The Ballad of Gunner Holt
Not On Label · Melbourne, Australia
- Artist
- Clem Parkinson
- Title
- The Ballad of Gunner Holt
- Release
- Unreleased
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- Unreleased · Unreleased
- Language
- English
- Country
- Melbourne, Australia
- Songwriter
- Clem Parkinson
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
To the tune of "The Wearing of the Green"; on Harold Holt's five weeks at Puckapunyal in 1940. Printed in Ratbags & Rabblerousers.
About the artist
Clem Parkinson - Melbourne songwriter of political and union songs, a member of the New Theatre Drama Group in the 1960s.
Themes
Anti-War · Draft · Satire · Harold Holt · Robert Menzies · Draft Card Burning
In collections
Australian & New Zealand Songs · Draft Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]