This is an alphabetical list of songs performed by the Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 / folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 group The Seekers

The Seekers

The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which were originally formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States...

– on record and live in concert.

Songs which were written, or co-written, by members of The Seekers (Judith Durham

Judith Durham

Judith Durham, OAM is an Australian jazz singer and musician who became the lead vocalist for the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963. She left the group in mid-1968 to pursue her solo career...

, Athol Guy

Athol Guy

Athol Guy , is a member of the Australian pop music-folk music group The Seekers. Guy played the double bass. He was characterised by his wearing of black horn-rimmed glasses...

, Keith Potger

Keith Potger

Keith Potger is one of the founding members of the Australian pop-folk group The Seekers. He was born in Ceylon and is of Burgher descent. In the Seekers, he played twelve string guitar and banjo, and sang...

 and Bruce Woodley

Bruce Woodley

Bruce William Woodley , is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. He was a founding member of the successful pop-folk group The Seekers, and co-composer of the anthemic song "I Am Australian"...

), have their names and the names of any co-writers listed following the titles.

As this is a page about The Seekers, this listing is confined to songs written by one or more group members. Information about songs by other writers can be found on article pages about the songs (to which links have been added on this page).

Songs by Bruce Woodley

Songs, which were written (or co-written) by Bruce William Woodley, include the following:

Song title	year recorded	The Seekers (songwriter)	(non-Seekers co-writer) of song
"Amazing (The Seekers song)"	–	Bruce Woodley	M Christiano
"Angeline Is Always Friday"	1967	Bruce Woodley	Tom Paxton Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has been writing, performing and recording music for over forty years...
"Chase a Rainbow" (Follow Your Dream)	1967	Bruce Woodley	—
"Cloudy"	1967	Bruce Woodley	Paul Simon
"Come the Day"	1966	Bruce Woodley	—
"Don't Tell Me My Mind"	1965	Bruce Woodley	—
"I Am Australian I Am Australian I am Australian is a popular Australian poem written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers. Its lyrics are filled with many historic and cultural references, such as to the 'digger', Albert Namatjira and Ned Kelly, among others... "	1993	Bruce Woodley	Dobe Newton
"I Wish You Could Be Here"	1966	Bruce Woodley	Paul Simon
"Keep A Dream In Your Pocket"	1993	Bruce Woodley	—
"Love Is Kind Love is Wine"	1967	Bruce Woodley	—
"Rattler"	1967	Bruce Woodley	—
"Red Rubber Ball Red Rubber Ball "Red Rubber Ball" is a pop song which became a hit in the 1966 version recorded by The Cyrkle.... "	1966	Bruce Woodley	Paul Simon Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
"The Sad Cloud"	1967	Bruce Woodley	—
"Time and Again"	1993	Bruce Woodley	—
"Two Summers"	1965	Bruce Woodley	—

Songs by Judith Durham

Songs, which were co-written by Judith Durham, include the following:

Song title	year recorded	The Seekers (songwriter)	(non-Seekers co-writer) of song
"Can't Make Up My Mind"	1967	Judith Durham	David Reilly
"Colours Of My Life"	1967	Judith Durham	David Reilly
"One World Love"	1993	Judith Durham	Johnny Young Johnny Young Johnny Young is an Australian singer, composer, record producer, disc jockey, television producer and host. Originally from Netherlands, his family settled in Perth, Western Australia in the early 1950s...  — or —John Young (musician) John Young (musician) John Young is a British progressive rock keyboardist and singer from Liverpool.-Biography:Young spent his early years at the Liverpool Cathedral where he was classically trained on the keyboard and voice. His first bands were mainly semi-pro jazz rock bands, and he played in these into the mid 1980s...
"Far Shore"	—	Judith Durham	—

Songs by Keith Potger

Songs, which were written (or co-written) by Keith Potger, include the following:

Song title	year recorded	The Seekers (songwriters)	(non-Seekers co-writer) of song
"All I Can Remember"	1967	Keith Potger	—
"Emerald City Emerald City (song) "Emerald City" is a song by The Seekers telling of the singer's fictional visit to the Emerald City of L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.... "	1993	Keith Potger (under the pseudonym of 'John Martin')	Kim Fowley Kim Fowley Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...

Song co-written by Keith Potger and Athol Guy

Song title	year recorded	The Seekers (songwriters)	(non-Seekers co-writer) of song
"You're My Spirit"	1993	Keith Potger / Athol Guy	—

Song by all four members of The Seekers

Song title	year recorded	The Seekers (songwriters)	(non-Seekers co-writer) of song
"Myra"	1963	Judith Durham / Athol Guy / Keith Potger / Bruce Woodley	—

Songs performed by The Seekers — written by other songwriters

• "A' Rovin'"
• "A World of Our Own
  A World of Our Own
  "A World of Our Own" is a 1968 single by Sonny James. The song was written in 1965 by Tom Springfield and was an international hit for The Seekers. "A World of Our Own" was Sonny James' sixth number one in a row, and twenty-sixth hit on the U.S. country music chart. The single spent three weeks at...
  
