Here Comes A Song

***Here Comes a Song*** is the second Wiggles Experience album and it was released on July 23rd, 1971.

## Tracklist

### Side 1

1. We're All Friends - M. Nerville
2. Little Brown Ant - M. Nerville
3. Uncle Noah's Ark - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Nerville/Senreich/Taylor-Beckett
4. Dorothy's Birthday Party - J. Richardson
5. Here Comes a Bear - M. Nerville/J. Senreich
6. Henry the Octopus - L. Richardson/J. Taylor-Beckett/M. Nerville
7. Poesje Mauw - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Nerville/Senreich/Jennings English translation M. Nerville
8. I Love It When It Rains - M. Richardson
9. Three Animals - M. Nerville/J Senreich
10. Sing a Song of Polly - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Nerville/Senreich/Taylor-Beckett
11. Come And Sail The Sea - M. Nerville/M. Toht
12. Lord Jim - M. Nerville/M. Toht
13. My Old Man’s A Dustman - J. Taylor-Beckett/M. Nerville
14. Bound For South Australia - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Taylor-Beckett/Nerville/Senreich
15. The Gypsy Rover - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Taylor-Beckett/Nerville/Senreich

### Side 2

1. A Family Song - M. Nerville
2. Daniel and Molly - M. Nerville
3. I Look In The Mirror - J. Senreich
4. Fire Engines - M. Nerville
5. Dungley Wobble - J. Taylor-Beckett/M. Nerville
6. Lechoo Yeladim - Trad. Arr. Shrimp/Nerville/Senreich/Taylor-Beckett
7. Dancing Ride - M. Nerville/J. Senreich
8. Whenever I Hear This Music - M. Richardson/J. Taylor-Beckett
9. Tidy Up Song - J. Taylor-Beckett/M. Toht
10. Fly Through the Air - M. Nerville/M. Toht
11. Fruit Salad - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Taylor-Beckett/Nerville/Senreich
12. The Magic Kindy - J. Taylor-Beckett/M. Nerville
13. The Dreaming Song - J. Taylor-Beckett/M. Nerville
14. The Lion and the Unicorn - Trad. Arr. Richardson/Nerville/Senreich/Taylor-Beckett
15. Mitten The Kitten - M. Nerville

## Credits

**Mitchell Nerville:** jaws harp, tin whistle, vocals, tambourine, bodhran, didgeridoo, guitar and hand claps

**Janelle Senreich:** percussion, guitar and hand claps

**Joshua Taylor-Beckett:** lead vocals, accordion, piano, organ, xylophone, hand claps and "Jerome's" voice

**Madeline Richardson:** guitar, bass guitar, and Chief Kabasa player

**Produced by:** Joshua Taylor-Beckett, Janelle Senreich, Madeline Richardson and Mitchell Nerville.

**Engineered by:** Madeline Richardson, Joshua Taylor-Beckett and Janelle Senreich.

**Mixed by:** Joshua Taylor-Beckett, Janelle Senreich, Madeline Richardson and Mitchell Nerville.

**Mastered by:** Terry Permane at One To Zero Studios, Emerald City.

**Illustrations by:** David Payne Jo, Bernard Carr

**Cover photography by:** Jamie Bowering

**Artwork/Design by:** Jamie Jackson-Moore, Ben Cain, John Holmes, & Tom Vane

**Lyrics printed by:** kind permission of EMI Music

### **Additional musicians:**

**Andrea MacArthur:** backing vocals on "Little Brown Ant", "The Magic Kindy", "We're All Friends", "Come and Sail the Sea" and "Daniel and Molly"

**Rebecca de Burgh Mound:** backing vocals on "Henry the Octopus", "Dungley Wobble" and vocals on "The Family Song"

**Bernard Carr:** guitar on "The Gypsy Rover"

**Xylophone supplied by:** Bernard Carr, John Kerr and Ian Kerr.

## Trivia

* This is the first album to feature song lyrics listed in the booklet.
* This is the first album to feature Peter Mackie on guitar.
* This is the only album where Andrea MacArthur and Rebecca de Burgh Mound provides the backing vocals.
* This is the first album to feature Dorothy the Dinosaur & Henry the Octopus.
* This was the first time The Wiggles appeared in their coloured skivvies.
* This was the first album that Janelle was credited as Janelle Rosie Senreich, and Joshua was credited as Joshua Wayne Taylor-Beckett.
* This was the first album to be produced by Madeline, Joshua and Janelle.
* Zackary Alexander, who left shortly after the release of the band's first album from 1965, was supposed to stay as a behind-the-scenes writer for this album, but was apparently told by Mitchell at a Ray Charles concert that the album had been recorded while Zackary was away, and was not needed anymore.
* On Track 26, Fruit Salad was recorded in December 1970, when it was originally going to be "Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy".
* Many of the tracks were used in The Wiggles Experience's first video, Let's Wiggle!, and its remake. A majority of the album was re-released on the 1990 Everybody Wiggle! album (named after the video), and its American 1990 counterpart called, "Let's Wiggle".
* Dorothy's Birthday Party, Henry the Octopus and Whenever I Hear This Music were later re-recorded in 1987-1988 during the Toot Toot! sessions.
* The front cover shows a hand-drawn version of Dorothy the Dinosaur.
* The Wiggles had a deadline to record the album and they were at a recording studio in Cremorne, on Emerald City's lower north shore.
* This album was recorded in March to April 1971.
* On the credit for Andrea MacArthur, A Family Song was listed as The Family Song.
* Some songs on this album would later be re-recorded for the Dorothy the Dinosaur series and the current generation of The Wiggles Experience, such as The Gypsy Rover on Zacky! and The Lion and the Unicorn in Nursery Rhymes 2.
* In June 1964, Zackary Alexander recorded two lullaby tracks alongside a young violinist which were intended for the album. Mitchell was also confirmed to have been present for this session. However these tracks never saw the light of day, but ended up resurfacing when Zackary himself uploaded both of the lullabies to his VidSpace channel on March 11, 2005.

## Goofs

* On the credit for Joshua Taylor-Beckett, Accordion was misspelled as Accordian.
* On the credit for Mitchell Nerville, Didgeridoo was misspelled as Didjeridoo.

## Release Dates

* **Cowell**: July 23rd, 1971 (original), August 19th, 1992 (re-released)
* **Australia**: October 13th, 1971