Sir Don

"Sir Don"
"Sir Don"
Single by John Williamson
from the album Pipe Dream
Released	June 1996
Genre	Country
Label	EMI Music
Songwriter(s)	John Williamson
Producer(s)	John Williamson
John Williamson singles chronology

Sir Don is a song written and recorded by Australian country singer John Williamson. The song is a tribute to Australian cricketer, Donald Bradman and $1 from each sale went towards the Bradman Museum. The song was released in June 1996 as the lead single from Williamson's thirteenth studio album Pipe Dream and peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Charts.

Following Bradman's death in February 2001, Williamson performed the track at Bradman's Memorial Service at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide.^[1]^[2]^[3] The original scraps of paper this song was written on have been framed and hang in the Bradman Museum at Bowral.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sir Don"
2.	"My Oath to Australia"
3.	"Paint Me a Wheelbarrow"
4.	"Sydney 2000"

Charts

Chart performance for "Sir Don"
Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	72

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Edition(s)	Label	Catalogue
Australia	June 1996	Cassette CD single	Standard	EMI Music	8740883

References

^ "2001 John performs his tribute at Sir Donald Bradman's Memorial Service". John Williamson. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ "Our Don review Donald Bradman's symphonic tribute hits for six". The Guardian. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ "Greats attend Bradman tribute". BBC Sport. 25 March 2001. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "John Williamson". Australian Jazz Agency. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 303.