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Here we are, text, MIDI and ABC
WOOLLOOMOOLOO LAIR
TradOn the day that I was born, it was a cold & a frosty morn,
In the famous suburb known as Woolloomooloo.
It was down in Riley Street my folks first heard me bleat
'Cause at the time I'd nothing else to do.
Oh me mother died of fright when she saw me in the light
And my father thought he'd send me to the zoo,
But I owe a lot to him, 'cause he taught me how to swim,
When he heaved me off the pier at Woolloomooloo
Oh my name it is McCarty & I'm a rorty party
I'm rough & tough as an old man kangaroo
Some people say I'm crazy, I don't work because I'm lazy
And I tag along in the boozing throng, the Push from Woolloomooloo.
And when I was just a lad I went straight'way to the bad
A larrikin so hard, you'd strike me blue
But the government was kind and they didn't seem to mind
And in Darlinghurst I spent a night or two.
Now the judge gave me a stare and he said, "You're a lair"
They heaved me into Darlinghurst gaol - you understand
They gave me clothes, they cut my hair, I didn't seem to care
And every night you'd find me in the van.
And I spent some years in gaol till I began to quail
I resolved to live upon a different lay
And enlisted in the ranks of the Salvation Army 'cranks'
You can bet I made the bloody business pay!
Well hallelujah! I'm a lout I knows me way about
I kids the mugs that I'm converted too
All the lassies there I mash and I'm never short of cash
'Cause I beats me drum all over Woolloomooloo.
Note: In the early days in Sydney a "push" was a street gang. The term has not been in use much this century. The word derives from the German Putsch which roughly means riot, unruly crowd etc.
The Bushwackers recorded this song twice. If you have the first version from "A Shearer's Dream" have a listen to the percussion - lagerphone & spoons. One of the things I play in a bush band is a lagerphone & seeing me name's Foster it's the only genuine Fosters's Lagerphone in existance. Sorry, the joke probably falls flat outside Oz.
MIDI file: woollair.mid
Timebase: 480
Name: Woolloomooloo Lair
TimeSig: 6/8 24 4
Key: G
Tempo: 160 (375000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
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ABC format:
X:1
T:Woolloomooloo Lair
M:6/8
Q:1/4=160
K:G
d2d|d2dd2B|G3GGF|EEFG2E|D3zDD|G2GGAB|-B2BAAG|
A6|z3d2d|d2dd2B|G3z2G|E2FG2E|D3z2A|B2BB2G|
AAAG2F|G6|z3A2B|ccc3c|c3c2c|B2BB2A|G3zBc|
d2dddd|-d2dc2B|A6|z3D2D|G2AB2A|G3G2F|E2GG2E|
D3zGA|B2BB2G|A2AGGF|G6|-G3A2B|c2cc2c|c2c3c|
B2BB2A|A2G3D|G2GGGA|B2BA2G|A6|-A3z2d|ddd3B|
G2GG2G|E2GGED|-D2DzGA|B2BBBB|A2AA2A|G2GFFF|
G3||Enjoy.
Cheers,
Alan