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DaveJohnson Tune Req: Name of Tune for Dengate's Punters Song (11) Tune Req: Name of Tune for Dengate's Punters Song 10 Feb 20


I am transcribing a tune from fiddler Stan Treacy and it is the same as the one that John Dengate used for the Punter's Song. It is sure to be in the first songbook that the Bush Music Club published in mid 1980s but a lot of my stuff is packed away courtesy of bush fire evacuation.
First verse is:
Each Saturday morning I crawl out of bed
Hung-over from Friday's excess,
Feeling crook in the "comics" and crook in the head
With a mountain of sins to confess.
But then I remember it's race day again
I collect up my clothes from the floor
I tune into Mahoney's selections at ten -
The adrenalin's pumping once more

CHORUS:
At Warwick Farm, Randwick or Rosehill they race,
It's a sign of our moral decay,
But wipe that superior look off your face,
I expect a trifecta today.

Australian Folk Song a Day lists it as Seamus O'Brien but I think not. Any thoughts?


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