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The Song of Newcastle
Process recording by Columbia Gramophone (Aust) Pty Ltd
Sydney, N.S.W.
The Song of Newcastle
Copyright
(Alexander Galloway)
Edward Walcott, Baritone.
(All profits from the sale of this record are donated to the Newcastle Patriotic & War Funds)
PR-287
(311)
Start outside
78 r.p.m.
A SONG FOR NEWCASTLE - LYRICS
Was I dreaming when I saw this wondrous sight,
The sky lit up a golden red at night
A harbour filled with ships from ports untold
Receiving many cargoes in their holds
Giant industry which caused that bright red flame
And helped to earn the mighty City’s fame
Where countless thousands helping to a man
To realise Australia’s Birmingham.
Chorus:
Oh City Beautiful, the Empire knows your worth,
In peace or strife it looks to those
Giant Industries you girth
So well endowed by nature
Your fame spread far and wide
Great City of Newcastle, enhance Australia’s pride.
The sun arose in splendour from the sea,
It revealed a city beautiful to me
And gazing far where Nobbys Lighthouse stands
I saw the miles of sunbathed glistening sands
In future years where ever I may roam
This paradise will some day call me home
To voice the admiration that I feel
For Newcastle Metropolis of Steel
SubjectNewcastle (N.S.W.)PersonAlexander GallowayCreatorGalloway, Alexander, 1876-1945Walcott, EdwardGreive, Colin (ABC Sound Archives, Ultimo) - digitiserPlaceNewcastle, NSWDate Created[1939]Identifier01-song-of-newcastle-declicked