[Lyric sheet] Its a Long Way Back to Sydney

Lyric sheet for a song titled 'It's a Long Way Back to Sydney'. Sung to the tune of the popular song 'It's a long, long way to Tipperary', these lyrics were written by Driver Walter Goldstein Deveril and Harry James Wall Ross during the First World War.

The lyric sheet describes this song as a parody of the popular First World War song 'It's a long long way to Tipperary'. However, the lyrics evoke images of Australia as remembered by those who have left and is also patriotic in parts.

This copy has been published with the notice that for rights to use the parody, applications should be sent to the composers.

Driver Walter Goldstein Deveril served with the 1st BAC during the First World War.

Born William James Wilson, Harry James Wall Ross served with 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column during the First World War.

Towards the bottom of this page is a sound recording of this sheet music, or a parody, that was created as part of the Music and the First World War project. More information about this recording, including names of the performers, can be found on the catalogue record for the sound recording. A link to the catalogue record for the sound recording can be found at the bottom of this page, under the heading ‘Related objects’ where it can be identified with the prefix [sound recording].