Old Black Alice

DESCRIPTION: "Old Black (Alice/Sally) are my name, Wellshot are my station. It's no disgrace, the old black face, it's the colour of my nation." The singer tells how she can dance, points out that God made her as well as whites, and notes the several men who like her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964
KEYWORDS: Australia discrimination
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Manifold-PenguinAustralianSongbook, pp. 92-93, "Old Black Alice" (1 composite text, 1 tune)
Meredith/Scott-AuthenticAustralianBushBallads, pp. 8-9, "Goondiwindi" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: PASB092

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