Paul Kelly – Performing 'Sleep, Australia, Sleep' Live with Pub Choir (2020)
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It's ANZAC Day....Lest We Forget....off to The MCG....Sleep, Australia, sleep
The night is on the creep
Shut out the noise all around
Sleep, Australia, sleep
And dream of counting sheep
Jumping in fields coloured brown
Who’ll rock the cradle and cry?
Who’ll rock the cradle and cry?
Sleep, Australia, sleep
As off the cliff the kingdoms leap
Count them as they say goodbye
Count down the little things
The insects and birds
Count down the bigger things
The flocks and the herds
Count down our rivers
Our pastures and trees
But there’s no need to hurry
Oh, sleep now, don’t worry
‘Coz it’s only a matter of degrees
Fog, Australia, fog
Just like the boiling frog
As we go we won’t feel a thing
Who’ll rock the cradle and cry?
Who’ll rock the cradle and cry?
Sleep, my country, sleep
As off the cliff the kingdoms leap
Count them as they pass on by
Our children might know them
But their children will not
We won’t know ‘til it’s gone
All the glory we’ve got
But there are more wonders coming
All new kinds of shows
With acid seas rising
To kiss coastal mountains
Big cyclones pounding
And firestorms devouring
And we’ll lose track of counting
As the corpses keep mounting
But hey, that’s just the way this old world goes
Sleep, my country, sleep
As we sow so shall we reap
Who’ll rock the cradle and cry?
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Recorded live at The Tivoli, 29 January 2020
Arranged and Conducted by Astrid Jorgensen
Pub Choir is Astrid Jorgensen, Waveney Yasso, and Megan Bartholomew
Filmed by Sleepy Mountain Films
BONUS-Paul Kelly Live At The Hopetoun 1986-Not the best quality…but gives you an idea of what he was like 40 years ago at 30.
My initial experience was at this same venue with Paul Kelly weeks before this was filmed. There were some amazing Sunday Afternoon sessions…. sets long.