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Bawku is a town in the Upper East region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Bawku Municipal District, and it is the twenty-fifth largest in terms of population, with a population of 69,527.
Coordinates: 11°03′N 0°14′W / 11.05°N 0.233°W / 11.05; -0.233
Ghana i/ˈɡɑːnə/ is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire.
Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan kingdoms, including the inland Ashanti Empire, the Akwamu, the Akyem, the Bonoman, the Denkyira, and the Fante among others. Non-Akan states created by the Ga also existed as did states by the Dagomba. Prior to contact with Europeans trade between the Akan and various African states flourished due to Akan's gold wealth. Trade with European states began after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and the British established the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874 over parts but not all of the country.
The Gold Coast achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, becoming the First sub-Saharan African nation to do so from European Colonialism. The name Ghana was chosen for the new nation to reflect the ancient Empire of Ghana, which once extended throughout much of west Africa.
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Tearz In Yer Earz
By Buck & Deanne
Copyright © Paul Buckberry 2006
APRA Australia Ltd
I wrote my girl from Jericho
I got a gig in Bendigo
And after Forbes I'll be home in a week
She wrote me back from Captain's Flat
Said, "I'm headin' up the Birdsville Track
With a banjo player from Stockwell Creek."
Well, if that don't beat all
Think I'll give them both a call:
I'm gonna speak with this banjo playin' creep.
Ah, but wait, here comes the stinger
She got ring, I got the finger,
There's no such place as Stockwell Creek.
I went buskin' in Deniliquin,
Played a club at Shepparton
And got drunk with a mate in Nar Nar Goon.
He told me he'd heard a rumour
While pullin' cones in Cooma
That my girl was with a Maouri west of Broome.
I felt so sad without her near
It was like having her here,
With a non de plume I booked a flight to Broome.
And then suddenly, it hit me,
Like a loud round of artillery,
There's nothing but the ocean west of Broome.
At a festival near Long Plains
The MC recognised my name.
"Your missus was just in here blowin' a didgeridoo."
I rushed over to stage 2
But when I got there she'd shot thru
Leavin' nothing but a note from me to you.
She said: "I liked you better before
I knew you so well, but let's talk it thru,
Why don't we meet in Wallaroo?
"Give me a call tomorrow morning."
But this routine was getting boring,
I know there's no such flamin' place as Wallaroo.
At a a joint near Davis Port
I asked a trucker, "Goin' north?"
He said, "Sorry Pal, I'm headin' south to Wallaroo."
Ah, you could've knocked me down flat,
I was lyin' on my back,
Tearz in my earz from cryin over you.
Yeah, you coulda knocked me down flat,
I was lyin' on my back,
Tearz in my earz from cryin
Tearz in my earz from cryin