The Blue Mountains (Elgar)
# The Blue Mountains (Elgar)

Please note that under English Law the works of Alfred Noyes are copyright until 1st January 2029. Therefore we are unable to print the words of this song. "The Blue Mountains" is a poem written by Alfred Noyes, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was one of the songs (collectively known as the "Pageant of Empire") written to be performed in the Pageant of Empire at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park, London, on 21 July 1924.

The song is subtitled "A Song of Australia". It refers to the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, and the pioneers who went westward to new lands beyond them.

