Just wanted to make a correction to the posting of this song.

I don't know the lyrics as written by Bill Scott, but the version above appears to be as sung by the (?) Moreton Bay Band.

The version by Penny Davies and Roger Illott (and as sung by my little band) goes thus:

The Inisfail Song.
Words by Bill Scott; as performed by Penny Davies and Roger Illott.


Hey rain,
rain coming down,
on the cane,
on the roofs' of the town.

There's rain on me hands,
and rain on me face,
and muddy old Innisfail
you're a muddy wet place.

Hey rain,
hey rain.

And there's rain in me beer
and rain in me grub,
and they've just fitted anchors
to the Garradonga pub.

Hey rain,
hey rain.

Hey rain,
rain coming down,
on the cane,
on the roofs' of the town.


There's a Johnson River crocodile
livin' in me fridge,
and a bloody great tree
on the Jubilee Bridge.

Hey rain,
hey rain.

and the monsoon sky
has sprung a leak,
and the flying fish point
to the Mill Stream creek.

Hey rain,
hey rain.

Hey rain,
rain coming down,
on the cane,
on the roofs' of the town.

And the storm clouds
are so black and big,
there's an old flying fox
in the Moreton Bay fig.

Hey rain,
hey rain.

It's the worst wet season
we've ever had,
and I'd swim down to the lake,
but it's just as bloody bad.

Hey rain,
hey rain.

Hey rain,
rain coming down,
on the cane,
on the roofs' of the town.

Hey rain, (hey rain) (hey rain).
Hey rain, (hey rain) (hey rain).

Just as an aside, when we do the song, we finish it off in the same way PD and RI finish another of their songs - Road To Queensland.

Anyway, further corrections most welcome; and if anyone has the original lyrics by Bill Scott, please post.

Allan