THE DYING STOCKMAN
(traditional Australian)
^^
A strapping young stockman lay dying,
A saddle supporting his head;
And his comrades around him were crying
As he leant on his elbow and said:
CHORUS:
Wrap me up in my stockwhip and blanket
And bury me deep down below,
Where the dingoes and crows will not find me,
In the shade where the coolibahs grow.
Cut down a couple of saplings,
place one on my head and my toe;
Carve on them a stockwhip and saddle
To show there's a stockman below.
There's some tea in that battered old billy,
Place the pannikins all in a row,
And we'll drink to the next merry meeting,
In the place where all good stockmen go.
I hear the wail of a dingo,
In the gloom of the scrubs down below,
And he rings the knell of a stockman,
Farewell, dear old pals, I must go.
If I had the wings of a pigeon,
Far over the plains I would fly;
I'd fly to the arms of my loved ones,
And there I would lay down and die.
Notes:
This is a strange rag-bag of a song, with echoes of far older songs in it. In broad outline, of course, it is a parody of "Tarpaulin Jacket" or "Old Stable Jacket," which were sung to one of the many versions of the fiddle-tune "Rosin the Bow." I see no reason to perpetuate the old mistake (made by Whyte-Melville, I imagine) of confusing 'bow' - fiddlebow - with 'beau' - dandy. Another version of the same tune is used for the funny but unprintable ballad "Lady Monroe."
The verses and tune given here are from Singabout, Volume 3, No. 1, taken down from the singing of Mrs. Laver, Mosman, daughter of Lance Skuthorpe. (The Penguin Australian Song Book, 1976, J.S. Manifold)
JRO
I was very pleased to have my Penguin Australian Song Book, until I found out LaMarca has a Volume 2 of this book . Gotta keep up with the LaMarcas of the world, ya know….
-Joe Offer-
MIDI file: DYINGS1.MID
Timebase: 192
Name: The Dying Stockman
Copyright: From the Penguin Australian Song Book
Text: Generated by NoteWorthy Composer
Key: D
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
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EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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MIDI file: DYINGS~2.MID
Timebase: 192
Name: The Dying Stockman (alternate)
Text: By Australian Traditional
Copyright: from The Penguin Australian Song Book
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EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
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