The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35787   Message #490696
Posted By: Crazy Eddie
24-Jun-01 - 12:55 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Now I'm Easy (Eric Bogle) - 'cocky'
Subject: Missing word: 'Now I'm Easy'
Listening to this song on a CD, the first line is
For nearly sixty years I've been a ????????
The word I can't quite get sounds like "Crocky, Crockle, ....Croppy"
Clearly it means some type of farmer.
Any assistance with the word, and with it's more specific meaning (eg stockman, homesteader, squatter etc.) much appreciated. Eddie