Wallaby Joe

DESCRIPTION: "The saddle is hung on the stockyard rail... And never was seen such a regular screw As old Wallaby Joe of Bellegarew." Joe, a horse, wanders off one day. Stockman Bill, his owner, decides to hunt gold; he finds the horse's corpse in his digging
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (AndersonStory)
KEYWORDS: horse death burial mining gold
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong, pp. 213-215, "Wallaby Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads, pp. 33-34, "Wallaby Joe" (1 text)
Roud #9112
File: AnSt213

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