grow up I shall go to sea, I'll go to sea, go to sea. 1976 When I Have a Shower Ellen Evans & Lorraine A Milne When I have a shower, I get very wet … 1980 When I Needed a Neighbour Sydney Carter When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there? 1978, 1988 When I Was a Lad W S Gilbert & A Sullivan When I was a lad I served a term as office boy to an attorney's firm ... 1998 When I'm Sixty Four John Lennon & Paul McCartney When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now … 1985 When I'm Thirteen Peter Combe When I'm thirteen, I'm gonna start a band … 1982 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Patrick Gilmore When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! 1976 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 105 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song When Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney Jimmy Grafton When Santa got stuck up the chimney ... When the Rain Comes Down in July Slim Dusty Let me wander north to the home-stead. When the Rain Falls Down Penny Davies & Roger Ilott When the rain falls down the rivers flow- the saplings grow ... When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Harry Woods I heard a robin this morning- I'm feeling happy today. Publication Year/s 1993 2007, 2014 1997 1980, 1991 When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional 1979, 1975 [words only], 1991, 1998 Oh, when the saints go marching in … Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number … When the Team's Are Comin' Home Mary Gilmore & Elaine Hempton And it's whistle, whistle, whistle, you can hear the old man come … 1989 When We Were Kids John Williamson & Norma O'Hara Murphy I love the smell of river gums- the perfume of the rain ... 1994 When You are Sailing South John Shortis When you are sailing south, beware of the dragon's mouth. 1976 When You're Smiling Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin & Larry Shay When you're smiling ... the whole world smiles with you ... 1981, 1984, 2003 Where Did You Get that Hat? Traditional Where did you get that hat? 2011 Where Do I Go? James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot Where do I go? Follow the river …Follow the gulls … 1977 Where Go the Boats R.L. Stevenson & Mark Weeks Dark brown is the river- golden is the sand. 1990 Where Have all the Flowers Gone? Pete Seeger Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing … 1982 Where I come from L Kernaghan, G Porter, and C Buchanan Have you look out on a skyline and dream of open plains? 2008 Where the Bee Sucks Traditional Where the bee sucks, there suck I. In a cowslip's bell I lie. 1985 Where the Mountains Meet the Sea James Masden Summer is high as the bright blue sky, sand is under my feet. 2014 Whip Jamboree Traditional And now, my lads, be of good cheer, for the Irish land will soon draw near … 1983 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 106 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Whiskey on a Sunday Glyn Hughes Come day, go day, wish in my heart it was Sunday … 1981 Whispers in the Trees James Madsen Softly spoken are the whispers in the trees. 2004 Whistle as You Go Sara Storer & Grant Richardson Down at the woolshed the news is spreading fast. 2003 Whistle While You Work Larry Morey & Frank Churchill Just whistle while you work ... 1995, 2006 Whistling Gipsy, The Leo McGuire The gypsy rover came over the hill, bound though the valley so shady. 1980 Who Can Sail Without Wind? Traditional Swedish Who can sail without wind? Who can row without paddle? 1999 Who Did? Traditional African-American Who did … swallow Jo Jo Jo Jo? 1979 Who Do You Think You Are Kidding? Jimmy Perry & Derek Taverner Who do you think you are kidding Mister Hitler, if you think we're on the run ... 1984 Who Put the Bomp? Barry Mann & Gerry Goffin I'd like to thank the guy who wrote the song ... 2001 Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder? George L. Giefer Mistress Murphy gave a party- just about a week ago. 2001 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Cole Porter Who wants to be a millionaire? 2000 Who Will Buy? Lionel Bart Who will buy this wonderful morning? 1975, 1979 Whole World in OurHands Traditional We've got the whole world, in our hands… 2008 Why Does it Have to be Me? Leon Rosselson Why does it have to be me? Why can't they just let me be? 1987 Why Does the Sun Shine? Hy Zaret & Lou Singer The sun is a mass of incandescent gas. 2004 Why Shouldn't My Goose? Traditional Why shouldn't my goose lay as well as your goose? 2006 Why Walk When You Can Fly? Mary Chapin Carpenter In this world there's a whole lot of trouble baby ... 2001 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 107 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Why We Sing Gregory Gilpin A sound of hope, a sound of peace Wild Colonial Boy, The Traditional Australian There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Doolan was his name … 2009 1976, 1983, 1985, 1978 [words only] Wild Mountain Thyme Traditional Scots Oh the summertime is coming and the trees are sweetly blooming … 2002 Wild Mountains John Douglas Beauty is within grasp, 2008 Wilderness Matthew Perry Wilderness is a wonderful thing- let's conserve it- help preserve it. 2000 Wildlife Warriors John Williamson It's time to think of why we're proud to be apart of a land so ancient. 2008 Willie Wagtail Hop, The Elisabeth Mansutti & Phil Cunneen I saw a willie wagtail in the backyard yesterday ... 1984 Windmills of Your Mind Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Michel Legrand Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel .. 1977 Windy R Friedman Who's creeping out from under the stairway, calling a name that's lighter than air? 1976, 1991 Windy Nights R L Stevenson & William S Hayne Whenever the moon and the stars are set, whenever the wind is high ... 