Looking for the Yeller

DESCRIPTION: "Hey boys, look around, but you won't find Johnny... He's gone to Gabriel's Gully to look for gold." "Johnny's gone, he's looking for the yeller, He's got that fatal fever in his head.... So have a drink for Johnny, 'cause he might as well be dead."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2009 (Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ)
KEYWORDS: mining gold New Zealand separation drink
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, pp. 70-71, "(Looking for the Yeller)" (1 short text)
File: Garl070

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