Sandy Maranoa, The

DESCRIPTION: "The night is dark and stormy and the sky is clouded o'er"; the drivers pack up go from Queensland to New South Wales, "Happy drovers from the sandy Maranoa." The singer describes the life as they travel with the cattle
AUTHOR: A. W. Davis (source: Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads)
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Ward-PenguinBookOfAustralianBallads)
KEYWORDS: travel work river cattle
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ward-PenguinBookOfAustralianBallads, p. 128-129, "The Maranoa Drovers" (1 text)
Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads, pp. 63-64, "The Sandy Maranoa" (1 text)
Roud #24814
NOTES [36 words]: Although no tune is listed for this, I'm pretty sure Ward-PenguinBookOfAustralianBallads's version, at least is meant to be sung to "Darling Nelly Gray." The Roud Index mentions "Little Sally Waters" as the tune. - RBW
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