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South Australia

from Crossing the Line by Forty Degrees South

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    Songs of the southern oceans - 22 tracks

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As collected by Fredrick Pease Harlow in 1876. Harlow was on the Akbar at Melbourne and recorded his reminiscences in The Making of a Sailor (Salem Research Society, 1928). The term ‘she-oak’, for ‘bush beer’ dates this song to the 1880s. The Sandridge Railway Pier is now the Port Melbourne Pier.

lyrics

South Australia is my land
... Heave away, heave away
Mountains rich in quartz and sand
... We’re bound for South Australia!

Chorus:
Heave away, heave away,
Oh, heave away you ruler king
We’re bound for South Australia!

There’s a packet lying off the pier …
And a bar ashore with foaming beer …

I see Julia standing on the quay …
With a girl for you and a girl for me …

At the head of Sandridge Railroad Pier …
To Mother Shilling’s we will steer …

She serves the she-oak at the bar …
And welcomes sailors from afar …

In the arms of girls we’ll dance and sing …
For she-oak will be Ruler King …

The she-oaks gone straight to our head …
The girls can put us all to bed …

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from Crossing the Line, released July 9, 2021
Trad. 1876

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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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