Packing My Things

DESCRIPTION: "When I came and took up my claim, Well, Bill Muggins was my name" but he's stuck rocking the cradle. He has hunted for gold and suffered through cold winters. But in "shanties where you spin away all your... tin" Nancy ensnared him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Collected from William Swan)
KEYWORDS: father children gold
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 58, "Packing My Things" (1 text, 1 "reconstructed" tune) (p. 30 in the 1972 edition)
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, p. 72, "(Packing My Things)" (1 text)
Fahey-PintPotAndBilly, pp. 14-15, "Packing My Things" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Colq030

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