Celebrating The Things That Make Australia Unique
Music and Lyrics by Jack O'Hagan
First published in 1922, Along the Road to Gundagai sold over 100,000 copies in that first year. It also became
a very popular World War II song. If you remember the Dad and Dave radio show which ran for years, it was their theme song as well.
This song should not be confused with the poem The Road to Gundagai by
Banjo Paterson which is quite different.
There's a scene that lingers in my memory –
Of an old bush home and friends I long to see –
That's why I am yearning
Just to be returning
Along the road to Gundagai –
There's a track winding back
To an old-fashioned shack
Along the road to Gundagai –
Where the blue gums are growing
And the Murrumbidgee's flowing
Beneath that sunny sky –
Where my daddy and mother
Are waiting for me
And the pals of my childhood
Once more I will see.
Then no more will I roam,
When I'm heading right for home
Along the road to Gundagai.
When I get back there I'll be a kid again –
Oh! I'll never have a thought of grief or pain –
Once more I'll be playing
Where the gums are swaying
Along the road to Gundagai –
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