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Thread #33899   Message #457347
Posted By: Charley Noble
07-May-01 - 05:23 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Music for a ground breaking
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Music for a ground breaking
Charlie Chicken,

You're talking about the other version of "Across the Western Ocean." The Sydney, Australia, urban renewal protest song I was talking about is a parody of "All for Me Grog" which for some reason is also known as "Across the Western Ocean." Don't despair, though, there's always room for another parody and why not crank it out now that the "evil seed" is planted. The chorus of the Sydney parody runs:

Under concrete and glass,
Sydney's disappearing fast;
It's all gone for profit and for plunder;
Though we really want to stay,
They keep forcing us away,
Now across the Western suburbs we must wander.

Not appropriate for our guest's special event, I'm afraid.