Tuapeka Gold

DESCRIPTION: "'Twas in the year of sixty-two as near as I can guess, I left my dear old hometown in trouble and distress." No one at home wanted him. He goes to the Tuapeka goldfields and strikes it rich. Now everyone wants to be friends, but he knows better
AUTHOR: Phil Garland
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: gold home rejection return
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 50, "Tuapeka Gold" (1 text, 1 tune) (p. 28 in the 1972 edition)
RECORDINGS:
Dave Calder, "Tuapeka Gold" (on NZSongYngCntry)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wild Rover No More" (plot)
NOTES [62 words]: This looks to me like a New Zealand rewrite of "Wild Rover No More": just as in that song, the singer faced rejection, then got rich and finds doors opening for him. Phil Garland wrote at least one other song modifying a traditional type in this way; "The Banks of the Waikato" is a "Men's Clothing I'll Put On" type of song adapted to New Zealand hunting conditions. - RBW
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