Aussie's Lament at Port Moresby, The

DESCRIPTION: "The man-eating mossies of Port Moresby, Their beaks are so big and so sharp." The singer describes the mossies (mosquitoes), and asks, "But Lord up above, if your children you love, Why did you ever make mossies?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes bug
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, p. 162, "The Aussie's Lament at Port Moresby" (1 text)
File: PFGS162A

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