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Thread #60977 Message #979126
Posted By: Billy the Bus
08-Jul-03 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: Meet The Giant Squid!
Subject: RE: BS: Meet The Giant Squid!
Charley,
Dennis could well have picked up the pearl diver verses in Oz or NZ, as they were certainly current as part of "She Was Poor ..." here in NZ, in the 50s. My suspicion is that they would have originated in North Ausrralia, or maybe the Pacific Islands, as we have no pearl-diving here.