I answered a call for shearers once along the Marthaguy
We shear non-union here says he
I call that scab says I
So I looked around the shearin sheds
Before I turned to go
There were four and twenty scabbies there
A-shearin in a row

So its shift boys shift there isnt the slightest doubt
Its time to make a move when the leprosy's about
So I saddled up me pony and I whistled on me dog
And we made for up the country at the old jig-jog