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Cornish Australian
03:38
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With me pack on me back. me pasty in me hand,
I’m just a “Cousin Jack” who’s roaming through the land.
And I hope you'll agree it’s a great thing to be
Cornish Australian ... just like me!!
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I’ve a notion you don’t know me as well as you might say
Though I’m found all through the count-ery from Tasman to Shark Bay.
I’m a true Australian Cornishman and I want you all to know
It's good to think you’re Australian while yet you're Cornish too!.
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Now some, their land forsaking, have come from overseas,
New homes and friends soon making, they're quickly at their ease.
And some all in the dust and sun have grown where they were bred,
And glad to be Australian though they have Cornish blood.
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So, I’m proud to be Australian and Cornish all in one,
And I'm glad I’ve not forgotten from where and who I am,
For my pasty’s filled with best trombone, I’ve a cool beer by my side,
And I’m glad I’m pure Australian and a “Cousin Jack” besides!
(‘Trombone’ is the South Australian equivalent to turnip (swede), traditionally used in Cornish pasties.)
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Moonta, Wallaroo, Kadina
02:54
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In ancient times, the old folks sailed across the sea to Cornwall’s shore,
And made their homes and drove the plough by the hedges where the elm trees qrow
Refrain:
Do you come from Moonta. Wallaroo, Kadina? Surely you're a Cousin Jack from Down Under
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Thev fished for fish and panned the streams to find the tin that gleamed so white.
And talked around the fireside glow by the hedges where the elm trees grow.
Refrain
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There came a day, as well you know, that some took ship and sailed away.
And came to plough and till and sow, far away from where the elm trees grow.
Refrain
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The eucalypt tree that spreads her shade and lifts her crown so high, so high.
She means to me what means to you ... those far hedges where the elm trees grow.
Refrain
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I love the sun that shines above and loads with gold my orange tree.
I love the eucalyptus grove’s scented shade ’neath the deep blue sky.
Refrain
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So let us all cry “One and All!!” across twelve thousand miles of sea,
For Cornwall's there and Cornwall’s here, by the tall eucalyptus tree!!
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Brenda Wootton Penzance, UK
Brenda Wootton (1928-1994) dearly loved to sing - about her beloved Cornwall and all things Cornish - the history and legends, the culture and the people. She was in her 40s when she began a professional singing career that spanned around 25 years, made around 30 albums, and also ran her own radio request show. Her remarkable voice and her passion for her country took her around the globe. ... more
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