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Along the Road to Gundagai
1924 song by Peter Dawson
"Along the Road to Gundagai" is an Australian folk song written by Jack O'Hagan in 1922 and was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1924, O'Hagan performed his own version later that year.[1] It is well known among Australians, and one of a small number of pieces which are considered to be Australian folk songs. Gundagai is a rural town of New South Wales. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, named "Along the Road to Gundagai" as one of its Top 30 Australian songs of all time.[2][3] It was used as the theme to the Dad and Dave radio show.[4]
In 2007, Peter Dawson's 1931 recording of the song was added to the registry of the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia.[5]