Drought, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer describes the troubles of Australia during drought, and observes, "You curse this bloomin' country for she's only fit for black." The singer notes that, if you survive until it rains, then the flies and mosquitoes will torture you instead
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987
KEYWORDS: hardtimes Australia
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Meredith/Covell/Brown-FolkSongsOfAustraliaVol2, pp. 158-159, "The Drought" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Wearing of the Green (I)" (tune)
File: MCB158

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