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• "All My Trials
  All My Trials
  All My Trials was a folk song during the social protest movements of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on a Bahamian lullaby that tells the story of a mother on her death bed, comforting her children, "Hush little baby, don't you cry./You know your mama's bound to die," because, as she explains,...
  
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• "All Over the World"
• "Allentown Jail
  Allentown Jail
  "Allentown Jail" is a folk song. Written by Irving Gordon, it tells the story of a man who is caught stealing a diamond for his girlfriend and ends up in the Allentown jail....
  
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• "Blow the Man Down
  Blow the Man Down
  Blow the Man Down is a sea shanty. The lyric "Blow the man down" refers to the act of knocking a man to the ground.-Lyrics:The full lyrics areChorus:Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man downWay aye blow the man down...
  
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• "Blowin' in the Wind
  Blowin' in the Wind
  "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...
  
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• "California Dreamin'
  California Dreamin'
  "California Dreamin is a popular song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965. The song is #89 in Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time...
  
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• "Calling Me Home"
• "The Carnival Is Over
  The Carnival Is Over
  "The Carnival Is Over" is a Russian folk song with lyrics written by Tom Springfield in 1965 for the Australian group The Seekers, who customarily close their concerts with it...
  
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• "Children Go Where I Send You"
• "Chilly Winds"
• "Come The Day"
• "Cotton Fields
  Cotton Fields
  "Cotton Fields" is a song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly who made the first recording of the song in 1940.-Early versions:...
  
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• "Danny Boy
  Danny Boy
  -Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine...
  
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• "Days Of My Life"
• "Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again
  Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again
  Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again is an American Negro spiritual that tells the story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.In this spiritual, a caller tells the story in rhymed couplets; each line of the couplet is followed by the final line of an abbreviated chorus sung in answer by...
  
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• "Don't Think Twice It's Alright"
• "Devoted to You
  Devoted to You (song)
  "Devoted to You" is a song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.The best-known version was recorded by The Everly Brothers, and released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1350. This version was issued as the flip side of "Bird Dog," but reached the charts on its own, at #10 on the United...
  
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• "Eddystone Light"
• "Eriskay Love Lilt"
• "59th Street Bridge Song" (Feeling Groovy)
• "Five Hundred Miles
  500 Miles
  "500 Miles" is a folk song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return...
  
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• "Four Strong Winds
  Four Strong Winds
  "Four Strong Winds" is a song written by Ian Tyson in the early 1960s. It was first recorded by The Brothers Four in a version that "Bubbled Under" the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1963...
  
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• "Georgy Girl
  Georgy Girl (song)
  "Georgy Girl", written by Tom Springfield and Jim Dale , is the title song performed by The Seekers for the the film of the same name. Across late 1966 and early 1967, the song became a #1 Australian hit and a #3 UK hit...
  
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• "Gotta Travel On"
• "Gypsy Rover
  The Whistling Gypsy
  The Whistling Gypsy, sometimes known simply as The Gypsy Rover, is a well-known ballad composed and copyrighted by Dublin songwriter Leo Maguire about 1950....
  
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• "The Hammer Song
  If I Had a Hammer
  "If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
  
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• "Hello Mary Lou
  Hello Mary Lou
  "Hello Mary Lou" is a song written by U.S. singer Gene Pitney and Cayet Mangiaracina and performed by Ricky Nelson in English and German in 1961. It reached #9 on the Billboard music charts on May 28, 1961, although the other side of the single, "Travelin' Man", hit #1...
  
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• "If You Go Away
  If You Go Away
  "If You Go Away" is a song in English based upon the French song "Ne me quitte pas" , written by Jacques Brel. The English lyrics were written by Rod McKuen as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work. "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists,...
  
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• "I'll Never Find Another You
  I'll Never Find Another You
  I'll Never Find Another You is a UK #1 single by The Seekers. It was The Seekers' first UK-released single, and was the best selling single of 1965 in the UK...
  
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• "Isa Lei"
• "Island Of Dreams"
• "Just a Closer Walk With Thee"
• "Katy Kline"
• "Kumbaya
  Kumbaya
  "Kumbaya" or "Kumbayah" — is an African-American spiritual song from the 1930s. It enjoyed newfound popularity during the folk revival of the 1960s and became a standard campfire song in Scouting and nature-oriented organizations...
  
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• "Lady Mary"
• "The Last Thing on My Mind
  The Last Thing on My Mind
  "The Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written by American musician and singer-songwriter Tom Paxton in the early 1960s, which Paxton first recorded in 1964...
  
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• "Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her"
• "The Leaving of Liverpool
  The Leaving of Liverpool
  The Leaving of Liverpool is a 1992 television mini-series, an Australian–British co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation...
  
