Mustering Song (The Old Poley Cow)

DESCRIPTION: "Master came to the old hut door And said has he had often said before, "Tomorrow will be mustering day.'" An old poley cow flees the mob; Master's horse throws him and he dies. The singer sees master's ghost as he goes to gather the body
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads); reportedly printed in the Brisbane "Queenslander" in 1894)
KEYWORDS: cowboy death ghost work
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads, p. 19, "The Old Poley Cow" (1 composite version)
Roud #27771
File: SKeF019

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