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The Diggers New Year Song!

09/01/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Diggers new Year Song describes how a group of miners toiled without success until late in the Old Year and having at last struck gold were determined that all around them would join in celebrating the advent of the New Year and the good luck they were sure lay ahead:- Come pass the glasses […]

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