Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia

Subject: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: GUEST,weerover
Date: 27 Oct 02 - 06:35 AM

A song that was sung by a young Australian woman (Meg Ford) years ago to the tune of Rosin the Bow / men of the West. The chorus goes:

Come all you screw warders and jailers
And remember Perth regatta day
And take better care of your Fenians
Or the Yankees'll steal them away

Anyone have the verses?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: alison
Date: 27 Oct 02 - 06:40 AM

the song is called "The Catalpa" and I'm sure it is in the database....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: alison
Date: 27 Oct 02 - 06:41 AM

yep it was

The Catalpa

welcome to mudcat


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: GUEST,weerover
Date: 27 Oct 02 - 07:44 AM

Many thanks, Alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: Hrothgar
Date: 01 Nov 02 - 01:59 AM

Good book about the incident:

"The Emerald Whaler," William J Laubenstein, originally published by Andre Deutsch. Don't know the original publication date - my copy is a book club copy that I think came out in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The latest date for any of the material in the bibliography is 1956, so it couldn't be earlier than that.