McKenzie and His Dog

DESCRIPTION: "John McKenzie stood in the Mataura store, And looked at the yokes and chains," and sets out to haul cargo. He discovers a large plot of good land -- but he also makes off with a thousand sheep. Still, they name the region for McKenzie and his collie
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: sheep travel thief dog New Zealand
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1855 - the disappearance of the sheep and McKenzie's capture. He is sentenced to five years, but the sentence is commuted after nine months and he returns to Australia
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 68, "MacKenzie and His Dog" (1 text, 1 tune) (p. 42 in the 1972 edition, where it is called "McKenzie and His Dog")
RECORDINGS:
Rudy Sunde, "McKenzie and His Dog" (on NZSongYngCntry)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Mackenzie and His Dog (I)" (subject) and notes there
NOTES [55 words]: The John/James McKenzie of this song should not be confused with Sir John McKenzie (1839-1901), who spent about twenty years in the New Zealand parliament and in some liberal governments; Sir John was a generation younger and did not arrive in New Zealand until 1860. For background, see the notes to "Mackenzie and His Dog (I)." - RBW
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