Drover's Dream

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X:14
T:Drover's Dream
% NFF Book 2019
% Bush Traditions recording played by Ray Mulligan
C:unknown
S:Kadina & Wallaroo Times, 25 Dec, 1889
S:Originally published as "The Visions Of A Night Watch"
N:The article was discovered by Mark Gregory using Trove in 2013.
N:This tune has become widely known. Meredith collected it from a number
N:of sources; from Arthur Foster, NSW, and from Chris Williams, NSW.
N:Many other sources can be found
B:J Meredith, H Anderson, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 1, UNSW Press, 1967, p202, from Chris Williams
B:J Meredith, R Covell & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p265, from Arthur Foster
F:https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109097647
O:Australia, Kadina, SA
R:Schottische
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
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Drover's Dream - played by Ray Mulligan