End of the Earth

DESCRIPTION: "The end of the earth isn't far from here, And it's getting much darker year by year." Gum is getting harder to find, and the digger will never again see a town, or women, or his homeland -- and if he did, he'd get in trouble for punching the foreman
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: worker New Zealand hardtimes homesickness
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 42, "End of the Earth" (1 text, 1 "reconstructed" tune) (p. 25 in the 1972 edition)
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, pp. 38, 190-191, "(The End of the Earth" (1 text plus an excerpt)
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: Colq025

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