Wattle songs - words and music

Wattle Songs

'Wattle Day Song' by David and Jan Raff (1999)
'Where the Wattles Bloom' by Jim Williams (2012)
'Golden Wattle'  Lyrics Denis Kevans Music: Sonia Bennett (1999)

Via Youtube

There's Gold Here in the Wattle by Cathy Welsford & Angie Smith

'The Wattle' by Jim Low (early 1970s)

Lyrics and sheet music available below

Turner Primary School students singing a wattle song
Photo: Brian Goggin

Wattle Day Song

Chorus
We're proud to wear the Green and Gold,
Live the Spirit of Australia,
We welcome Spring on Wattle Day,
From coast to coast, let's all say G'Day.

The wattle lies dormant through winter months,
Building her strength for the Spring to come,
When life bursts forth in golden sprays,
Let's get together 'round Australia and say....

At the drop of a hat we'll celebrate,
Go out in the bush with our BBQ plate,
If someone's in need, we'll help them out,
Let's get together 'round Australia and shout....

The wattle shows a way we can live our lives,
An expression of hope, through fire and flood it thrives,
By working together we can beat the odds,
Aussie friendship and courage what more could we want....

©1999 David Raff and Jan Raff, Canberra ACT Australia

Download to listen to the MP3 recording of David and Jan singing their Wattle Day song

If you want to purchase a CD for $AUS20.00 containing a
recording of the song and a backing track (no vocals) which
can be used to accompany children when they perform, and
a page of sheet music consisting of a melody line and guitar chords,
please contact Mr and Mrs D. J. Raff by email.

Click here also for David & Jan Raff's sheet music for the Wattle Day Song.

Where the Wattles Bloom

You can rest at ease 'neath the blooming trees,
on a Springtime day smell the perfumed leaves.

Hear the white birds cry, see the white clouds fly,
from range to range through an azure sky.

You can find your space in the meeting place

There will always be room Where the Wattles Bloom.

See the sparkling snow, hear the river flow,
from the mountain top to the plains below.

You can find your space in the meeting place

There will always be room Where the Wattles Bloom.

Watch the heavens toss, see the silver gloss,
of the shining stars of the Southern Cross.

You can find your space in the meeting place

There will always be room Where the Wattles Bloom.

See the rainbow shawl, hear the welcome call
of the ancient home of the Ngunnawal

You can find your space in the meeting place

There will always be room Where the Wattles Bloom.

In this timeless land, there’s a welcome hand
From the white capped waves to the blood red sand.

You can find your space in the meeting place

There will always be room Where the Wattles Bloom.

Words and Music: Jim Williams © 2012

Download to listen to MP3 recording of Jim Williams playing his song on guitar.

Download to listen to MP3 recording of organ version (no voices)

Sheet music and words for a children's choir 

Sheet music for piano to accompany children's choir

Golden Wattle

Lyrics: Denis Kevans Music: Sonia Bennett

Golden the wattle, that spreads through this land,
Golden the wattle, to hold in your hand.
Golden the haze from the full wattle trees,
Golden the mornings with Spring on the breeze.

Smile lovely wattle, now smile on my face,
Smile for the hope that I hope to retrace.
Smile for the whistler who's joyous in song,
Smile for the mornings that Spring brings along.

Dance lovely wattle, now dance in the breeze.
Dance with the blossoms hung down to your knees.
Dance in the noon of the hot burning day.
Dance as the evening falls memories away.

  Instrumental verse

Golden the wattle, that spreads through this land,
Golden the wattle, to hold in your hand.
Golden the haze from the full wattle trees,
Golden the mornings with Spring on the breeze.
Golden the mornings with Spring on the breeze.
 

© Denis Kevans -  lyrics and Sonia Bennett - music.

Download to listen to MP3 recording of the 'Golden Wattle' (© APRA 1999)

Singer Sonia Bennett on guitar is backed by 'Loosely Woven' and a choir, with Samantha O'Brien plays the flute flute for the instrumental verse.

You can download the musics and the lyrics by clicking on the links below

© 'Golden Wattle' - lyrics and music
© 'Golden Wattle  - lyrics by Denis Kevans

'The Wattle'

Lyrics

Colouring the bushland with yellow blaze
You warm the last of winter’s days
Bending with your weight of gold
The promise of springtime you unfold.

Chorus
We love to see you wattle tree
You warm our days with your golden rays
Your fluffy flowers smell so sweet It’s you we sing of and it’s you we greet.
You’ve watched our country from the start
You’ve brightened many a weary heart The pioneer farmer on his own
The tired drover going home. (repeat chorus)

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrmobSBQmZU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IggG21ER8LE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3YQKcDbjpYiDT9hWUjsQMbuifz0lJPRhYo2Vk6iiqG3ZU0a2YFqtbCvAA

Recorded in 2013 and originally composed in the early 1970s.

Website: http://simplyaustralia.net website: http://jimlow.net

'Gold in the Wattle'

Enjoy this original song, singing and ukulele playing by 'The Wild Women of Anywhere Beach', otherwise known as Cathy (Fast Fingers) Welsford and Angie (Random Chords) Smith.

Hear it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Wgm8cYpDY&feature=youtu.be