The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35787 Message #4080785
Posted By: Jack Campin
24-Nov-20 - 07:33 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Now I'm Easy (Eric Bogle) - 'cocky'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Missing word: Now I'm Easy (Eric Bogle)
In NZ cow cockies are not impoverished - cattle raising is the most profitable kind of farming. The Kiwis seem to have acquired the word without the backstory.