Kauri Scow

DESCRIPTION: "Kauri scow, kauri scow, with your breaker-bustin' prow, Rollin' into Hokianga from the Tasman now." The singer asks what the scow carries. The business she does supplie "Money for my mortgage, money for my tax! For my tax!"
AUTHOR: Words: Joe Charles
EARLIEST DATE: 1981 (Charles, Black Billy Tea); reportedly "collected" 1959
KEYWORDS: ship nonballad money
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 20, "Kauri Scow" (1 text, 1 modern tune)
ADDITIONAL: Joe Charles, _Black Billy Tea: New Zealand Ballads_, Whitcoulls Publishers, 1981, p. 78, "Kauri Scow" (1 text)
File: Col2020

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