Thomas Bulch, Craigielee (1891) for Brass Band - the genesis of Waltzing Matilda

Thomas Bulch (1862-1930)
Craigielee (1891)
Modern edition by Craig Dabelstein (1973-)
for Brass Band
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On 24 April 1894, the Warrnambool Garrison Artillery Band were performing at the three-day race meet at the Warrnambool Racetrack, Victoria. One of the pieces they played on rotation that weekend was Thomas Bulch’s arrangement of a Scottish folk song called "Bonnie Wood O’ Craigielea," which Bulch had arranged as "The Craigielee March," and published it under his pseudonym Godfrey Parker.
At the races that weekend was a lady named Christina Macpherson. She enjoyed the tune "Craigielee" so much that months later she was still able to recall the melody.
The following year, and 2,429 km away (1,509 miles), Christina was visiting an old school friend, Sarah Riley, at a property called Dagworth Station, 128 km outside Winton in Queensland. It so happened that her friend Sarah’s fiancé was the poet Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson, to whom Sarah had been engaged for eight years.
During the visit, for entertainment, Christina played some songs on an autoharp, one of which was the "Craigielee March" she had heard in Warrnambool. Upon hearing the tune, Banjo Paterson immediately began penning the lyrics to what would eventually become Australia’s unofficial national anthem, "Waltzing Matilda."
The most famous song in Australia’s history has its genesis in the band performance of "Craigielee" at the races. What could be more Australian than that?

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