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17 Oct 00 - 12:30 AM (#320527) Subject: Lyr Add: SHEARING AT CASTLEREAGH (Banjo Paterson From: jacko@nz SHEARING AT CASTLEREAGH Now the bell is set a-ringing and the engine gives a toot There's five-and-thirty shearers here, a-shearing for the loot So stir yourselves you penners-up, shove those sheep along For the musterers are fetching them a hundred thousand strong And make your collie dog speak up what would the buyer say In London if the wool was late this year at Castlereagh Now the man that runs the Tubbo shed he's not the ringer here That stripling from the Cooma could teach him how to shear They ring away the ragged locks and rip the cutter goes And leaves a track of snowy fleece from brisket to the nose It's lovely how they peel it off with never a stop nor stay They're racing for the ringer's place this year at Castlereagh Now the man that keeps the cutters sharp is growling in his cage Always in a hurry, he's always in a rage You clumsy-fisted mutton-head you'd make a fellow sick You pass yourselves as shearers you were born to swing a pick Another broken cutter here that's two you broke today In my young day you'd never of made the shed at Castlereagh And the youngsters picking up the fleece enjoy the merry din They throw the classer up the wool he throws it in the bin The presser's standing by the rack a-waiting for the wool There's room for just a couple more, the press is nearly full So jump up on the lever lads and heave, heave away Another bale of golden fleece is branded Castlereagh By Banjo Paterson. Sung and recorded by Gerry Hallom |
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17 Oct 00 - 07:07 AM (#320691) Subject: RE: Add Lyrics-Castlereagh From: Bob Bolton G'day Jacko,
It may just be a typo (I certainly can cast no stones!), but the line should be:
That is "rung" in the same sense as line 6 of this stanza: For those not familiar with antipodean shearing terms, the "ringer" is the top shearer in that shed, the one who shears the most sheep in a given period. Regards, Bob Bolton
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17 Oct 00 - 09:25 AM (#320770) Subject: RE: Add Lyrics-Castlereagh From: GUEST Bob or Jacko, I've never heard this sung. Got a tune? Regards, John |
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17 Oct 00 - 05:03 PM (#321153) Subject: RE: Add Lyrics-Castlereagh From: jacko@nz gidday Bob It was no typo so thank you. John, I can't do midi tunes or the like, but catch me on HearMe and I'll be happy to sing for you |
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17 Oct 00 - 10:27 PM (#321458) Subject: RE: Add Lyrics-Castlereagh From: Bob Bolton G'day Guest, I don't have it written down anywhere, even less in MIDI &c. I have been familiar with with Gerry's tune since I bought his record, early 1980s (?). Most of that record is on a Musica Pangaea release in their (very short) series of Australian sensitive songs (or romantic ... or whatever - the other one is by Martym Wyndham-Read). I bought the CD hoping to hear what Gerry sounds like tese days (having heard good things - even comparisons to Ewan MacColl!) but was disappointed that it was really old stuff. I knew Gerry in the '70s, when he was in Sydney. I negotiated with him to use the Turner Hall at the Institute of Technology - but did not have him on the concert bill because I did not know that he sang ... very well. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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18 Oct 00 - 02:37 PM (#321981) Subject: RE: Add Lyrics-Castlereagh From: dick greenhaus Thanx, Jacko |