I do have the Margaret Walters/John Warner CD WHO WAS THERE with this fine song on it but I haven't been very successful transcribing it; there are too many unique place names and John sings with an accent I've found hard to decode.

The song is composed by John Warner, one of Australia's finest songwriters. Probably the lyrics are on the CD notes which I've misplaced somewhere. The song commemorates the railway construction workers who lost their lives building the Kaikoura line along the rocky coast of New Zealand. I'm also curious about the tune which is quite lovely, and is probably based on a traditional British Isles tune.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble