U Tudini

DESCRIPTION: "Farewell my Dalmatia, farewell lovely homeland, To a foreign land I now go, there to dig that kauri gum." The singer left his home for New Zealand. Now he works hard day and night "Far from homeland and family."
AUTHOR: Rudy Sunde
EARLIEST DATE: 2010 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: emigration work home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 43, "U Tudini" (1 text plus a translation in an unidentified Slavic language [probably Croatian], 1 tune)
NOTES [16 words]: For background on the digging of kauri gum, see the notes to "The Old-Time Kauri Bushmen." - RBW
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File: Col2043

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