Artist: Lucky Starr
Author: Geoff Mack
Label: Festival
Year: 1962
N°1 Aus. Working title: Swagman Rock. Opening song for Geoff's cabaret act. Also cut versions with place names from England, America and New Zealand. Reissued on Spinning Around - 50 Years Of Festival Records Vol. 1.
Covers:
Hank Snow [n°1 C&W; version with American place names]
Mudlarks [with place names from England]
Rolf Harris [Aussie]
John Hore [New Zealander who later cut a version as John Grenell]
Farrelly Brothers [Aussie parody in ABC TV comedy series The Aunty Jack Show; they've just been nowhere else but Wollongong, NSW]
Johnny Cash [same lyrics as Hank Snow]
See also: Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
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