Lonely Digger, The

DESCRIPTION: "I'm heartsick and tired of struggle and strife, As my thoughts drift back to the twilight of life." "It's the music that haunts me wherever I go." The singer recalls the pleasures (?!) of his time as a gold miner
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2009 (Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ; reportedly collected in the 1950s)
KEYWORDS: gold mining music
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, pp. 73-74, "The Lonely Digger" (1 short text)
File: Garl073

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