These modern or
"contemporary" songs can be used as alternatives to hymns or in addition
to hymns in Anzac Day ceremonies.
Anzac songs with video
Lest
We Forget
(youtube.com) This song from
Dogmatic Music
(facebook.com) is specially written for use in schools.
Watch and listen to the YouTube video free. The same
3min17sec version is available for purchase and download
from
cdbaby.com. It is also sold as part of Dogmatic Music's Anzac Day Kit for schools.
John
Schumann - On Every Anzac Day (youtube.com)
Official music video of a song that pays special tribute to
Australia's Indigenous soldiers.
Lee
Kernaghan - Spirit of the Anzacs (youtube.com)
"He's a drover drifting over Western plains..." Tribute to Anzac soldiers by
country singer Lee Kernaghan. - Spirit of the Anzacs
lyrics (metrolyrics.com)
An Old Log
Cabin by V.C. Belsher (youtube.com)
Vic Belsher's peformance of his song about the camaraderie and
loyalty among former soldiers is set in the Briagolong (Victoria)
RSL log cabin.
"[Error]" beside some of the
following links indicates that the web page's security certificate
has apparently expired. However the page is still accessible.
Lugh Damen - Cry
For My country(lughdamen.com)
[Error] Singer/songwriter Lugh Damen has placed
all eleven tracks of
his album Cry For My Country on SoundCloud where you can listen to
them free of charge.
On the futility of war: Battlefield* (vivid description of carnage).
Lyrics
[Error]
[pdf].
For the women nurses: The Veil of Night (dedicated to women healers and nurses).
Lyrics
[Error]
[pdf].
Title track (instrumental): Cry For My Country (depicts Australia's history as a nation
- ranges from the didgeridoo through to Waltzing Matilda).
To
download the album or individual tracks you
need to pay through Lugh Damen's
cdbaby
page
[Error]. For information about
public performance licences for the downloaded songs see the
licensing
[Error]
page [pdf]. Note the following
information about free use of four of these songs.
*The four songs
marked with an asterisk may be used by schools and services
organisations in Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and Vietnam Veterans
ceremonies without having to pay a public performance licensing fee
as long as permission is obtained first.
John Schumann's song Anzac Biscuits is inspired by
the book Anzac Biscuitsby Phil Cummings (published
by Scholastic). -
YouTube
version of song Anzac Biscuits -
Lyrics (musixmatch.com)
- There is also a recorded interview with John Schumann including a
50-second sample of the song (at the end of the interview) on this ABC page
(abc.net.au).
●See also our Remembrance DayModern song
alternativespage, as some songs listed there are also suitable for use in Anzac
Day ceremonies.
This song from
John Schumann's song Anzac Biscuits is inspired by
the book Anzac Biscuits by Phil Cummings (published
by Scholastic). 
To Anzac Day Websites main page