The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8525   Message #4164169
Posted By: rich-joy
01-Feb-23 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: The Bush Girl (Henry Lawson)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: The Bush Girl (Henry Lawson)
This song was one of my early Aussie folk faves, as sung by the late Gary Shearston, using Con Caston's tune, c.1964 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9vgyb2S2Y

(bcoz the thread needs a new recording link :)

Cheers, R-J

PS   Ed, Merriam-Webster defines Sliprails thus : "sliprail: [noun] one of a set of movable rails in a fence that can be taken out to form a gateway : drawbar."