A Flea in my Ear

After reading Jennifer Jones' #AtoZChallenge blog post about Yarrawonga the other day I started singing the chorus of a song that I learnt over 40 years ago and I just couldn't get it out of my head, it became an annoying flea in my ear.

Mr Google helped me find the lyrics for "I'm going back again to Yarrawonga" here, and what I discovered was that I only knew the chorus. The original words and music can be seen here in Trove on the National Library of Australia website.

The song by Neil McBeath, a corporal in the AIF in WWI told the story of a Digger who after spending time at the front was returned to Australia. After reading the lyrics I thought it appropriate to bring it to your attention in this ANZAC week.

An early version of the song can be heard by following a link on this page: http://alldownunder.com/australian-music-songs/back-to-yarrawonga.htm

Slim Dusty used perform the chorus of this song but I much prefer the earlier recording.

International Follow a Library Day - October 1st - Twitter

There have been a few tweets lately about the event #followalibrary day. Genealogists, please make sure you log onto Twitter that day and highlight those libraries that have supported your ancestor hunting. You can read about the day at the #followalibrary blog.

My dilemma is that some of the libraries I use, including my local library at Hornsby, do not tweet. "We promote our library events and activities through our @HornsbyCouncil account." I will name those libraries and give their URLs in a tweet.

Quite a number of genealogists who do not tweet may also wish to join in #followalibrary day by blogging about their favourite libraries - If you don't tweet how about joining up at http://twitter.com.

I'd like to suggest that Geneabloggers who #followalibrary also use the hashtag #genealogy so that we can promote those institutions who support our habit.