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Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia

27 Oct 02 - 06:35 AM (#812313)
Subject: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: GUEST,weerover

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?


27 Oct 02 - 06:40 AM (#812317)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: alison

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

slainte

alison


27 Oct 02 - 06:41 AM (#812318)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: alison

yep it was

The Catalpa

welcome to mudcat


slainte

alison


27 Oct 02 - 07:44 AM (#812348)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: GUEST,weerover

Many thanks, Alison


01 Nov 02 - 01:59 AM (#815706)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fenians in Australia
From: Hrothgar

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.