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• "Lemon Tree
  Lemon Tree (Will Holt song)
  "Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the 1960s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal...
  
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• "The Light From The Lighthouse"
• "Little Moses"

• "Lonesome Traveller"
• "Louisiana Man"
• "Maple Leaf Rag
  Maple Leaf Rag
  The "Maple Leaf Rag" is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and is one of the most famous of all ragtime pieces, and became the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent composers. As a result Joplin was called the "King...
  
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• "Morningtown Ride
  Morningtown Ride
  "Morningtown Ride" is a lullaby written by Malvina Reynolds in 1957 and recorded by a number of artists, notably The Seekers. It tells the comforting story of the 'journey' through nighttime made by all the "little travellers" .-1962:...
  
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• "Music Of The World A Turnin'"
• "New World in the Morning
  New World In The Morning
  New World in the Morning is a studio album by Roger Whittaker released in 1971. It featured some of his most popular songs including "The Last Farewell", "A Special Kind of Man", the title track "New World in the Morning" and "Streets of London".-History:...
  
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• "The Olive Tree"
• "On The Other Side"
• "Open Up Them Pearly Gates"
• "Ox Driving Song"
• "Paper Bird
  Paper Bird
  Paper Bird is an eight piece Folk/Americana band based in Denver, Colorado. The band is composed of: sisters Genny and Esme Patterson , brother and sister Mark and Sarah Anderson , Tyler Archuletta , Macon Terry , Paul DeHaven , and Caleb Summeril...
  
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• "Plaisir d'Amour
  Plaisir d'Amour
  "Plaisir d'amour" is a classical French love song written in 1780 by Jean Paul Égide Martini . Hector Berlioz arranged it for orchestra...
  
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• "Puff, the Magic Dragon
  Puff, the Magic Dragon
  "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity and has entered American and British pop culture.-Lyrics:...
  
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• "Run Come See"
• "Sinner Man
  Sinner Man
  "Sinner Man" or "Sinnerman" is an American traditional spiritual song that has been recorded by a number of performers. The song dates to the turn of the 20th century but most modern recorded versions derive from the 1956 recording by Les Baxter, further changes and additions were codified in 1959...
  
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• "Someday, One Day"
• "South Australia"
• "The Sparrow Song"
• "Study War No More
  Down by the Riverside
  "Down by the Riverside" is a traditional gospel song. It was first published in Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag and there are at least 14 black gospel recordings before World War II."Down by the Riverside" has a long history and was known in Civil War times. It was sung by blacks...
  
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• "Sweet Adeline"
• "This Is My Song
  This Is My Song (1967 song)
  "This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966 and performed by Petula Clark.-Origin/ Petula Clark recording:"This is My Song" was intended for the film, A Countess from Hong Kong, which Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed...
  
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• "This Land Is Your Land
  This Land Is Your Land
  "This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent. Tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on...
  
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• "This Little Light of Mine
  This Little Light of Mine
  "This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel children's song written by Harry Dixon Loes in about 1920. Loes, who studied at the Moody Bible Institute and the American Conservatory of Music, was a musical composer, and teacher, who wrote, and co-wrote, several other gospel songs. The song has since...
  
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• "This Train"
• "Time and Again"
• "The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)
  The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)
  "The Times They Are a-Changin" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album, The Times They Are a-Changin. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stones 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time....
  
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• "Turn! Turn! Turn!
  Turn! Turn! Turn! (song)
  "Turn! Turn! Turn! ", often abbreviated to "Turn! Turn! Turn!", is a song adapted entirely from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible and put to music by Pete Seeger in 1959...
  
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• "Walk With Me"
• "Waltzing Matilda
  Waltzing Matilda
  "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad. A country folk song, the song has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia"....
  
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• "The Water Is Wide
  The Water Is Wide (song)
  "The Water Is Wide" is a folk song of Scottish or English origin that has been sung since the 1600s and has seen considerable popularity through to the 21st century...
  
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• "We Shall Not Be Moved"
• "Well Well Well"
• "We're Moving On"
• "What Have They Done to the Rain
  What Have They Done to the Rain
  "What Have They Done to the Rain" is a song by Malvina Reynolds.Composed in 1962 and first entitled "Rain Song", it was written as part of a campaign to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, which was producing fall-out....
  
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• "When The Stars Begin to Fall"
• "When Will The Good Apples Fall"
• "Whisky in the Jar"
• "Whistlin' Rufus"
• "Wild Rover
  The Wild Rover
  The Wild Rover is a popular folk song whose origins are contested.According to Professor T. M. Devine in his book The Scottish Nation 1700 - 2000 the song was written as a temperance song. The song is found printed in a book, The American Songster, printed in the USA by W.A...
  
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• "With My Swag All On My Shoulder"
• "The Wreck of the Old '97"
• "Yesterday
  Yesterday (song)
  "Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. The song first hit the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 cover versions, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded...
  
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• "You Can Tell The World"