“The Springtime It Brings on the Shearing (On the Wallaby Track)”

Description

"Oh, the springtime it brings on the shearing, And it's then you will see them in droves...." The singer describes the life of the shearer: Hard at work in season; rambling the rest of the year and "making johnny-cakes round in the bend"

Cross references

References

  1. Meredith/Anderson, p. 186, "The Springtime It Brings on the Shearing" (1 text, 1 tune); probably also pp. 259-260, "The Springtime It Brings on the Shearing" (1 text, 1 tune, but in a very sorry state of repair)
  2. Fahey-Eureka, pp. 130-131, "The Springtime It Brings On the Shearing" (1 text, 1 tune)
  3. Paterson/Fahey/Seal, pp. 185-186, "(The Springtime It Brings on the Shearing" (1 excerpt, filed under "The Flash Sydney Shearers")
  4. DT, SPRNGSHR*
  5. BI, MA186

About

Author: from the poem "On the Wallaby Track" by E.J. Overbury
Earliest date: 1865
Found in: Australia