The closest thing any of my children got to me singing them a lullaby was my daughter. 18-years-ago I would sing this song to her.
Van Diemen’s Land is the old name for Tasmania. It was a penal colony for England and was considered inescapable.
The song is about a guy that is being sentenced to Van Diemen’s Land. Not usually the fodder for a child’s bedtime story. But such is the life between my ears …
