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The Drover’s Boy

The Drover’s Boy
‎[1982]
Parole e musica di Ted Egan.
Nel disco “The Drover's Boy - A Celebration of Australian Women” pubblicato nel 2002‎
Testo trovato su Mudcat Café.

‎"Up to around 1940 much of the work on frontier cattle stations in northern Australia was ‎performed by Aboriginal women. They did most of the domestic work, but many of them also ‎worked as "stockmen" as they called themselves, and they made a marvelous contribution to the ‎pastoral industry. Some worked as drovers, taking cattle on long trips interstate.‎
Because there had been so much ill-treatment and exploitation of Aboriginals, laws were passed ‎preventing non-Aboriginal men from 'being in the company of Aboriginal women'. Marriage or ‎association was only possible if permission was given by the Chief Protector of Aboriginals. Often ‎Aboriginal women were dressed as 'boys' to defy these laws. More often than not this was ‎implemented... (Continues)
They couldn't understand why the drover cried
(Continues)
Contributed by Bernart 2013/7/22 - 16:07
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Bunch of Damned Whores

Bunch of Damned Whores
‎[1993]‎
Parole e musica di Ted Egan
Nel disco “The Drover's Boy - A Celebration of Australian Women” pubblicato nel 2002‎
Interpretata da Nerys Evans, Margret Roadknight, Geraldine Doyle e Margot Moir.
Testo trovato su Mudcat Café.

Una canzone sull’ipocrisia del Potere inglese, tanto secolare quanto religioso, rispetto alle donne ‎delle classi popolari finite in galera per furto o meretricio (ossia per sopravvivenza) e poi spedite ‎nelle colonie penali e nelle fattorie prigione in Australia… “Un mucchio di maledette ‎puttane…”
Una canzone che per tema mi ha subito riportato alla mente la bellissima Katie Cruel interpretata da ‎Karen Dalton.‎
We're a bunch of damned whores and we never wear drawers,
(Continues)
Contributed by Bernart 2013/7/22 - 15:20




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