South Australia

Songs about South Australia

This page lists a number of South Australian towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 1,598,000. Capital city: Adelaide. Other notable locations: Coober Pedy, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln

SONG	ARTIST	LISTEN	SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


songs about ADELAIDE
Adelaide	Ben Folds	Youtube	Learning that there is no hurry, fuss or worry, Adelaide
Adelaide	John Cale	Youtube	I want to go home, I want to go home, I want to go back to Adelaide
Adelaide	Paul Kelly	Youtube	Down past the hedges all in a row in Adelaide, Adelaide
Adelaide	Rockfords	Youtube	I’ll take you with me when I go down to Christmas in the summertime, Adelaide
Adelaide SA	Sonny Rolfe		They let me off last Friday and I got out on the track, gave me all my money and I’m never coming back, filled the truck with goodies and some whisky in my pack, Adelaide SA’s looking good
Australiana	Austen Tayshus	Youtube	Noosa Heads of course, me mate Adelaide ‘em on me
Best Western	Bad Astronaut	Youtube	Rebellious, reformed then upright, it’s cold in Adelaide tonight
Bradman	Paul Kelly	Youtube	From Adelaide to Brisbane the runs did not abate, he hit ‘em hard, he hit ‘em straight
Came From Adelaide	Codabeen Champions Greg Champion	Youtube	Came from Adelaide man, came from Adelaide man, South Australian made man, drank Woodies lemonade man
Carrington Cabaret	Redgum		In the dirt filled gutters on the cold concrete, at the nightclub end of Hindley Street
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Down to Adelaide, walk around, see just how boring that is
Dark Old Street	Bakewell Street		Adelaide, A-Adelaide, the city’s asleep and the church is bare
From The Gulf To Adelaide	Slim Dusty
Hindley Street	Powderfinger	Youtube	The Hindley Street parade shuffles to my door
Home & Broken Hearted	Cold Chisel	Youtube	Bought a second-hand Morris for a cheap two-twenty and drove it down to Adelaide
Howl At The Moon	Don Walker		He fires it of into the heart of the night and lays a strip of rubber from Adelaide to Wittenoom
In South Australia I Was Born	Greg Champion		In South Australia I was born, hip hooray, Adelaide
Ireland Over Here	Traditional		And County Cork in Adelaide did appear. Traditional bush ballad
Last Train To Adelaide	Gerry Joe Weise		She’s got a ticket to ride, last train to Adelaide
Lear Jets Over Kulgera	Redgum		It’s a long hot road from Adelaide to Lincoln when the radiator’s hissing steam
Let’s Stomp Australia Way	Tony Brady		In Adelaide town it’s a gettin’ around, stomp is here to stay
Lost In Adelaide	Spiderbait	Youtube	I lost you down in Adelaide, I’d like to say I’m looking for you now
Made It To Adelaide	San Clemente Sky
Mad Tight	Bliss N Eso	Youtube	Adelaide (what what), your style is mad tight
Mr Bad Example	Warren Zevon	Youtube	Fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide, looking through the want ads sipping Fosters in the shade
My Adelaide	Jessica Monck	Triple J Unearthed	Though I’m not one for the sun, my love will never fade for Adelaide
Not The Sunscreen Song	John Safran	Youtube	Travel as often as you can. Live in New York City once. Live in northern California once. Never live in Adelaide, it’s a hole.
One More Boring Night In Adelaide	Redgum	Youtube	Well it’s one more boring Thursday night in Adelaide, and it looks like everybody must have died
Peter The Cabbie	Redgum		Peter’s a cabby on Adelaide roads and in five o’clock traffic that’s a hard road to hoe
Pickin’ Up The Pieces	Tania Kernaghan		And now your wife’s long gone back home to Adelaide
Plaza	Cold Chisel		I’ve been living in the Plaza Hotel, it ain’t the Hilton but I live well. The Plaza Hotel is located on Hindley Street in Adelaide
The Power To Win	Port Adelaide Power Football Club	Youtube	We’ve got the power to win, power to rule, come on Port Adelaide agression
Pride Of South Australia	Adelaide Crows Football Club	Youtube	We’re the pride of South Australia, we’re the mighty Adelaide Crows
Search And Loss In Adelaide	David Bridie
Servin’ USA	Redgum	Youtube	Toxic carpark jungle, west to Adelaide (inside, outside, USA)
Sitting In A Bar In Adelaide	Skyhooks		I was sitting in a bar in Adelaide, starin’ at the barmaids tits
Stopping All Stations	Hilltop Hoods	Youtube	The next train to Adelaide will depart from platform one, stopping all stations
Three Sons	John Williamson		Sent the boys off to school to see Adelaide, how other folks live, get a job, learn a trade
Town With No Cheer	Tom Waits	Youtube	From Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander
Virgin Ground	Redgum		In pucky little offices in Adelaide you count company profits but you’re underpaid
Wanganeen Is So Special	Greg Champion		When we wake up in the morning we’ll be off to Adelaide, we are the umpies for the showdown, Footy Park, Saturday
We Are The Crows	Greg Champion		Hear the roar when we score from the Bay to Semaphore, we are the South Australian Crows


