[Editor: This song, about Don Bradman, written by Jack O’Hagan, and sung by Art Leonard (also known as Len Maurice; real name, Leonard Arthur Morris), was released in July 1930 by Regal Records.]
“Our Don Bradman.”
[Transcribed from the music videos.]
Who is it that all Australia raves about?
Who has won our very highest praise?
Now is it Amy Johnson, or little Mickey Mouse?
No, it’s just a country lad, who’s bringing down the house.
[Chorus:]
And he’s our Don Bradman,
Now I ask you, is he any good?
Our Don Bradman,
As a batsman, he can sure lay on the wood;
For, when he goes in to bat,
He knocks every record flat,
For there isn’t anything he cannot do.
Our Don Bradman,
Every Aussie dips his lid to you.
[Music break]
Our Don Bradman,
Now I ask you, is he any good?
Our Don Bradman,
As a batsman, he is certainly plum pud.
Tate and Larwood meet their fate,
For it’s always shut the gate,
When the boy from Bowral hits four after four.
Our Don Bradman,
What a welcome waits for you back home.
“Our Don Bradman”: Music videos
Classic Aussie Singles – Our Don Bradman
Len Maurice – Our Don Bradman (1930)
“Our Don Bradman”- Art Leonard
Our Don Bradman
Our Don Bradman
Our Don Bradman [modern version]
Further reading:
“Don Bradman, legend of Australian cricket”, The Institute of Australian Culture, 27 August 2012
John Howard, “Sir Donald George (Don) Bradman (1908–2001)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography
“Don Bradman”, Wikipedia
“Our Don Bradman”, Wikipedia
See also: “Don Bradman videos”
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