Song of a young country / selected & edited by Neil Colquhoun.

Melody line with chord symbols.

Lyrics subsequent to 1st verse printed as text.

Previous ed. published: Wellington, [N.Z.] : A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1972.

Includes index.

A Southern Gale. John Smith A.B. / words D.H. Rogers ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Shore Cry ; Davy Lowston ; New Zealand Whales ; Come all you Tonguers ; Soon May the Wellerman Come ; Across the Line ; Blood Red Roses / words & music anon. -- Kauri Scow / words Joe Charles ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Auckland to the Bluff / words & music Rudy Sunde -- Landfall. Altered Days / words attributed to John Barr ; music anon. -- I'm a Young Man / [words] Charles John Martin ; music anon. -- Black Velvet Band -- Rise Out Your Bed / words John Barr ; music anon. -- Darling Johnny O / words & music anon. -- Noo Jock, My Man / words John Barr ; music anon. -- Seasons in the Valley / words & music Rudy Sunde -- Lullaby ; Little Tommy Pinkerton / words & music anon. -- Bonnie Harvest Moon / words John Barr ; music anon. -- Old Dash / words anon. derived from a poem by John Barr ; music anon. -- How to Dodge the Hard Times / Words anon. ; music Neil Colquhoun -- For Gum. Trade of Kauri Gum / words William Satchell ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Black Swans / words Ernest Eyre ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Song of the Digger / chorus by William Satchell ; verses anon. ; music anon. -- End of the Earth / words anon. ; music reconstructed by Neil Colquhoun -- U Tudini / words & music by Rudy Sunde -- Old Gumdiggers' Bar / words Dennis Hogan ; music Neil Colquhoun -- As the Black Billy Boils / words & music anon. -- For Gold. Off to the Diggings / words anon. & 'J B Kaikorai' ; music anon. -- Bright Fine Gold / words anon. and Ruth Park ; music reconstructed by Neil Colquhoun -- Tuapeka Gold / words & music Phil Garland -- Shanty by the Way / words anon. & E.J. Overbury ; music anon. -- Victory Nugget / words & music anon. -- Wakamarina / words Charles Thatcher ; music Neil Colquhoun -- New Chums at the Diggings ; The Old Identity / words Charles Thatcher ; music anon. -- Gold's a Wonderful Thing / words Charles Thatcher ; music reconstructed by David Young -- Waitekauri Ev'ry Time / words Edwin Edwards & W.W. Roe ; music reconstructed by Neil Colquhoun -- Packing my Things / words anon. ; music by Neil Colquhoun -- California / words & music anon. -- Digger's Farewell / words anon. ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Of Rogue, Rebel & Rolling Stone. May the Devil Reward / originally 'The gay deserter' ; words & music anon. -- Murderers Rock / words & music Neil Colquhoun -- Joe Pawelka -- Skip to Me ; Ruahine Run ; Joe's Train Journey ; Don Buck ; MacKenzie and his Dog ; My Man's Gone / words & music anon. -- Talking Swag / words Selwyn ('Shirlee') Alison ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Down on my Luck / words A.R.D. Fairburn ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Path of a Walking Man / words anon. & Joe Fleming ; music also likely Joe Fleming -- Friendly Road / words & music anon. -- Union Maids and Men. The Sweater / words & music anon. -- Run for your Life / words anon. ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Down in the Brunner Mine ; Railway Bill ; 151 Days / words & music anon. -- Gutboard Blues / words & music Dave Jordan -- Cargo Workers / words & music anon. -- The Bloke that Puts the Acid on / words Henry Kirk ; music anon. -- I Struck for Better Wages / words & music anon. -- Working 'Out Country.'Foggy Foggy Banks / words anon. ; music reconstructed by Neil Colquhoun -- Shearing / words attributed to David McKee Wright ; music anon. -- Dug-out in the True ; Leatherman / words & music anon. -- Banks of the Waikato / words & music Phil Garland -- The Day the Pub Burned Down / words & music Bob Edwards -- The Mill / words Cecil Winter & anon ; music anon. -- Pack Train / words Peter M. Gross ; music Neil Colquhoun -- Rouseabouts / words George Meek ; music anon. -- The Magpies / words Denis Glover ; music Neil Colquhoun -- High Country Weather / words James K. Baxter ; music Neil Colquhoun.

English words.