Eric Bogle Tunes
Mike Reaser
A great while back (in article ff7bec88.02051...@posting.google.com
from May, 2002[1]) our own ManlyPanda posted about the death of the
last Aussie survivor of the battle of Gallipoli and in that post
referred to the song "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by
Eric Bogle.
Unknown to most in these precincts, I've been a fan of Bogle's for
*years*. I first heard him in person back in 1986 when he gave a
"concert" at an Atlanta folk music store that a filker[2] friend[3]
of mine alerted me to, and have enjoyed his music ever since.
Anyway, as part of my first long vacation in over 6 years I've *finally*
ripped my copy of "The Eric Bogle Songbook", which of course includes
the above-mentioned tune.
Since Chris then reposted the lyrics, I figured I could help and
let everyone hear the song itself:
http://www.mindspring.com/~mhr/And%20The%20Band%20Played%20Waltzing%20Matilda.mp3
ObPussyThread: I was first introduced to Bogle's twisted sense of
humor by the song "Nobody's Moggy Now", keeping in mind that "Moggy"
is Aussie-speak for "cat" (right, DRS?):
http://www.mindspring.com/~mhr/Nobody's%20Moggy%20Now.mp3
[1] Of course, Chris was following up on a post that was *then*
over 2 1/2 years old... :-)
[2] Google it, folks. Look for references involving science-fiction
and conventions about same.
[3] Bill Sutton (http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/people/bill-sutton.html),
with whom I worked at the time. In fact, I was sitting next to him
in an HP internal training class when he composed the lyrics to one of
his best-known songs, "Do It Yourself" (which have helpfully been
recorded on http://www.livejournal.com/users/captain18/56170.html).
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> ObPussyThread: I was first introduced to Bogle's twisted sense of
> humor by the song "Nobody's Moggy Now", keeping in mind that "Moggy"
> is Aussie-speak for "cat" (right, DRS?):
Yes.
--
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