Darling Harbour by Merv Lilley (Cover)

It was much harder than expected not to sing 'Bound for South Australia' doing this new set of lyrics to the tune by Merv Lilley.

Here is a link to the lyrics as they appeared in 'Singabout' in 1956:
https://folkstream.com/482.html

Merv Lilley gets a brief mention on Dorothy Hewett's Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hewett

Here is a recording of some of Merv's work at a celebration hosted by his daughter Rose:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=817C5gO6ZNY

Steamships occupied a slice of history between sail and diesel, some of it can be read of in the fortunes of the Adelaide Steamship Company:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Steamship_Company

Here is the only other recording of this song I can find on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCBjYiGQjNc

The Roaring Forties (now 40 Degrees South) did this song on their 'Life of Brine' CD:
https://40degrees-south.com/cds/life-of-brine/

Listen to my albums on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvwiz9SULZTP6xuJcFwWAA/playlists
(or purchase on most streaming services)