1984 Winter Window Fay White Winter window, through the glass I see. White frost on the grass, cold around me. 2005 Wise Old Owl, A Traditional French round A wise old owl sat in an oak. There more he heard, the less he spoke … 1977, 1985 Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye Harry Parr-Davies & Phil Park Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye … 2002 With a Little Help From My Friends John Lennon & Paul McCartney What would you do if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me? 1986 With a Swag All on My Shoulder Traditional When first I left old Ireland's shore ... 1996 With Cat-Like Tread Gilbert & Sullivan With cat like tread, upon our prey we steal … 1989 With My Swag all on My Shoulder Traditional When first I left old Ireland's shore … © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1979, 1982, 1988 108 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s With Our Own Two Hands Fay White Well we came from the farms of Europe and we cleared the trees from the land. 2004 With You Irving Berlin I could find the road to happiness with you close to me here. 1995 Wombat on a Surfboard, A Louise Pettinger I was sitting on the beach one sunny day ... 1996 Wonderful Day Like Today, A Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley On a wonderful day like today- I defy any cloud to appear in the sky … 2002 Working Joyfully Traditional Chinese, lyrics by Mark Weeks Sun is rising in the east- flowers start to grow ... 1990 World of Our Own, A Tom Springfield Close the door, light the light, we're staying home tonight. 1983 World, The Brian Fitzgerald If all the disco lights, from all around the world … 1986 Worm Song, The William Clauson & Basil Swift The earth it was damp with the dew of the dawn … 1975 Would We Tell You a Lie? Peter Combe Lower than low are our prices. Cleaner than clean are our shelves ... 1984 Wouldn't It Be Loverly Lerner & Loewe All I want is a room somewhere- far away from the cold night air. 1991 Wraggle Taggle Gipsys, O!, The Traditional English Three gypsies stood at the castle gate … 1977 Wreck, The Jan Holdstock Underneath the sea- far away from land- that's where I will be ... 2001 Y' Don't Need to Worry 'bout a Thing Brian Fitzgerald Y' don't need to worry about a thing … 1985 Ya Aziz Ayni Sayyid Darwish A ya aziz ayni wana 2006 Yaylalar Traditional Turkish Ay aksamdan isiktir. Komsu kizini zapteyle. Yaylalar- Yaylalar ... 2001 Yellow Bird Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith & Norman Luboff Yellow bird, up high in banana tree … 1985 Yellow Submarine John Lennon & Paul McCartney In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed the sea ... 1984 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 109 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Yerakina Traditional Greek Kinise I Yerakina Yia nero 2004 Yes Sir, That's My Baby Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn Who's that coming down the street? 2013 Yi Mung Shan Traditonal Renjia nage jou shuoer ai… 2008, 2014 Yil-lull [The Singing Spirit Song] Joe Geia Yi-lul-laire … 1988 YMCA Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis Young man! There's no need to feel down. 2004 Yo, Mamana, Yo Traditional Mozambiquen Yo mamana yo- … Unga fumba uni siya … Uni siyela vusiwana. 1998 Yonder Come Day Traditional Georgie Sea Islander Yonder come day- daylight is breaking. 1997 You + Me= US Toby Finlayson & Matthew Priestly Close your eyes and think back to when the river ran clear 2013 You are my Sunshine Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell You are my sunshine, my only sunshine … 1987, 2013 You Can Make the Words Rhyme Too Lorraine A Milne Take a word like "complaining"- make it rhyme with "raining"... 1992 You Can Trust Me Jodue Tweed If I say I'll be there that means I will. 2010 You Can't Roller-Skate in a Buffalo Herd Roger Miller You can't roller-skate …but you can be happy if you've a mind to. 1976, 1982, 2005 You Can't Stop the Music Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Beauris Whitehead & Phil Hunt You can't stop the music. Nobody can stop the music. 1999 You Got it Now Lorraine A Milne & Ross Inglis Come on and feel it … 'cos when you feel it and steal it down to your feet … 1987 You Need a Flower Traditional, words by Elisabeth Mansutti To make a table, you need some logs of wood … 1981 You Raise Me Up Rolf Lovland & Brendan Graham When I am down and oh, my soul's so weary. 2009 You'll be in My Heart Phil Collins Come, stop your crying, it will be alright. 2007 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 110 Sing! 1975 – 2014 song index Song Title Composer/s First line of song Publication Year/s Young and Positive Casel Nitanju Bolade Young and positive, with my whole life to live 2006 You're Always Welcome at our House Shel Silverstein Well a man came to our house, our house, our house … 1975 You're My Friend Brian Simmons Well, I don't care about the colour of your hair … 1975 You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse Hey- hobo man- hey- Dapper Dan- you both got your style. 2001 You're the Voice A Qunta, K Reid, M Ryder & C Thompson We have a chance to turn the pages over. 2001 You've Got a Friend Carole King When you're down and troubled- and you need a helping hand ... 1992, 2012 You've Got a Friend in Me Randy Newman You've got a friend in me. 2007 You've Gotta Move Traditional You've gotta move when the Spirit says move … 1986 Yum Balalyka Traditional Jewish Maiden, maiden, tell me true, what can grow without rain or dew? 1978 Zebra John Wiltshire-Butler I could be loud man, I could be silent. 2007, 2014 Zimme Zumm Traditional Hungarian Virágéknál ég a világ sutik mára 2003 Zip-a-dee Doo-dah Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel Zip-a-dee doo-dah- zip-a-dee-ay ... 1995 Zoo Keeper Lorraine A Milne & Lois Kenski What does the zoo keeper do at the zoo? 1981 Zum Gali Gali Traditional Israeli Zum gali gali … He-cha-lutz le-ma-an a-vo-dah … 1979 Zum Gali Gali Traditional Palestinian Zum gali gali gali ... Pioneers must work ev'ry day from dawn ... 1993 Zumba Zumba Traditional Spanish, English lyrics by Margaret Marks Zumba- zumba! Strike the cymbal- zumba! Strike the gong ... 1992 © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 111

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