Irishman's Goldmine, The

DESCRIPTION: An Irishman comes to Australia and to look for gold. He innocently trusts to a man who points to a "gold" patch. The Irish boy sets to digging as the ants swarm out onto his skin -- and start biting. He concludes that gold *is* the root of evil
AUTHOR: Duke Tritton (source: Meredith/Tritton-DukeOfTheOutback)
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Meredith/Tritton-DukeOfTheOutback)
KEYWORDS: gold bug Australia injury
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Meredith/Tritton-DukeOfTheOutback, pp. 62-63, "The Irishman's Gold Mine" (1 text, 1 tune)
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 276-277, "The Irishman's Goldmine" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: MA276A

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