From NZ - about Kauri gum-diggers Lyrics traditional - roughly 1880's music Neil Colquhoun

THE BLACK SWANS

The rest-less shad-ows by me flit
And day will soon be o'er
As in the dy-ing light I sit,
Out-side my wha-re doore.
A-way a-cross the east I see
the black swans home-ward come,
through sun-set skies that gleam on me,
a dig-ger sra-ping gum

Chorus:
yo-ho wup!
yo-ho wup!
yo-ho!

Mid hills of grey _ and brown _
I live here in the scrub
Full fif-ty miles from an-y town
And ten from an-y pub
Through win-ter's rain and sum-mer's drought
This life may-be suits some
I grind a scan-ty liv-ing out
A dig-ger scra-ping gum

Chorus

And if you want the way you've gone
Hid from friends you-'ve lost
As slow the years of life steal on
And turn the hair to frost.
Then see a-cross the East-ern sky,
The black swans home-ward come
'Neath sun-set skies that gleam on my,
Hard scra-ping of the gum.

Chorus

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MIDI file: BLACK_SWAN.mid

Timebase: 120

Name: THE BLACK SWANS
Text: By lyric - traditional music Neil Colquhoun
Copyright: member.tripod.com/NZFolkie/blackswan.htm
Key: D
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
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ABC format:

X:1
T:THE BLACK SWANS
M:3/4
Q:1/4=120
K:D
A,6|D4D2|A2A4|F4D2|D4D2|B4B2|B4A2|G6|-G4G2|
A4A2|B2A4|B4A2|F4D2|F4E2|D2D4|B,6|-B,4A,2|
D4D2|A4A2|F4D2|D4D2|B4B2|B4A2|G6|-G4G2|A4A2|
B4A2|B4A2|F4D2|F2E4|D4D2|B,6|-B,2B,2D2|G6|
A6|-A2=C2=F2|G6|A6|-A2E2C2|D6|-D6|D7/4||