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Thread #92141 Message #1759473
Posted By: Bob Bolton
14-Jun-06 - 12:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: We are the builders
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We are the builders
G'day again, open mike (et al,
Well, a quick search (lunchtime ... ) yeilds this:
"He was the first internationally renowned singer to perform at the Sydney Opera House — in 1960. He climbed onto the scaffolding and sang to the building workers during its construction. While in Australia he sang to thousands of other workers, including on the waterfront."
That makes it pretty early in the construction (5 or 6 years before I might have worked there - if I hadn't gone back to Tasmania). The site I picked this from didn't mention what he sang ... and I had better not check the other thousands of hits ... at lunchtime, anyway!