Down the Hall on Saturday Night

DESCRIPTION: "I got a new brown sports coat, I got a new pair of grey strides, I got a real Kiwi haircut," and the singer (as soon as he finishes his work) will get on his tractor and ride it to the Hall, to drink and dance and have a good time
AUTHOR: Peter Cape (1926-1979) (source: Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
KEYWORDS: party drink dancing
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, p. 148, "Down the Hall on Saturday Night" (1 text)
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, pp. 225, 244, "Down the Hall on Saturday Night" (1 text plus an excerpt)
ADDITIONAL: Roger Steele, editor, _An Ordinary Joker: The Life and Songs of Peter Cape_ (book with accompanying CD), Steele Roberts, Aotearoa, New Zealand, 2001, pp. 52-54, "Down the Hall on Saturday Night" (1 text, 1 tune)
J. C. Reid, _A Book of New Zealand_ (Collins National Anthologies), Collins, 1964, pp.n258-259, "Down the Hall on Saturday Night" (1 text)

NOTES [38 words]: Recorded by author Peter Cape on the compilation EP "New Zealand in Song/Scene/Story." Good luck finding a copy. Apparently it also appeared on the LP "Taumata...." There is a CD version in the "I'm an Ordinary Joker" book. - RBW
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