NEW EP OUT ON BLUE SHAMROCK MUSIC... & LYRICS BELOW

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After a beautiful launch at Woodford Folk Festival 2024-25, we are thrilled to announce our new EP “MILLARD POP-TOP ’74” is available to purchase via Blue Shamrock Music.

https://blueshamrockmusic.com/product/mundy-turner/

You can mail-order the CD or digitally download it in a choice of two formats - MP3 or WAV.

You can also download the title track separately as the FIRST SINGLE from the EP - either in MP3 or WAV formats.

THE COVER ART

We commissioned three delightfully humorous illustrations for the CD Cover from visual artist Maki Ferguson. We love ‘em! 

THE SONGS

Seven original tracks, 26 minutes of music! Our aim? To take listeners on an uplifting adventure, fun-loving and thought-provoking by turns.

The uke-and-guitar-driven opening song (Track 1 Millard Pop-Top ’74) recounts the tragic-comedy of a series of family camping disasters in an ancient camper trailer. (It’s all true!)

We then take on the politics of inflation (Track 2 Falling), the bittersweetness of love & loss (Track 3 Dance Hall Days), the gritty irony of arms production (Track 4 War Is My Business), the wistful hopefulness of parenthood (Track 5 Joshua), and the current tragedy that is Palestine (Track 6 No Words).

The closing song offers a slice of goofy yet enduring romance (Track 7 Lucky Premonition), co-written in 2024 to mark the 29th anniversary of our meeting backstage at Port Fairy Folk Festival 1995.

THE MUSIC

Our signature duo vocal harmonies are front and centre, as always. Cath plays violin, ukulele and piano, Jay plays all the guitars (acoustic, bass, electric) and both of us add percussion.

Community choir Freedom Train bring an ebullient singalong quality to the title track to get everyone rolling on the ‘mantra’ - “She’s a Millard Pop-Top ’74!”

Check out all the LYRICS below and ORDER NOW via BLUE SHAMROCK MUSIC.

01.

MILLARD POP-TOP '74

Songwriters: Jay Turner & Catherine Mundy

V1:  We were tired of camping in a swag, waking on a bumpy floor

‘Time for a change’ we decided, ‘let’s see what we can afford’

I was studying alternatives, ’til I was dizzy in the head
When an online ad caught my eye and this is what it said: 

CH1:  “You can wind her up ’n you can wind her down 

She’s got two good wheels to keep you off the ground 

A bed at each end, a big space in the middle to hold the family and more 

It’s your lucky day, haul a dream away

She’s a Millard Pop-Top ’74”

V2:  We bought her cheap, sight unseen - that might’a been a mistake
She was a bit of a ‘fixer-upper’ 

but a little love was all that it would take
And so began a journey through an ever-revolving door -
As our money came in, it soon went out on our Pop-Top ’74 

V3:  First the telescopes went down, but only one at a time 

‘Cos the cables kept getting tangled up 

in a way only the Devil could design, 

So we exercised our credit-card ’til it was bruised and sore 

And once again she was working just like back in ’74

CHORUS 2

V4:  Then she tried to kill me! She pulled my car back down a hill 

I fell underneath the wheels, how I‘m living is a miracle still 

The insurance company laughed at me, but paid up finally 

Eight hundred dollars excess and she was right as she would ever be 

V5:  But then the roof sprang a leak, we couldn’t tell just where
We filled buckets every time it rained, it was a sad and sorry affair 

So I rebuilt the whole damn thing along with most of the floor
And the very next time we took her out, the ancient canvas tore 

CHORUS 3

V6:  Three thousand more and she was fixed again, 

but it was really time for her to go, 

So we sold her for a couple grand to some people that we didn’t know 

Now they call us up all the time to tell us that she’s doing well 

And how it was their lucky day when we decided to sell

CHORUS 4

CODA: She’s a Millard Pop-Top ’74 (x2)

02.

