Fred Dagg's Gumboots - Otago Apricot
"If it weren't for your gumboots, where would ya be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
'coz you would have a dose of the 'flu, or even pleurisy
If ya didn't have yer feet in yer gumboots."
In the mid to late 1970's, New Zealander John Clarke created a fictional character called Fred Dagg and a song to go with it. Fred represented the stereotypical farmer and New Zealand bloke - clad in a black singlet and gumboots and hailing from the isolated rural town of Taihape.
With the creation of Fred Dagg, John Clarke became a national star and although he eventually moved to Australia, Fred lives on as an enduring Kiwi icon in the minds of most kiwis. There is even an annual Gumboot Festival in Taihape that was inspired by the Fred Dagg character!
These Gumboots measure 8 cm high x 7.5 cm long x by 3.5 cm wide.
(Please scroll down for the video).
"If it weren't for your gumboots, where would ya be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
'coz you would have a dose of the 'flu, or even pleurisy
If ya didn't have yer feet in yer gumboots."
In the mid to late 1970's, New Zealander John Clarke created a fictional character called Fred Dagg and a song to go with it. Fred represented the stereotypical farmer and New Zealand bloke - clad in a black singlet and gumboots and hailing from the isolated rural town of Taihape.
With the creation of Fred Dagg, John Clarke became a national star and although he eventually moved to Australia, Fred lives on as an enduring Kiwi icon in the minds of most kiwis. There is even an annual Gumboot Festival in Taihape that was inspired by the Fred Dagg character!
These Gumboots measure 8 cm high x 7.5 cm long x by 3.5 cm wide.
(Please scroll down for the video).
"If it weren't for your gumboots, where would ya be?
You'd be in the hospital or infirmary
'coz you would have a dose of the 'flu, or even pleurisy
If ya didn't have yer feet in yer gumboots."
In the mid to late 1970's, New Zealander John Clarke created a fictional character called Fred Dagg and a song to go with it. Fred represented the stereotypical farmer and New Zealand bloke - clad in a black singlet and gumboots and hailing from the isolated rural town of Taihape.
With the creation of Fred Dagg, John Clarke became a national star and although he eventually moved to Australia, Fred lives on as an enduring Kiwi icon in the minds of most kiwis. There is even an annual Gumboot Festival in Taihape that was inspired by the Fred Dagg character!
These Gumboots measure 8 cm high x 7.5 cm long x by 3.5 cm wide.
(Please scroll down for the video).