Lady and the Bullock Driver, The

DESCRIPTION: "A squatter who lived Bathurst way, And owned a magnificent station" visits Sydney and meets a girl. When married, and take a ride with a bullock driver. The squatter demands the driver use good language. They get stuck because he can't curse his team
AUTHOR: Charles R. Thatcher (1831-1878)
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (Thatcher, Life on the Goldfields)
KEYWORDS: courting marriage humorous travel cattle
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Thatcher-ColonialMinstrel-Songsters, pp. 13-14, "The Lady and the Bullock Driver" (1 text, from the "Colonial Minstrel")
Hoskins/Thatcher-LifeOnTheGoldfields, pp. 37-38, "The Lady and the Bullock Driver" (1 text, tune referenced); p. 150, "The Lady and the Bullock Driver" (1 tune, partial text)
Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong, pp. 58-60, "The Lady and the Bullock Driver" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Drops of Brandy" (tune)
SAME TUNE:
Colonial Courtship (File: AnSt063)
Colonial Curiosities ("How fond all the people are here Of forming a little collection Of curious colonial things") (by Charles R. Thatcher) (Thatcher-ColonialMinstrel-Songsters, p. 37, from "Thatcher's Colonial Songster"; Anderson-ColonialMinstrel, p. 20)
Colonial Education ("Oh, what a discussion there's been, On the subject of State Education") (by Charles R. Thatcher) (Anderson-ColonialMinstrel, p. 32)
The Natural History of the Loafer (by Charles R. Thatcher) (Thatcher-ColonialMinstrel-Songsters, p. 88, from "Thatcher's Colonial Songster")
That'll Tell You About Emigration ("What a curious country this is, And what changes it's now undergoing") (by Charles R. Thatcher) (Anderson-GoldrushSongster, p. 78; Anderson/Thatcher-GoldDiggersSongbook, pp. 45-47)
What Shall I Sing? ("What a row you kick up to be sure, I really don't mean to abuse you.") (by Charles R. Thatcher) (Anderson-ColonialMinstrel, p. 67)
NOTES [29 words]: For brief background on Charles Thatcher's career, see the notes to "Where's Your License?" For an extensive collection of his songs, see Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong. - RBW
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File: AnSo058

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