Goorianawa

DESCRIPTION: "I've been many years a shearer, and fancied I could shear... But, oh my! I never saw before The way we had to knuckle down at Goorianawa." The shearer describes the many places he has worked, then complains how Goorianawa broke his spirits
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1912 (short version in "The Lone Hand")
KEYWORDS: work sheep Australia
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 268-269, "Goorianawa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Meredith/Scott-AuthenticAustralianBushBallads, pp. 20-21, "Goorianawa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Meredith/Tritton-DukeOfTheOutback, p. 96, "Goorianawa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong, pp. 192-194, "Goor9anawa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Manifold-PenguinAustralianSongbook, pp. 126-127, "Goorianawa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Paterson/Fahey/Seal-OldBushSongs-CentenaryEdition, pp. 186-189, "Goorianawa" (1 text)
Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads, pp. 60-61, "Goorianawa" (1 text)
Roud #9114
NOTES [41 words]: Accorting to Patterson/Fahey/Seal, Goorianawa was known among shearers as a hard station to work -- bad conditions and low pay. "Banjo" Paterson had heard of this song at the time he assembled Old Bush Songs, but was unable to locate a text. - RBW
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File: MA268

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