Sam Griffith

DESCRIPTION: The singer dreams of seeing "Sam Griffith with a darky for a mate." Sam begs for a drink, claiming the squatters don't like a union man. The singer abuses him for his hypocrisy. Sam leaps to the attack; the singer wakes up
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953
KEYWORDS: work fight dream discrimination
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 25-27, "Sam Griffith" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: MA025

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