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Bringing the Beer to Broome

from Crossing the Line by Forty Degrees South

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    Songs of the southern oceans - 22 tracks

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about

Peter says he wrote the song after reading about a seafarer, Andy, who delivered beer to Broome and mysteriously disappeared at sea. In the folk tradition we take him at his word. It was first performed at the Melbourne University Song Contest in 1968.

lyrics

I’ll sing you a tale of a long lost ship
... Bringing the beer to Broome
About its last and fateful trip
... Bringing the beer to Broome
Well it was sailed by Andy Jones
But never again you’ll hear his moans
On the ocean floor he rests his bones
... Bringing the beer to Broome

Chorus:
Bringing the beer to Broome boys
Bringing the beer to Broome
Andy’s ships coming round the point
Bringing the beer to Broome

Now Andy was a sailor …
Started on a whaler …
Now he’s got his very own boat
Does everything to keep it afloat
And the only hand is a drunken goat …

Soon he’ll try to cross that reef …
T’was there he finally came to grief …
But his cargos what we all admire
Temperature is getting higher
Throats becoming even drier …

Well, the wind arose and blew aloud …
The sky was covered thick with cloud …
And Andy’s boat began to sink
T’was right above the reef I think
And the beer was left for the fish to drink …

Now Broome was dry for quite a while …
It underwent a heavy trial …
But all’s well now in Broome you see
The town’s now got its own brewery
T’was built in 1923 …

credits

from Crossing the Line, released July 9, 2021
Peter Lenne 1966

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Forty Degrees South Sydney, Australia

A Sydney folk group known from 1988 for their powerful impact when singing unaccompanied traditional songs.

Strong individual singers, the interplay of their combined voices makes for a distinctive sound.

Sea shanties and other songs of maritime and industrial history and union songs feature large in their repertoire, songs with a robust quality that tell of real people, their lives and work.
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