| "Bridal Train" | ||||
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| Single by The Waifs | ||||
| from the album A Brief History... | ||||
| Released | March 2004 | |||
| Label | Jarrah Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Donna Simpson | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Thompson | |||
| The Waifs singles chronology | ||||
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"Bridal Train" is a song by the Australian folk-rock band The Waifs. It was released in March 2004 as the lead single from their first live album, A Brief History....
The song is about the bride trains that ran from Perth to Sydney and Brisbane in 1945 and 1946 to allow Australian war brides to join their husbands in the United States.
In Australia, the song was ranked #54 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.
The song Bridal Train won the first prize in the 'Folk' category, as well as the overall first prize, in the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition.[1]
- ^ USA Songwriting Competition, 2006 Results Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine.