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MAZLIN'S MILL Now I'm a bullock driver and I work for Mazlin's Mill And pulling timber from Vine Creek I've nearly had my fill And when the rain it comes at last, the roads they are like glue It's dig her out, or double-bank to find the balance due The cutters are no better off, at us they cannot grin For when they get their timber cut they cannot get it in And my advice to you my boys, please do not take it ill Far better turn your bullocks out than work for Mazlin's Mill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes In his Big Book of Australian Folk Song Ron Edwards writes "Mazlin's Mill was collected by John Meredith. According to Meredith's correspondent this particular Vine Creek is near Ravenshoe, N.Q., and the song dates from the thirties. The tune is given as 'Freedom on the Wallaby,' (better known as 'Australia's on the Wallaby'). The four Mazlin brothers were pioneer timbermen in the Atherton area of North Queensland, and the creek that runs through the town of Atherton is named after one of them. Will Mazlin's timber mill was on Creek, Ravenshoe". @Australian @work filename[ MAZLINML XX oct00 |
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