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The Ballad of Mick O’Shea’s
based on the song ‘I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool’ by Stan Kelly and Leon Rosselson I wish I was back in Adelaide, At Mick O’shea’s where the craic flows free, When Martin sang, and the Bodhrans rang, and … Continue reading
The Yass Heroes
By Daniel Kelly – 2021 D G There’s a bend down in the river, C G Where the water’s running fast, C G And the shallow sand is hollowed, Am … Continue reading
Sisters of Yass
G C G We left Rochfortbridge in the county of Meath, C G D Bound for a land far away from our home, G C G The green field behind us, the future unclear C … Continue reading
Rabbit Proof Fence
By Daniel Kelly – National ‘Sorry Day’, 26 May 2021 Em Mr Neville said they’d die out, Said that it was nature’s way, Am Now the white man owns the country, Em And he’ll never go away. Take the children … Continue reading
The Ballad of the Commercial Hotel
By Daniel Kelly – 2021 C G D G Around 1850 she opened her doors, C G Am D A beer and a bed, for the traveling scores, G D Em C … Continue reading
Jarrett’s Private Tears
a parody of Stan Roger’s ‘Barrett’s Privateers’ by Daniel Kelly -2020 Oh the night was getting very late, How I wish I was with Cheryl now, When a phonecall came from my mate Stan, He said come to town I’ll … Continue reading
The Frederick
By Daniel Kelly – 2020 G C D G Me name is James Porter, seafair’ns my game, G D I’ve been out on the ocean, since I had name, G C G But the stealing … Continue reading
You Bastards
By Daniel Kelly – 2020 G C G I was 18 when I joined the plant, in 1954, Em G D To make the FJ Holden, like my father did before, C Em D G … Continue reading
Wombat Rural Fire Service
By Daniel Kelly – 2020 G D You may think you know the story of the wombat, C G May have seen a couple of them at the zoo, G C But there’s a secret … Continue reading
Burned Through
by Daniel Kelly – 2019 C G Am C Sifting through the ashes, in this place that was my home, C G Am D Twisted steel and blackened concrete, all that’s left of what I own C G C … Continue reading
Finch in the Coal Mine
by Daniel Kelly – 2019 Em D Here’s a story of Adani, and of Clive Palmer to, G D C D Em How they promise jobs with better pay, but don’t care much for you, All the profits will go … Continue reading
Democracy Sausage
by Daniel Kelly 2019 G C G Em It’s the sausage of democracy, the symbol of or land C Am G D Handed out at each election, by a dedicated hand. C D G C You can … Continue reading
Yass Water
By Daniel Kelly – 2019 G Here’s a story I will tell, C G One Yass residents know well, G D One of the dirty little secrets of our town, G Turn the tap on at your sink, … Continue reading
Another Mile
by Daniel Kelly Am G Walk another mile, ford another stream, C G Am G Am Cross another river, bury another dream C G Am But it’s still so far to go to port Jackson C G … Continue reading
Yass Valley Wind Farm Song
G C G As I sit on the back porch, of my thousand acre lot, D D G I look out on the gorgeous view, proud of what I’ve got, G C G But now those flamin’ greenies, want to … Continue reading
Washpen Creek
by Daniel Kelly Em G D Em If you go down, by washpen creek, C G Em You better go with a friend. Em G D Bm For the things that were seen,by washpen creek, Em D … Continue reading
The Elm Tree
by Daniel Kelly – 2018 C F G C F G C Standing by the river, looking up to the town, C G F C My roots are deep, my branches strong, F G C F G My life … Continue reading
Zombie Sheep of the Murrumbidgee
by Daniel Kelly 2018 C G Am G Henry O’Brien went out one night to check upon his flock, C G Am G Am When he beheld an unearthly sight, that sure gave him … Continue reading
Better Than Decent Girls
A song I wrote about the young girls who arrived in Yass in March 1850 from Ireland. Many were orphans, fleeing the famine that had been caused by the English. G D C D The English had caused, the … Continue reading
William’s Razor
G William leave me alone, C G William leave me alone, C D G Can’t you see that my love has flown? C D G William leave me alone. G C … Continue reading
