Alistair described the origins of the Songbook page as follows.
The idea for an online songbook, with lyrics, chords and downloads, occurred to me when I got word of a Roaring Jack fans’ reunion and sing-around in Sydney to mark the 20th aniversary of the band’s first night at the legendary but ‘sadly gentrified’ Sandringham Hotel in Newtown NSW. How time flies, eh?? Many old Roaring Jack songs are still part of my regular solo repertoire, so over the next week while I’ll be loading up some MP3s of acoustic guitar versions here, of songs that won’t probably ever get proper studio versions done of them again. Tunings and playing tips are thrown in free. As well as those chestnuts, there will also be a few later songs posted here too, that have been stripped back to the bare bones, the way I normally do them live. These aren’t commercial quality recordings, but hopefully the relaxed performances will compensate a bit for the reduced fidelity of sound.
We will expand the Songbook as time allows. To be notified of future updates please subscribe to the news RSS feed. Anyone who needs more info and playing tips than I’ve included on the pdf downloads can post their queries on the Songbook Forum.
Lyrics, Chords and Playing Tips
| Among Proddy Dogs and Papes Download PDF | Stream Video | Watch on YouTube |
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| Buy Us A Drink Download PDF | Stream Video | Watch on YouTube |
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| Dark Eyed Sailor Download PDF |
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| Destitution Road Download PDF |
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| The Dark Loch Download PDF |
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| The Day that the Boys Came Down Download PDF |
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| Don’t Sign Up For War Download PDF |
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| Everyone I Know Download PDF |
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| The Fair Flower of Northumberland Download PDF |
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| Farewell to Whiskey Download PDF |
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| Harold’s Best Men Download PDF |
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| He Fades Away Download PDF |
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| In the Days of Forty Nine Download PDF |
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| Lads of the B.L.F. Download PDF |
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| The Merchant’s Son Download PDF |
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| No Half Measures Download PDF |
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| Playing for the Traffic Download PDF |
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| Riches and Rags Download PDF |
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| The Siege of Union Street Download PDF |
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| The Swaggies Have All Waltzed Matilda Download PDF |
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| The Tinker in the Lum Download PDF |
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| Ways of a Rover Download PDF |
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| Wild Rover Again Download PDF |
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| Yuppietown Download PDF | Stream Video | Watch on YouTube |
