Ard Tack

DESCRIPTION: "I'm a shearer, yes I am, and I've shorn them sheep and lamb," but the singer gets in trouble on a station that is also a vineyard. As he shears, he sips the "pinkie" between sheep -- and eventually passes out while holding a sheep
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Lahey)
KEYWORDS: sheep work drink humorous
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Paterson/Fahey/Seal-OldBushSongs-CentenaryEdition, pp. 266-268, "The Hardest Bloody Job I Ever Had" (1 text)
DT, ARDTACK*
File: PFS266

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