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Lyrics to these songs
plus photos and notes are available in the book "Native Born".
For further
information on the background of some of Neil Murray’s
songs please click on song titles below
to view previous discourse.
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Title
 |
Collaborators
 |
Written
 |
Location
 |
Album or Release
 |
|
Animal Song (*I) |
G. Rrurrambu |
1984 |
Papunya |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
Anywhere Tonight |
|
1998 |
Katoomba |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Beer in Our Hands |
|
2002 |
Darwin |
Going the Distance |
|
Big Truck |
|
1991 |
Annandale |
These Hands |
|
Blackfella Whitefella |
G. Rrurrambu |
1982 |
Papunya /Sydney |
Big Name No Blankets |
| Blessed Man |
|
2008 |
Melbourne |
Witness |
|
Breadline |
|
1983 |
Balmain |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
Broken Song |
|
1990 |
Ngurrka /Darwin |
These Hands |
|
Bulukbara Man |
|
1994 |
Lake Bolac / Melbourne |
Dust |
| Burning Land |
|
2009 |
Lake Bolac |
Witness |
| Burrumbeep Hill |
|
2008 |
Lake Bolac |
Witness |
|
Calm & Crystal Clear |
|
1988 |
Sydney / Hume Hwy |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Can't Win |
|
1997 |
Lake Bolac |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Circumstances |
|
1999 |
Darwin |
Going the Distance |
|
Cleverman |
|
1987 |
Kintore |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Cold Weather |
S. Butcher |
1993 |
Papunya |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Coolamon Moon |
Andrew McMillan |
1994 |
Jabiru |
Dust |
|
Cooling Winds |
Kev Carmody |
1998 |
Melbourne / Lake Bolac |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Countryside |
|
1985 |
Alice Springs |
Go Bush |
| Countrystar |
Laws Rushing |
2007 |
Nashville, USA |
Witness |
|
Drifting Ways |
|
2006 |
Kununurra |
Overnighter |
|
Driving Days |
|
1998 |
Sydney |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Eddie Mabo |
|
1999 |
Sydney / Darwin |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Everything's gotta go back |
Shane Howard |
1998 |
Warrnambool |
Radio in 2006 for 2songmen tour |
|
Empty House |
|
1998 |
Lake Bolac |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Falling Down |
|
1985 |
Alice Springs |
Go Bush |
|
Far Away |
Andrew Travers |
1988 |
Jervois Station / Sydney |
These Hands |
| Far Out West |
|
1995 |
Lake Bolac |
Witness |
|
Fire of Love |
Bill Jacobi |
1993 |
Sydney / Melbourne |
Dust |
|
Fitzroy Crossing |
S. Butcher |
1982 |
Wave Hill / Papunya |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
From the Bush |
G. Rrurrambu |
1986 |
Sydney |
Go Bush |
|
Get back to the Country |
|
2006 |
Los Angeles, USA |
Overnighter |
|
Give This Day |
|
1995 |
Lake Bolac / Sydney |
Dust |
|
Good Light In Broome |
|
1998 |
Broome / Darwin |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Great Redeeming Actions (*SW) |
|
1980 |
Alice Springs |
B Side - This Bliss Single |
|
Have you Ever |
Peter Brandy |
2002 |
Darwin |
|
|
He was Born |
|
1982 |
Papunya |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
High on a Hill |
|
2001 |
Balingup |
Going the Distance |
|
Holding Onto Sky |
|
2002 |
Darwin |
Going the Distance |
|
Holding you in my Arms |
|
1993 |
Melbourne |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Holy Road |
|
1990 |
Palm Beach |
These Hands |
|
Horse & Rider |
|
1987 |
Kintore |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
I Can Go On |
|
2006 |
Melbourne |
Overnighter |
| I Knew A Woman Once |
|
2007 |
Boston, USA |
Witness |
|
In My Heart |
|
1995 |
Alice Springs |
Dust |
|
Is Nothing Gonna Change |
|
1991 |
Sydney |
These Hands |
|
Is That a Sign |
|
2002 |
Melbourne |
Going the Distance |
|
Jailanguru Pakarnu |
S. Butcher |
1981 |
Papunya |
Go Bush & Single 1983 |
|
Johnny Grey |
|
1990 |
Sydney |
Unreleased |
|
Joining My life |
|
1995 |
Katoomba /Sydney |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Keep this Picture |
|
1991 |
Newtown / Sydney |
These Hands |
|
Key to my heart |
|
2003 |
Lake Bolac |
Overnighter |
|
Kintorelakutu |
Butcher, Baldock, Maxwell |
1982 |
Kintore |
Go Bush |
|
Kooriman |
S. Butcher, G. Rrurrambu |
1993 |
Papunya / Sydney |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Late This Night |
|
1998 |
Darwin |
The Wondering Kind |
| Last Dance |
|
2007 |
Lake Bolac |
Witness |
|
Lets Fall In Love Again |
|
1988 |
Sydney |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Lifetime Friend |
recorded by Adam Brand |
2001 |
Darwin |
Witness |
|
Lights of Hay |
|
2006 |
Derby |
Overnighter |
|
Little One |
|
1996 |
Lake Bolac |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Long Grass Band |
