Australian country music link Australia's vast distances. Isolation and loneliness of life in the Australian bush has been another theme. For much of its history, Australia's bush music belonged to an oral and folkloric tradition, and was only later published in print in volumes such as Banjo Paterson's "Old Bush Songs", in the 1890s. Waltzing Matilda, often regarded as Australia's unofficial National anthem, is a quintessential early Australian country song, influenced more by Celtic folk ballads than by American Country and Western music. The lyrics were composed by the poet Banjo Paterson in 1895. This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing
Waltzing in a Dream Waltzing in a Dream "Waltzing in a Dream" is a 1932 song recorded by Bing Crosby. The lyrics were written by Bing Crosby and Ned Washington. The music was composed by Victor Young. Bing Crosby recorded the song in Chicago on April 23, 1932 with Isham Jones and his Orchestra and it was released as a Brunswick 78 single. The recording reached no. 6 on the pop singles chart in the U.S., with a chart run of eleven weeks. Guy Lombardo also enjoyed chart success with the song in 1932. Other recordings were by Enric Madriguera for Columbia Records (catalog