An Ordinary Joker: the Life & Songs of Peter Cape
Compiled & Edited by Roger Steele

	General History, Music, Kiwiana Price: $59.99 Availability: now Format: 112pp, 210x270 quarto hardcover IBSN: 1-877228-12-5 Add this book to your shopping bag

About the Book

Peter Cape (1926-79) wrote Kiwi classic songs: 
Taumarunui (on the Main Trunk Line), Down the 
Hall on Saturday Night, She'll Be Right, Talking Dog, 
You Can't Win, The Stable Lad, Coffee-bar Blues, 
Drover, Culler's Lament and many more. Now for 
the first time his entire songs and a brief 
autobiography are being published. 

Some of the lyrics are reproduced here including:
- She'll Be Right 
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokai-
whenuakitanatahu 
- Coffee-bar Blues 
- She's a great little town 
- Taumarunui 
- Drover and Nativity
 
The Book:
- Thumbnail sketch of Peter Cape's life, written by 
the man himself. 
- Excellent family and historic photos. 
- The songs all 28 of them, words and music. 
- Notes and background on the songs including 
drawings, photos, and notes on terms and 
placenames (handy for teachers). 
- Bibliography Peter Cape's writings, records and 
films, and writings about him. 
  
The CD:
- Produced by Kiwi Pacific Records International Ltd. 
- Featuring all songs by Peter Cape for which the 
music is known. Some previously unrecorded. 
- Artists include Peter Cape, his son Christopher 
Cape, Pat Rogers, DonToms, Arthur Toms, Phil 
Garland, and others.