Tex Morton 1938-1943 Regal Zonophone Collection vol 2 ,47 track dble cd

Tex Morton was born Robert Lane August 30th 1916 in Nelson, New Zealand. He performed and recorded at the age of 16 and left for Australia in 1932. Tex pioneered the travelling country show and toured the world. The showman supreme, he single handedly established the identity of Australasian country music.

After arriving in Australia in 1932 Tex survived by working various jobs and busking.  His breakthrough came with his earliest recordings for the Regal Zonophone label, where he recorded from 1936 - 1943. This 47 track double cd features Tex Mortons recordings from 1938 -43 for Regal Zonophone .

'  Vol. 2 covers 47 songs recorded between the years 1938-1943, a period when Morton's tremendous popularity allowed him to record more original and distinctly Australian compositions than ever before. One of Morton's most famous songs, "I'll Be Hanged (If They're Gonna Hang Me)" is here, alongside songs from the American West, sentimental songs, Australian bush ballads, and yodeling showcases. Morton is on a par with the great names of early American country music, and shows how the rural, working class attitude of hillbilly music could be adopted and advanced by artists around the world.' - allmusic

1.Move Along Baldy
2.Dying Duffer's Prayer
3.Young Pat Maloney
4.Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes
5.My Old Crippled Lady
6.Old Man Duff
7.Crime Does Not Pay
8.Bonny Blue Eyes
9.My Old Bunkhouse Buddies
10.Travel by Train
11.Murrumbridgee Jack
12.Dreams of Silver and Memories of Gold
13.Rocky Ned (The Outlaw)
14.I'll Be Hanged (If They're Gonna Hang Me)
15.I'm Gonna Yodel My Way to Heaven
16.Day I Left Daddy Alone
17.Ned Kelly Song
18.Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
19.Let the Rest of the World Go By
20.Billy Brink the Shearer
21.Little Sweetheart of Days Gone By
22.When the Bloom Is on the Sage
23.Sleepy Hollow
24.Freight Train Yodel
25.Aristrocrat
26.Beautiful Queensland
27.She Came Rolling Down the Mountain
28.If You Please, Give Me Heaven
29.Just Plain Folks
30.Old Boko and Me
31.Stockman's Last Bed
32.Old Rover
33.You'll Never Be Missed
34.In the Luggage Van Ahead
35.Drover's Wife
36.Come Back to the Valley
37.Everything But You
38.Mandrake
39.Don't Say Goodbye
40.Old Shep
41.Through the Sin of the Son
42.When the Cactus Is in Bloom
43.Rover No More
44.Flowers Never Bloom in the Lonesome Valley
45.Story of Parson Joe
46.Good Old Droving Days
47.'Neath the Silver Willow Tree