Presents the lyrics to a song that pays tribute to the Aboriginal women who served as drover's boys in northern Australia in the early part of the twentieth century.
In this song based on "The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly," a prehistoric man, contemplating the creation of the world, paints images on the ceiling of a cave, that are later discovered by a young Spanish girl in 1879.
Led by a girl on a bicycle, a collection of farmers, families, animals, and musicians takes a rollicking trip to Boston Common in this new version of an old Appalachian folk song.
Relates the Revolutionary War adventures of Mary Hays, called Molly Pitcher for bringing fresh water to colonial troops during the Battle of Monmouth, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain.".