|
2002 |
Darwin |
Going the Distance |
| Lost Child |
|
2007 |
Melbourne |
Witness |
|
Love or Misery |
|
1993 |
Sydney |
B Side - This Bliss Single |
|
Love that Heals |
|
1992 |
Annandale |
Stylin Up by Cristine Anu |
|
Man with a Can |
Peter Brandy |
2002 |
Darwin |
|
|
Makes You Feel |
Butcher, Jacobi, Rrurrambu, Heckenberg |
1995 |
Sydney |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Meet me in Bedourie |
|
2004 |
Bedourie |
Overnighter |
|
Melbourne Town |
|
1994 |
Brunswick / Melbourne |
Dust |
|
Menindee |
|
1992 |
Menindee |
Dust |
|
Mobile Phone Blues |
|
2001 |
Adelaide |
Going the Distance |
|
Mulga and Spinifex Plain |
|
1980 |
Papunya |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
My Island Home |
|
1985 |
Hume hwy / Sydney |
Go Bush |
My Island Home
(the my way mix) |
|
2000 |
Darwin |
Sydney Olympics 2000 |
|
Myall Creek |
|
2001 |
Darwin |
Going the Distance |
|
Native Born |
|
1995 |
Germany / Sydney |
Dust |
|
Never Change |
S. Butcher |
1995 |
Alice Springs |
Too Much Humbug |
|
No Fear |
F. Tallis |
1985 |
Sydney |
Go Bush |
|
Nyuntu Nyaaltjirriku |
Butcher, Rrurrambu, Ellis |
1983 |
Papunya |
Big Name No Blankets |
| Ocean of Regret |
|
1987 |
Kintore |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Once in a while |
|
2003 |
Lake Bolac |
Overnighter |
|
One Day |
|
1992 |
Annandale |
These Hands |
| One Of Those Tunes |
Jim Moginie |
2008 |
Sydney |
Witness |
|
One More Mile |
|
1987 |
Sydney |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
One True Place |
|
1991 |
Newtown |
B Side - Peace Of Mind |
|
Out of Reach |
|
2001 |
Darwin |
Going the Distance |
|
Over the Moon |
|
2001 |
Nannup |
Going the Distance |
|
Peace of Mind |
|
1994 |
Richmond |
Dust |
| Remembering 9/11 |
Bob Saporiti |
2007 |
Nashville, USA |
Witness |
|
Salty Ground |
|
1990 |
Sydney |
These Hands |
|
Secret War |
|
1985 |
PNG/Sydney |
Go Bush |
|
Seven Days of Rain |
|
1988 |
Seaforth / Sydney |
B Side - Ocean Of Regret |
|
Shakin Hand |
|
1988 |
Seaforth / Sydney |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Silver City |
|
1988 |
Sydney |
B Side - Ocean Of Regret |
|
Sing the Song |
|
2006 |
Broome |
Overnighter |
| Sing Your Destiny |
|
1989-90 |
Broken Hill/Sydney |
These Hands |
| Sitdown Money |
S. Butcher |
1983 |
Papunya |
Big Name No Blankets |
| Sometimes I Feel |
|
1997 |
Queenscliff |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Spirit |
S. Butcher |
1994 |
Brisbane / Papunya |
Dust |
|
Stars |
S. Butcher |
1995 |
Germany / Alice Springs |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Stompen Ground |
S. Butcher, G. Rrurrambu |
1992 |
Broome |
Too Much Humbug |
|
Streets of Bourke |
|
2005 |
Bourke |
Overnighter |
|
Swagman's Rest |
|
1991 |
Sydney |
"Far Away" Cassingle |
|
These Hands |
|
1991 |
Newtown / Sydney |
These Hands |
|
This Bliss |
|
1991 |
Darwin |
Dust |
|
This Good Earth |
|
1990 |
Darwin |
Dust |
|
This Time |
|
1999 |
Sydney |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Tjapwurrung Country |
|
1994 |
Melbourne |
Dust |
|
Tjiluru Tjiluru |
S.Butcher, G. Rrurrambu,
I. Anderson |
1985 |
Alice Springs |
Go Bush |
|
Tom Wills Would |
|
1998 |
Sydney |
Going The Distance |
|
Too Many Love Songs |
Eric Beach |
1988 |
Sydney |
B Side |
|
Wanem Time |
|
1993 |
Sydney |
Stylin Up by Cristine Anu |
|
Waru |
G. Rrurrambu |
1984 |
Wave Hill |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
Warumpinya |
S. Butcher |
1983 |
Alice Springs |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
Wayathul |
G. Rrurrambu |
1993 |
Brewarrina |
Too Much Humbug |
|
We Gotta Be Strong |
S. Butcher, G. Rrurrambu |
1984 |
Papunya / Sydney |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
We Shall Cry |
S. Butcher, G. Rrurrambu |
1994 |
Glebe |
Go Bush |
|
We'll Build a Nation |
Kormilda College |
1999 |
Darwin |
Youth Reconciliation Conf. |
|
We'll No Return |
|
1997 |
Broome |
The Wondering Kind |
|
Where my people go |
|
2005 |
Lake Bolac |
Overnighter |
|
Wiima Tjuta |
G. Rrurrambu |
1983 |
Papunya |
Big Name No Blankets |
|
Wild Country |
|
1988 |
Sydney |
B Side |
|
Wilderness |
|
1987 |
Kintore |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Windy Mick and the Falcon (*SW) |
|
1993 |
Sydney |
Carnivale Live-Compilation |
|
Wings to Work |
|
1998 |
Darwin/Sydney |
The Wondering Kind |
|
With you tonight |
|
2004 |
Lake Bolac |
Overnighter |
|
Woman's Love |
|
1979 |
Robinvale |
Calm and Crystal Clear |
|
Yirdaki Blue (*I) |
G. Rrurrambu |
1986 |
Sydney |
Go Bush |
|
You'll have to Follow |
|
2004 |
Lake Bolac |
Overnighter |
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(*I) = Instrumental |
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