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Year of Wonders
Mosaic
Balance
A Moving Feast
Are We There Yet? (Children’s songs)
Out My Window
Real World
Politics, Religion and Sex

Songbook

101 Songs

Bruce Watson writes excellent songs, on the side of the angels. He puts out CDs like Christmas cake, rich and nutritious, fruity in places, a bit nutty too, some bits sweet, some dark, attractive to everyone including children ... Bruce is a non-stop song-writer for all people, and all life, and brings them to life as great music.
Trad&Now

I am sheltering from the rain with an indulgent "Bruce Binge" for the weekend. What a magnificent body of work!
Lynne Stone – Blooming Threads

 
 

Year of Wonders (2022)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

Digital download:  Album: $10   Individual songs: $1.00   Download:

Track list:

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  1. The Glass
  2. The Ballad of Normie Rowe
  3. Déjà Vu
  4. I'm on the Train!
  5. Year of Wonder
  6. Endgame (The Sad Tale of Bobby Fischer)
  7. The Three Lives of Shirley Andrews
  8. Blobfish
  9. The Land is a Map
  10. John Snow & the Map that Changed the World
  11. These Old Bones
  12. What Do You Know about the Pangolin?    Watch video
  13. The Wreck of the Schomberg
  14. Your Letter
  15. Old Songwriters Never Die

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The songs communicate a deep love of history and community, wit, and powers of observation. This album left me lost in wonder! Bridget Roberts,
Chair, Community Music Victoria

Well-written and performed. You need look no further than this CD!
Juliet E, Weekend Notes

I was moved to tears by some tracks, smiled at some and laughed out loud at others. A wonderful album. Phil Melgaard, Performer

Bruce belongs in the front rank of folk artists. His latest album, Year of Wonders, is undoubtedly his best. The variety and balance in this album is extraordinary.
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Mosaic (2017)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

Digital download:  Album: $10   Individual songs: $1.00   Download:

Track list:

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  1. Gundagai Moon
  2. Captain Moonlite — A Love Story
  3. The Hipster Song
  4. Amal’s Journey
  5. Trim, the Circumnavigating Cat
  6. This Golden Bracelet
  7. Love Is
  8. The Beanie Song
  9. The Ballad of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener
  10. The Reedy River Still Flows
  11. Kemal Ataturk’s Tribute to the Anzacs
  12. Disclaimer
Bonus track: The Man & the Woman & the Edison Phonograph: Wax cylinder recording

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Another superb album by one of our finest.
Trad&Now

Mosaic is wonderful, I laughed, I choked up, I cried. This album has nailed it, excellent songs, cleverly crafted musicianship.
Rosie Harvey, singer/songwriter

Another triumph!
Martie Lowenstein, singing leader

A delightful album, a real treasure.
Alexa Mclaughlan, Writer, Editor

Very impressed. Lovey lyrics and arrangements.
Peter Titchener (Eric Bogle band)

 
 

Balance (2010)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

Digital download:  Album: $10   Individual songs: $1.00   Download:

Track list:

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  1. Balance
  2. I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home
  3. The Rules of English
  4. The Struggle
  5. Wintering Over
  6. Lament for Pluto
  7. The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph
    (featuring Ronnie Summers) Read the story behind this song.
  8. Australia ’s Lost Languages
    View a video of this song
  9. Murrumbidgee Morning
  10. Down at the Pool
  11. Lake Pedder Again
    Read about the campaign to restore Lake Pedder: www.lakepedder.org
  12. As Good as New
  13. How To Tune the Ukulele
  14. If You Can Walk You Can Dance, If You Can Talk You Can Sing

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It's absolutely fantastic - a brilliant album.
David Hosking
Radio 3MDR

Big congratulations on a beautiful sound and songs.  The song with Ronnie makes me cry.
Christina Mimmochi
Producer, 2010 National Folk Fellow

I love the harmonies, the sentiments expressed, the fabulously clever lyrics and humour, the humanity embedded in so many songs. Come to think of it I love them all. Thanks for again adding some wonderful songs to our lives.
Phil Melgaard, Performer

 
 

A Moving Feast (2004)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

Digital download:  Album: $10   Individual songs: $1.00   Download:

Track list:

(click on title to hear sample)
  1. Smart Bombs, Dumb Politicians
  2. Unfinished Business
  3. My Pussy Cat Keeps Peeing on the Carpet
  4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Foreign Minister
  5. Dad’s Clothes
  6. Elvis is Alive
  7. September 11
  8. The War Without a Name
  9. Sorry Song
  10. Road Train
  11. Lost Children of the Empire
  12. Vasectomy Song
  13. Nobody Should Have to Go Through This
  14. Landlubber's Shanty
  15. The Butterfly Effect

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Watson is a very talented singer-songwriter who crafts his songs with skill and has a real ear for a catchy melody.
Jim Low, Folk Australia

