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Source:COLONIAL SOCIETY MAGAZINE Jan 21st 1868 Air: Pretty Polly Perkins SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore - SECTION 9: Demon drink and teetotalism THE MELONCHOLY JARVEYI'm a broke down bushman, and sadly afraidThat soon of tis child a wind-up will be made; For I've been basely jilted by Susan Scraggs, who Is barmaid to a pub-li-can at Woolloomooloo. She was such a screamer, you'll see fairer few Than pretty little Susan of Woolloomooloo. When I drove me conveyance from out Wynyard-square, At the corner my Susan was sure to be there; And often she'd bring an acquaintance or two To have a ride gratis to Woolloomooloo. When I asked her to wed me, she said, “You be blowd, There's another chap driving upon this ere road; He's got lots of money, could buy and sell you, And we're going to be mar-ri-ed at Woolloomooloo. Since she has been wed I have gone quite to grief At the soup-kitchen now I apply for relief; My licence is cancelled, they wouldn't renew, All through pretty Susan of Woolloomooloo. |