FLASH JACK FROM GUNDAGAI (AUSTRALIANA)

FLASH JACK FROM GUNDAGAI (AUSTRALIANA)

I've shore at Burrabogie,
And I've shore at Toganmain,
I've shore at big Willandra
And on the old Coleraine,
But before the shearin' was over
I've wished myself back again
Shearin' for old Tom Patterson,
On the One Tree Plain.

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All among th wool boys,
All among the wool,
Keep your blades full boys,
Keep your blades full.
I can do a respectable tally myself
Whenever I like to try,
And they know me 'round the backblocks
As Flash Jack from Gundagai.

I've shore at big Willandra
And I've shore at Tilberoo,
And once I drew my blades, my boys,
Upon the famed Barcoo,
At Cowan Downs and Trida,
As far as Moulamein,
But I always was glad to get back again
To the One Tree Plain.

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I've pinked 'em with the Wolseleys,
And I've rushed with B-bows, too,
And shaved 'em in the grease, my boys,
With the grass seed showing through.
But I never slummed my pen, my lads,
Whate'er it might contain,
While shearin' for old Tom Patterson,
On the One Tree Plain.

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I've been whalin' up the Lachlan,
And I've dossed on Cooper's Creek,
And once I rung Cudjingie shed,
And blued it in a week.
But when Gabriel blows his trumpet, lads,
I'll catch the morning train,
And I'll push for old Tom Patterson's
On the One Tree Plain.
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