We played it and played it and again ... love it. Best you have done.
David Long, Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM

Fanbloodytastic. This album is one of the most impressive I've heard in ages, and I hear lots.
David Miller, Radio 3MDR

One of Australia’s finest contemporary songs (September 11)
Joe Dolce

 
 

Are We There Yet? (Children’s songs) (2004)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

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Track list:

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  1. Are We There Yet?
  2. A Pig that Sings is a Happy Pig
  3. Food Food Food
  4. Spooks
  5. My Pussy Cat Keeps Peeing On the Carpet
  6. The Short Song
  7. Beaut Blue Ute
  8. I Wish that I Could Play the Didgeridoo
  9. Tomato Sauce
  10. The Pirate Song
  11. Toddler with Attitude
  12. Real World Lullaby
  13. Knock Knock
  14. Twinkles the Elephant
  15. Henry the Hippopotamus
  16. I Like Animals
  17. I’ve Got a Brand New Baby Brother
  18. The Slow Song
  19. Don’t Give Your Hat to the Hairy Nosed Wombat
  20. Mummy Says (You Can’t Do That)
  21. We're Here!

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These songs meet children at their intrest and skill levels... slipping in a little education with the enjoyment. What is more, they are great fun.
Trad&Now

The kids have got so much joy and laughter from your beautiful lyrics and music as have I. Thank-you so much for creating such geniune, insightful, fun and touching children's songs. My two boys, 4 & 3 absolutely love it so I gave it to my 4 year old's kindergarten to share your wonderful music. So now I need another copy.
KB

We really love listening to the CD and have given most of the 10 we got from you away as presents! A bit different from the usual one minute wonders kids usually get for presents.
MJ

 
 

Out My Window (1999)

CD: SOLD OUT! This item is only available as a download
Album: $10   Individual songs: $1.00   Download:

Track list:

(click on title to hear sample)
  1. The Man & the Woman & the Edison Phonograph
  2. Up in Qld in the Wet
  3. Toddler with Attitude
  4. The Old Bush Dance
  5. I Shared a Urinal with Martin Ferguson
  6. Another Day in a Small Town
  7. Outback Love Song
  8. Pirate Song
  9. Half a World Away
  10. Olegas
    View some of Olegas Trucanas' photos
  11. Hello to Chaos, Farewell to Freedom
  12. All Australian Boys Need a Head
  13. Twilight Café
  14. I Wish I Could Write Songs like Eric
  15. Out My Window

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What a lovely album! Another Bruce Watson CD to add to my “play when I need to feel good about the world” pile.
Judy Small

Thoroughly enjoyable. The music is excellent. The orchestration is delicate and fitting.There are some quite poignant songs, and some rollicking fun and laughs. Listen to it! enjoy it! Well done Bruce Watson!
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Real World: Songs of Life, Love and Laughter (1994)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

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Track list:

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  1. Amazon
  2. Accident of Birth
  3. Pretentious Song
  4. Isa
  5. Silent Conversations
  6. Prince Charles Royal Talking Blues
  7. Farewell Comrades
  8. Trenches
  9. My Best Friend
  10. Real World Lullaby
  11. Procrastination
  12. Can’t See the Forest For the Trees

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"Robust and sparkling... High quality songwriting and performance typifies the entire album.... Watson has achieved that rare feat of being able to make us think deeply one moment while brightening our lives with joyful and enlivening humour the next.
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Politics, Religion and Sex (1990)

CD $25 (includes postage in Australia)        

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Track list:

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  1. Amazon
  2. Save the Hippy!
  3. Good to be Back in Melbourne
  4. The Great Gorby
  5. Would Jesus be an Ocker?
  6. The Sperm
  7. Song for Leonard
  8. Folk Rap
  9. 8 Trees
  10. Eye of the Storm

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Songbook: '101+ Songs' eBook (PDF) (2023)
Now contains 170+ songs!


Contains all of the songs on all of Bruce's albums, and many more. Containing 170 songs in total. Includes musical notation, guitar chords, lyrics, illustrations, and background information on each song.
This e-Book is updated periodically, so once you have bought it, you can just contact Bruce whenever you like and request an update!

Cost: $15        

Songbook: '101 Songs' (2006) & PDF supplement

(Hard copy version)

$25, plus $15 postage in Australia        

For those who are still old-school, you can purchase a hard copy of 101 Songs, contains all of the songs on Bruce's albums up to 2006, and many more. Includes musical notation, guitar chords, lyrics, illustrations, and background information on each song. And because Bruce is always writing more songs, you can update it any time you like by clicking on the link below to download a pdf supplement, which Bruce updates this every year or so.

Download 101 Songs Songbook - Supplement (2023) (15Mb)



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"101 Songs" is a wonderful contribution to modern Australian folk music.
Rollo Keik
Mount Beauty Music Muster