The Maids of Australia
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
22807
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1962.034.A6
Original Tape ID
Summary
A song in which a man spies a girl bathing, whom he later seduces. Nine months later, she gives birth to a son, and the father is nowhere to be found.
George Hamilton learned it from his father, also named George Hamilton, who died some fourteen or fifteen years before.
Item Notes
Five verses of four lines with a refrain of two lines.
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair