Farewell to the Land (Land of Lags and Kangaroos, Land of Rocks)

DESCRIPTION: "Land of rocks and rabbits too, Rotten squatter, cockatoo, Squatter heaven, swagger hell, Land of rabbits, fare the well." Or other descriptions of bad land which the singer will leave, e.g. "Land of lags and kangaroos," "Land of rocks and rivers deep"
AUTHOR: unknown (portions perhaps by "Frank the Poet" Macnamara)
EARLIEST DATE: 2009 (Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes travel farewell river dog shepherd animal bird
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, pp. 275-278, "(no title)" (5 or more short texts)
NOTES [21 words]: For the (uncertain) identity of "Frank the Poet," given credit for part of this song, see the notes to "Moreton Bay (I)." - RBW
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