The Ballad of Queenie and Rover
(The Ballad of) Queenie and Rover
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Queenie was born on the banks of the
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great Ord River, 1930, maybe
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Her mother was black, her daddy white
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Papa was a fine horse-breaker
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Mama sang the songs of the old lawmakers
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She used to hide young Queenie in the bush
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And rub black charcoal all over her hair and her face
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Every time the police came around
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Looking for any blond haired, brown skinned children
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To round
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