I wrote Ballad of the Sad Losers after I'd been to one of her concerts. She is a wonderful singer. Such a full rich voice.
Ballad
of the Sad Losers
When
Margret Roadnight came to town
Old
Jimmy Cowman remembered
how
he was going to be
the
greatest jazz player in the world.
Play
that sax, Jimmy
play
them Blues.
He
was Satchmo
When
Margret Roadnight came to town
She
sang a song of the fifties.
Little
Nancy Dee remembered
dancing
with Johnnie Jones
to
the old seventy-eights
Jimmy
Dorsey and Glenn Miller.
When
Margret Roadnight left town
She
took her songs with her.
Old
Jimmy Cowman sat upon his porch.
He
didn't see the crop that was failing.
Little
Nancy Dee wept
remembering
the night
Johnnie
Jones waltzed out of her life
in
the arms of her best friend.
When
Margret Roadnight left town
She
took their dreams with her.
Three children try to save a creek from the developers and are helped by a great goanna. Children 7-11 years.
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