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Phar Lap - Farewell To You! by Jack Lumsdaine

1932

Phar Lap - Farewell To You! by Jack Lumsdaine

1932

  • NFSA IDVTHHN6WC
  • TypeMusic and Sound Recordings
  • MediumAudio
  • FormMusic
  • Duration2 mins, 58 secs
  • GenresPopular music
  • Year1932

Written the year that Phar Lap died, this tribute song is by Jack Lumsdaine. Lumsdaine sings: 'He made fame for Australia's name. But he'll never come back home. Just a wonder horse, known on every course from Australia to USA. We're sad old chap, that your long lost lap has come and you've gone away. For there may be other champions but your memory will always be new.'

Catalogue Number: 21334-G.

Cover still comes from The Mighty Conqueror (Paulette McDonagh, Australia, 1931).

Written the year that Phar Lap died, this tribute song is by Jack Lumsdaine. Lumsdaine sings: 'He made fame for Australia's name. But he'll never come back home. Just a wonder horse, known on every course from Australia to USA. We're sad old chap, that your long lost lap has come and you've gone away. For there may be other champions but your memory will always be new.'

Catalogue Number: 21334-G.

Cover still comes from The Mighty Conqueror (Paulette McDonagh, Australia, 1931).

  • Composer
    Jack Lumsdaine
    Lyricist
    Jack Lumsdaine
    Company Label
    Regal Records (EMI)
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