Streets of Forbes
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| "Streets of Forbes" | ||||
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| Single by Weddings Parties Anything | ||||
| from the album The Big Don't Argue | ||||
| A-side | "Streets of Forbes" | |||
| B-side | "Missing in Action" | |||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | traditional | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Dickinson | |||
| Weddings Parties Anything singles chronology | ||||
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"Streets of Forbes" (Roud # 20764) is an Australian folksong about the death of bushranger Ben Hall. The song is one of the best-known elements of the Australian folk repertoire. It has been recorded by many folk and popular artists and groups including The Bushwhackers, Gary Shearston, Niamh Parsons, June Tabor, Show of Hands, and Weddings Parties Anything.[1] English folk singer Martin Carthy sings the song on his 1968 album But Two Came By with Dave Swarbrick.[2]
Paul Kelly made his public debut singing the Australian folk song "Streets of Forbes" to a Hobart audience in 1974.[3][4] "The Streets of Forbes" is usually listed as traditional or anonymous, but Gary Shearston writes that "there are reasons for thinking John McGuire, (Ben Hall's brother in law), may well have been the original author".[5][6][7]