songs about BAROSSA VALLEY
Barossa Valley Wine	Neville Anderson
Barrie From Barossa	Codabeen Champions		Spoken word


songs about COOBER PEDY
Coober Pedy	John Williamson		It’s a long road to Coober Pedy, tryin’ to write a note to you
Coober Pedy	Sunny Cowgirls	Youtube	He’s in love with the girl behind the bar in Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy Cabana	Col Elliot


songs about FLINDERS RANGES
A Thousand Miles Away	Traditional		On the far Barcoo, and the Flinders too, a thousand miles away. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the late 1800′s
On The Flinders	Traditional		Jack was one of the rowdy push, he was just in from the bush, he had come to work upon the Flinders. Traditional bush ballad


songs about GAWLER
Song Of Gawler	Judy Gillett-Ferguson		Now Gawler stands round Murray Street, round Murray Street, built on its industrial base


songs about INNAMINCKA
Innamincka	Paul Furniss		Instrumental jazz recording
Innamincka Muster	Slim Dusty	Youtube	Oh they’ve mustered all the cattle on the Innamincka Run
Take Me Back To Innamincka	John Vincent Greg Champion


songs about KANGAROO ISLAND
Kangaroo Island	Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo		From the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table


songs about KI KI
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Greg Champion, Jim Haynes & Ted Egan	Youtube	It’s Lang Lang and it’s Ki Ki, Wangi Wangi and Woy Woy


songs about LAKE EYRE
Australiana	Austen Tayshus	Youtube	Well Bo says, "Come in starkers, wattle Lake Eyre"
Lake Eyre	Don Harper		Instrumental ambient / classical music


songs about MAITLAND
Caitlin From Maitland	Andy Armstrong


songs about MURRAY BRIDGE
When The Snow Falls On The Alice	Lee Kernaghan		I’ve seen every lonely roadhouse from Charleville to Murray Bridge


songs about OODNADATTA
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr	Youtube	I was humpin’ my bluey on the dusty Oodnadatta road


songs about PARACHILNA
Keep The Kettle Boiling	Greg Champion		Well I used to be a railway man on the Parachilna line
Prairie Hotel Parachilna	John Williamson		I’m talking about Parachilna, Prarie Hotel Parachilna, where you won’t grow no roses but all the women try


songs about PORT AUGUSTA
El Alamein Blues	Catfish		All the world is sleeping off the day’s El Alamein Blues. El Alamein is an army training base 9km south of Port Augusta
John Wayne Visits Port Augusta	Not Drowning, Waving
Keep The Kettle Boiling	Greg Champion		Four hundred miles from Port Augusta, into the wild unknown
The Last Frontier	Redgum	Youtube	There’s a corrugated highway leading north from Port Augusta
Port Augusta	Slim Dusty		Life in Port Augusta, things don’t change
Port Augusta School Of The Air Song	Woden Valley Youth Choir


songs about PORT LINCOLN
Cool Hand Lukin	Paul Kelly		Back in Port Lincoln they were holding their breath, Martinez and Lukin, the only ones left
Diggers Of The ANZAC	John Williamson	Youtube	Things’ll never be the same in Port Lincoln since the made a movie there
Don’t Say I’m No Good	Paul Kelly		You can write to me at Port Lincoln poste restante
Drinkin’ In Port Lincoln	Cold Chisel	Youtube	And it feels much better when they get to thinkin’ of the nights ahead when they hit Port Lincoln
Lear Jets Over Kulgera	Redgum		It’s a long hot road from Adelaide to Lincoln when the radiator’s hissing steam


songs about PORT PIRIE
Where Ya Gonna Run To?	Redgum		Enrich the oxide out of Port Pirie


songs about SMOKY BAY
Old Smoky Bay	Amos Morris		I yearn for the great Southern ocean that rolls into old Smoky Bay
Smoky Bay	Ian Quinn		I came and went to Smoky Bay


songs about SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Australia	Will Driving West	Youtube	Chasing clouds in South Australia, trying to get back on track
Bound For South Australia	Traditional Clancy Brothers John Williamson The Pogues Tommy Emmanuel	Youtube	In South Australia I was born, heave away, haul away . Traditional bush ballad
In South Australia I Was Born	Greg Champion		On pie floaters we were raised, and Woody Woodroofe’s lemonade, and we disliked those eastern states, back in South Australia
Ooh-Ahh South Australia	Coodabeen Champions
Pride Of South Australia	Adelaide Crows Football Club	Youtube	We’re the pride of South Australia, we’re the mighty Adelaide Crows
Treat Yo Mama	John Butler Trio	Youtube	I got a couple of sista’s in South Australia, stopping the uranium from coming up


songs about WALLAROO
Wallaroo	Anthony Classen		Down at Wallaroo, yeah Wallaroo, dancing on the beach