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The Far Side of the World
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A young man laments for his lover who is far away in Australia
folk steffan hannigan ber
A bright light in these dark times
The Magic Ox Band were a spin off of the Magic Ox Theatre Group - a zany bunch of performers who used to do wild things at the old Albion Fayres. Although the Band split up long ago, I feel the songs we did back then still deserve a listening today. Folk never goes out of fashion - it just matures nicely :-)
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #410
Peak in subgenre #74
Author
Berni Armstrong
Rights
Berni Armstrong (1985)
Uploaded
November 15, 2003
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Geographical distance hurts when your loved one goes home to Australia and you're toopoor to follow her.
Lyrics
The Far Side of the World CHORUS Oh my love is in Australia, On the Far Side of the World For her, the sun now shines so bright But for me, the night is cold. I’ve heard those songs a thousand times Of the transports to Botany Bay But they never meant that much to me, Till my own love went away. CHORUS All she left behind were memories, Some clothes that she used to wear. And a book describing Ayer’s Rock I’m left trying to imagine her there. MIDDLE EIGHT And what do I know of Australia? Corks on hats and the old clichés. What it's really like to walk Melbourne’s streets, I cannot begin to say CHORUS The world is shrinking; I’ve heard it said, Since jet planes fly so fast. Well, that may be so, if you are rich, But if you’re poor, the world is vast! CHORUS
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