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Subject: Re: Australian railway songs
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 05:51:12 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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David McLoughlin (davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz) wrote:
> David Bromage wrote:

> > Morningtown Ride, by The Seekers.

> Which line, where, were they singing about? There was a line to the
> Mornington peninsula in Melbourne but the spelling is different. I have
> wondered from time to time if the song was about a real place.

The Seekers formed in Melbourne, but the song isn't about a real place.
It may have been inspired by Mornington.

Cheers
David

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