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15 Mar 04 - 01:51 PM (#1137215) Subject: Lyr Add: The Drover- NZ tune-some help please From: GUEST,Guest - Anne Not certain if I have all the words right in verses 2, 3 and 5. Can anyone correct any errors? The song is about a New Zealand drover (high-country sheep herding). THE DROVER tune by Mike Moroney, words possibly Bob Brosnan As Jack McTavish I was born, With Sunshine Valley as my home, Estrangement left me all alone, And I became a drover CHORUS: So it's on your horse and away we'll go In summer's heat or winter's snow There's whisky at the Dunback Inn For any skiving drover (x2) The first warm-up to pass around, As I recall we stood our ground, Depression days, no work around, Not even for the drover Then Hitler caused the next affray, I soldiered till peace came our way, So out-there land we'd be okay, Sod the cliffs of Dover ! CHORUS The Rock and Pillars looking spry, And my red blood youth has long gone by, And I've had my fill of Shepherd's Pie, Still I am the drover. And if you hear, the eye will drop, And who's this through the mist they clop, Comin' from the shrouded tops, It's the ghost of Jack the Drover. CHORUS |
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16 Mar 04 - 11:49 PM (#1138828) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Drover- NZ tune-some help please From: GUEST,Guest-Anne A correction - this tune is actually called Sunshine Jack. |
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17 Mar 04 - 03:22 AM (#1138906) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Drover- NZ tune-some help please From: Uke Hi Anne Unless anyone else can help - I'd say if you contacted the Pog 'n Scroggin Bush Band, they'd be able to help. Their website is Pog Website and has contact info. Looks like Mike Moroney is still in the band. Good luck Michael |
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19 Mar 04 - 03:26 AM (#1140642) Subject: Lyr Add: SUNSHINE JACK (M Moroney, W Brosnan) From: GUEST Many thanks, Michael. I have contacted the official website of the band as you suggested and had a response with corrections to the words I had struggled with. This song is on The Pioneer Pog 'n Scroggin Bush Band's "Southern Bred" video, which shows the historical places and the landscapes of beautiful Otago, New Zealand. Stunning backdrops to the superb vocals, a folk video I can watch over and over and always enjoy. Anne SUNSHINE JACK (New Zealand song) Tune by Mike Moroney, words by W. Brosnan. As Jack McTavish I was born, With Sunshine Valley as my home, Estrangement left me all alone, And I became a drover CHORUS: So it's on your horse and away we'll go In summer's heat or winter's snow There's whisky at the Dunback Inn For any Kyeburn drover (x2) The first war came, knocked us around, As I recall, we stood our ground, Depression days, no work around, Not even for the drover Then Hitler caused the next affray, I soldiered till peace came our way, So our fair land would be okay, Sod the cliffs of Dover! CHORUS The Rock and Pillars looking spry, And my red blood youth has long gone by, And I've had my fill of Shepherd's Pie, Still I am the drover. And if you hear the idle drop, Of hooves as through the mist they clop, Comin' from the shrouded tops, It's the ghost of Jack the Drover. CHORUS
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