music composed & arranged by Bob Young recorded at Madrigal Music Studios songs performed by

'Jake the Peg' composed by Rolf Harris & Frank Roosen

'Sunarise' composed by Rolf Harris & Harry Butler

'Whiskey on a Sunday' written by Davey & Hughes

'Men of the Iron Gang' music composed by Barry Booth words by John Palmer & Rolf Harris

'Wild Colonial Boy' traditional

'Botany Bay' traditional

'All around my Hat' sung by Tina Young

Composer Bob Young, who created the underscore, was a Yoram Gross regular in the early days of the animation studio, before Gross's son Guy took over composing duties.

Young had done the score for the studio's first animation feature, the 1977 blend of live action and animation Dot and the Kangaroo.

Young had worked as an Australian show band arranger and conductor, as well as a composer before doing the score for the feature film Journey Out Of Darkness.

He did a trilogy of films for Goldsworthy CUP, starting with It Takes All Kinds, followed by Color Me Dead, and then the last in the package, That Lady from Peking, which was released in 1971.

After doing the convict drama Adam's Woman for Warner Bros, he would continue on with other feature films, including Warwick Freeman's Demonstrator. As well as Inn of the Damned, he would do Plugg, Little Boy Lost and Lady Stay Dead with director Terry Bourke.

Young also became an arranger and composer for Yoram Gross and his "Dot" animation features, and his work included Gross's Sarah and The Camel Boy.

He became the first president of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) for the period 1987-1991, hosting the first Screen Music Awards ceremony in 1992.

Rolf Harris was at the time still an extremely popular Australian entertainer, and it was almost inevitable that the film would start with a performance of "Jake the Peg".

The song had been released as a single in 1965, and in 2004 was voted the fourth best Australian single of all time, which suggests its popularity, if not its artistry. It was Harris's version of a novelty song by Dutch performer Frank Roosen under the title Ben van der Steen. The song has its own wiki here.

The other song performed by Harris, Sunarise, aka Sun Arise, was released in 1961 in Australia, and was also a hit, and has a wiki here.

Harris has his own website here, and his wiki is here.

Producer Yoram Gross, from the earliest days of the studio, had an eye on the merchandising potential of a young demographic, and as well as issuing an illustrated book version for young readers, he packaged an LP in time for the Christmas market. It is notable however, that Jake the Peg did not make it onto the album: LP (stereo) WEA 600054 1979 Composer - Bob Young - Rolf Harris, Harry Butler, Barry Booth, John Palmer, Davey and Hughes, Frank Roosen Songs Performed by Rolf Harris Narration by Rolf Harris Produced by Yoram Gross, Adapted to record by John Palmer

SIDE 1:

Botany Bay Part I (Trad. Sea Shanty), Arr: Rolf Harris (Castle)

Narration

Botany Bay Part II (Trad. Sea Shanty), Arr: Rolf Harris (Castle)

Narration

Men Of The Iron Gang (Barry Booth), (Castle)

Narration

Whiskey On A Sunday (Davey/Hughes), (Essex)

SIDE 2:

Narration Wild Colonial Boy Part I (Trad. Sea Shanty), (Castle)

Narration

Sunarise (Rolf Harris/Harry Butler), (Castle)

Narration

Wild Colonial Boy Part II (Trad. Sea Shanty), (Castle)

Narration

Botany Bay (Reprise) (Trad. Sea Shanty, Arr: Rolf Harris), (Castle)