Five and a Zack

DESCRIPTION: "I've been a few miles, I've crossed a few stiles, I've been round the world, there and back." He recalls is the place where the sanctimonious timekeeper "stung me for five and a zack." He expects to go to hell, with his complaint written on his tombstone
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964
KEYWORDS: money boss death Hell burial
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Manifold-PenguinAustralianSongbook, p. 96, "Five and a Zack" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [4 words]: A "zack" is a sixpence. - RBW
File: PASB096

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