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Bright Fine Gold

Traditional/Ward/Park/Colquhoun

BFGold music
  1. Spend it in the winter
    Or die in the cold.
    One a pecker, Tuapeka
    Bright fine gold
    Chorus.
    Bright fine gold,
    Bright fine gold.
    One a pecker, Tuapeka,
    Bright red gold.
  2. Some are sons of fortune,
    And my man came to see
    That the riches in the river
    Are not for such as he.

  3. I'm weary of Otago
    I'm weary of the snow,
    Let my man strike it rich
    And then we'll go.
Click to listen to these midi tune samples.
The1967 tune shown above, by Colhoun.
A later 1999 version, by Gordon Bok

Extra verses are also used sometimes.
See them in the discussion on the Origin of BFGold lyrics

There are several also several variations of this tune.
Refer to the Origins of BFGold music.

Frank Fyfe and Phil Garland collected many local variants in 1971-72.
Refer to the BFGold research.

There have been 14 recordings made of Bright Fine Gold (1968 - 1999)
For full details, see BFGold on Record.
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Information collected by John Archer
and first published on the web, Mar 8, 2000
Revised Nov 4, 2000