Idling along in traffic this morning, I was absently listening to the lyrics of Tenterfield Saddler, by Peter Allen.
I'd never really thought much about the lyrics, but it's a nice song and I was a bit more attentive this morning:
The late George Woolnough
worked on High Street and lived on manners
52 years he sat on his verandah made his saddles...
Who was George Woolnough? I googled it.
Peter Allens Grandfather of course, that's well known.
The son of George Woolnough went off and got married and had a war, baby
But something was wrong and it's easier to drink than go crazy
And if there were questions about why the end was so sad
Well George had no answers about why her son ever has need of a gun
The way I interpreted that, there was something wrong with the baby, but google revealed the son was never right after he got back from WW2 and became a violent alcoholic. Not because there was something wrong with the baby. :smileyembarrassed:
Was that Peters father?
The grandson of George has been all around the world and lives no special place
Changed his last name and he married a girl with an interesting face...
Peter Woolnough changed his name to Peter Allen as part of the Allen Brothers and married Liza Minelli.
He'd almost forgotten them both because of the life that he leads
There's nowhere for George and his library or the son with his gun to belong
Except in this song
kind of at odds with " I Still Call Australia Home"
Just my musing for the day.
Does anyone know more?
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