The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37493 Message #1255522
Posted By: Charley Noble
24-Aug-04 - 03:20 PM
Thread Name: C. Fox Smith Sea Poems (PermaThread)
Subject: RE: C. Fox Smith Sea Poems
I was re-reading this fine thread and rediscovered this query from Santa:
In "The Cape Horner", the chorus goes "'crost the road to Newcastle, back to 'Frisco Bay"
Which Newcastle, and what does "'crost the roads" mean in this context?
I now suspect that the "Newcastle" in question was the old coal port in South Australia, with the "road" being the Pacific Ocean.
Cheerily,
Charley Noble