Still fixing the links from this old page...

NEW - Russell sings Amazing Grace

NEW - Here is a WAV file of Russell describing the battle in Gladiator. Thanks, Debbie.

Bud White Speaks

Bud White Says Some More

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence.
Hov'ring there. I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctitiy of space
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Thanks, Debbie, for making the wav

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If I had the wings of an eagle
Over land all alone I would fly
I would fly to the side of my loved one
And there I would lay down and sigh.

I'll take you into my arms and protect you
Surround you with love and the like,
Although miles divide us
It's your touch I think of tonight.

Now sadness arrives...
Snap pictures thanks to a Russell Fan

NEW! - Click HERE to hear Russell singing a bit from The Silver Bumbry

Waltzing Matilda - Written by Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson at old Dagworth Homestead in January 1895. Sung by Russell in For The Moment.

NEW! - Click HERE to hear Russell sing it in a wav version (Thanks, Debbie, for making the wav)

Snappy pictures thanks to a Russell Fan

Click HERE to hear the song in midi form

Once a jolly swagman camp'd by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watch'd and waited till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me?"

Chorus

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he watch'd and waited till his billy boiled,
You 'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jump'd the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me."

Chorus

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me.

Up came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
"Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me."

Chorus

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me,
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me.

Up jump'd the swagman, sprang into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive" said he.
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
"You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me."

Chorus

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
You'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me.

Vocabulary:

Swagman = Itinerant
Billabong = waterhole
Coolibah = type of eucalyptus
jumbuck = young sheep
tuckerbag = food
sack squatter = property owner

Waltzing Matilda Home Page

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Russell sings a bit of Amazing Grace in Love In Limbo (Pictures and information from a Crowe Fan)

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Pictures below are from The Brides of Christ. Russell plays the guiter.
(Again thanks to a Russell fan)

Two Songs For Russell - By Murph

PAST THE OVERFLOW Let me ride past the West horizon Past the Overflow Where the birds are all of crimson And the wild winds blow. Let me leave the noise behind me, All the glitter false and tired I need to breath in freshness Need to run a little wild. All those women coming at me All those men with money eyes What they gonna do for me? I want Australian skies. I'm tired of talk and people Tired of smiling, being smart Want to keep my old mouth quiet Let the sun warm up my heart. Past the West horizon Past the Overflow Where Clancy went before me Where the wild winds blow. Where the wild winds blow. ©murph2000

LET ME TAKE YOU HOME It's so cold around here The sun never shines Nobody listens Nobody's kind Except for you Except for you Let me take you home It's so gray in this place Like I thought it would be Nobody's real Nobody sees Except for you Except for you Let me take you home. Where there's space to see each other Space to hold on tight Space to be together To love throughout the night Let me take you home It's too noisy, too many people No one caring for how we feel Nobody sees Nobody's real Except for you Except for you Let me take you home. Where there's space to see each other Space to hold on tight Space to be together To love throughout the night Let me take you home.

©murph2000