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Bob Bolton	Lyr Add: Convicts Rum Song (9)	RE: Lyr Add: Convicts Rum Song	13 Dec 11
G'day Jim, Full version ... well the subjects of the song might be full - but the verses are infinite! BTW: In the early days of the New South Wales Settlement, around Sydney (and pretty well anywhere else in the early days) "Rum" was a de facto currency. The rotgut in question was a controlled import: i.e. the British Marines made sure nobody else got away with bringing any in ... and what they bought from South American rough distilleries was aguardente ... ~ "firewater"! This led to the enduring 'nickname / epithet' for said Marines as the Rum Corps! Regard(les)s, Bob

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