Song of the Snowy is an Australian musical by Edmond Samuels, best known for "The Highwayman". It had a background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The musical had its world premiere as a piece for ABC radio in 1956. One reviewer stated "It sounded like “The Maid of the Mountains,” “Rose Marie” and “The Girl of the Golden West” all rolled into one: with romance. New Australians, heroic guides, noble sentiments about this great national undertaking, and everything." Premise. A love story between a girl skier and an engineer on the Snowy Mountains Scheme.