FALLING

Songwriters: Jay Turner & Catherine Mundy

V1:   I like living in the city

I don’t like living in a tent

But the government’s fighting inflation

Apparently that’s where my job went

Now they pushed the interest rates so high

I can neither buy nor rent —— and

CH1:   Minute by minute, hour by hour

I’m falling farther behind

Living in the shadow of the Go-Between Bridge

Without a ticket to ride, ticket to ride

V2:   The big boss of Woollies gets eight point four

Million dollars a year, maybe a little more

His ‘new low prices’ mean I can no longer

Afford to shop at his store, and

CH2:   Minute by minute, hour by hour

I’m falling farther behind

Living in the shadow of the Go-Between Bridge

Without a ticket to ride, ticket to ride — and I’m

BRIDGE:  Falling falling falling falling,  Falling falling falling

Falling falling falling falling, Falling farther behind…

MID:   You can call me a bludger, but I’m filled with confusion,

Isn’t unemployment part of your big solution?

If I get another job won’t that be fuel on the fire?

Another excuse to push those prices higher?

Instrumental Verse

V3:   Modern Economic Theory says

There’s a less blunt set of tools

Than to make us homeless, hungry and poor

Let’s make ‘em change all the rules,

Increase child welfare, yeah!

Tax a billionaire or two!

There’s far fairer ways that we can avoid

Sinking this ship of fools, and

CH3:   Minute by minute, hour by hour

We can make up for lost time

Get everybody on the Go-Between Bridge

Give us all a ticket to ride, ticket to ride — cos I’m

CODA:   Falling falling falling falling, Falling falling falling

Falling falling falling falling, Falling farther behind…

03.

DANCE HALL DAYS

Songwriter: Jay Turner

V1:  She met him at the dance in the Old Masonic Hall

It was late September ’59, 

Somehow she knew they’d fall for each other

So they fell for one another

V2:   All the dance hall girls called him ‘the Jiving King’

He would show them all the latest moves

But he gave her his ring

It said “Forever - Kiss Me Quick and Leave Me Never”

CH1:   Dance Hall Days, where her memory is turning

Dance Hall Days, in the circle of his arms

Dance Hall Days, now her lonely heart is yearning

Every time the music plays, she sheds a tear that says

She’s remembering those Dance Hall Days

V3:   The years flew quickly by and the children all left home

He would spin her round the kitchen

Late at night when they were alone he would hold her

Sing “Lay Your Head Upon My Shoulder”, just like those

CHORUS 2

MID:  The Alzheimers took him far too young

So many dances left undone…

V4:  Now she let’s her body sway to an old familiar song

She thanks me for my singing and I say

“Hey, you can’t go wrong with a little rock ’n’ roll

It always lifts the soul”, just like those

CHORUS 3 & 4

CODA:  Save the last dance for me, Save the last dance for me

04.

WAR IS MY BUSINESS

Songwriter: Jay Turner

V1:  Good Morning to you! War is my business

Hear all about it on the daily news

This week’s big star - Binjamin Netanyahu

Murderer of children and Aid-Workers too

‘Cos he’s got lots of ground-to-ground missiles

(That we sold him, but we told him)

‘Binjy, be careful how you use them

Don’t kill any Americans whatever you do’

V2:  Good Morning to you! War is my business

Guaranteed jobs and profits to spare

Collateral Damage? Well, we DO see a little,

But it’s not here, it’s all ‘over there!’

‘Keeping Peace By Selling Weapons’ -

(That’s what we do, proudly we do)

All the best rockets, tanks and guns -

Be grateful they’re not pointed at you!

V3:  Good Morning to you! War is my business

And I’m on your side until come the day -

Then I’ll be selling to the highest bidder -

It’s not my fault if you get in the way, anyway,

‘It’s not the weapons, it’s the people who wield them’

(That’s iconic and it’s almost ironic) that

If you get killed by a weapon you made

At least you’ll know it was ‘Top Grade’

V4:  Good Morning to you! War is my business

And it’s in my best interests to keep it alive

That’s why we employ Undercover Agents

To infiltrate and destabilise

But we can help you celebrate the glory

(Oh, yeah, the Power and the Glory)

To bury your sons and daughters with pride,

So wave that flag just one more time!

V5:  Good Morning to you, I hear the world’s ending

Bloody Armageddon going up in flames

Politicians busy hiding in bunkers

Far underground, still playing our game

Saving themselves for an uncertain future

(Making decisions, hoarding provisions)

The rest of you can think yourselves lucky -

At least you won’t have to blame Climate Change!

V6:  Good Morning to you! War was my business

But it’s finally true - the end is nigh

All the predictions from all of the prophets

Are coming to fruition and I’ll tell you why -

We didn’t sell you quite enough weapons

(Tell ‘em about ‘em, they shouldn’a done without ‘em)

If we’d only sold you a handful more

We could’ve saved the whole damn war!

05.

JOSHUA

Songwriters: Jay Turner & Catherine Mundy

V1:  Sing your own song, Joshua

Sing your own song, my son

Sing your own song, Joshua

Sing it out for everyone to hear

Loud and clear, proud and strong

Sing your own song

V2:  Go your own way, Joshua

Go your own way, my son

Go your own way, Joshua

Follow the crowd or the road less travelled on

Walk your talk every day

As you go on your way

MID1:  And if ever you need a friend

Don’t forget about me

Just look over your shoulder and there I’ll be, Joshua

Instrumental Verse

MID 2

V3:  Be your own man, Joshua,

Be your own man, my son

Be your own man, Joshua

Don’t you try to be anyone but you in all you do, whenever you can

Be your own man, Go your own way, Sing your own song - Joshua

06.

NO WORDS

Songwriters: Catherine Mundy & Jay Turner

V1: There are no words for what’s happening in Palestine

There are no words, no words

There are no words for what’s happening in Palestine

There are no words, no words

CH1: Let us imagine being free

From the river, to the sea

All of the children playing free

From the river, to the sea

V2:  There are no words for the slaughtering of innocence

There are no words, no words

There are no words for the slaughtering of innocence

There are no words, no words

CH2: Imagine living peacefully

From the river, to the sea

All the precious children playing free

From the river, to the sea

V3 : There are no words for the death of our humanity

There are no words, no words

There are no words for the death of our humanity

There are no words, no words

CODA: There are no words, no words (x2)

07.

LUCKY PREMONITION

Songwriters: Catherine Mundy & Jay Turner

V1: (Cath) When I first saw you, I had a Premonition

I had a Premonition, a lucky Premonition

(Both) When I first saw you, I had a Premonition

My Premonition told me s’gonna be alright

CH1: S’gonna be alright, s’gonna be alright

My Premonition said s’gonna be alright

V2: (Jay) When I first talked to you, call it Intuition

Call it Intuition, call it Intuition

(Both) When I first talked to you, call it Intuition

My intuition told me s’gonna be alright

CH2: S’gonna be alright, s’gonna be alright

My Intuition said s’gonna be alright

MID: (Cath) I have learned to trust my feelings

(Jay) Well, they haven’t steered you wrong so far

V3: (Both) When I first kissed you, I had a Vision

I had a Vision, such a lovely Vision

When I first kissed you, I had a Vision

My lovely Vision told me s’gonna be alright

CH3: S’gonna be alright, s’gonna be alright

My lovely Vision said s’gonna be alright

MID 2: (Jay) When optimism hits the ceiling

(Cath) Sometimes it keep you up at night

(Both) But since I saw you in that moment

It’s always been more than alright

CH4: More than alright (more than alright)

More than alright (more than alright)

More than alright (more than alright)

More than alright

More than alright (more than alright) More than alright

CODA: (Cath) Trusted my Intuition, 

(Jay) Yeah much more than a Suspicion

My Lucky Premonition - You and me we’re more than alright!