Tangledwood mentioned this earlier. I found this at the website of the Bush Music Club of Australia. The chords are there, too, along with the notated melody line.


THE PEACH PICKER’S SONG
John Dengate [he credits his father Norm for the chorus]

CHORUS: On with your pulling shirts and get the peaches in,
There’s twenty to the half case and forty to the gin.
We’ll take ‘em down to Ermington and stick ‘em on the barge,
Half ripes and mediums and extra bloody large.

1. Well the boat goes down the river and it comes to the quay,
The agents swarm upon it to extricate their fee,
But we don’t get a penny it’s a dirty damn shame,
Just a bill for dumping charges, orcharding’s the game.

2. Down to the timber and harness up old Jack,
We’ll get the ploughing finished while the fruit season’s slack.
It’s only single furrow and I’m telling you the worst,
We’ll descend on Parramatta with a man-sized thirst.

3. We’ve got to beat the codlin moth so get the bag and lime.
The grog in Parramatta will have to bide its time.
We’re trying to scratch a living; we’re trying to make a crust
From a row of mangey fruit trees standing in the dust.