The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #168402   Message #4074225
Posted By: rich-joy
03-Oct-20 - 09:33 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Australia-New Zealand Songbook
Subject: RE: Rise Up Mudcat Songbook - Australia
TOMORROW, I’m Going Down to Sydney

By Chris Buch

Tomorrow, I’m going down to Sydney
In the morning, they’ll see me city-bound
Tomorrow, I’m going down to Sydney
In the hope, that you’ll still be around.

You used to lie beside me in the morning
Your eyes still closed, your hair all tumbling down
Then one day, without a word of warning
You packed your bags, and headed for the town.

I still have, your picture and your letters
When I read them now, they cause a bit of pain
You won’t find anyone, to love you better
And I ask you, won’t you try me once again.

I know you wanted, what I couldn’t give you
Fancy clothes and shiny silver rings
But the love I have inside of me to give you
Is worth more, than all those fancy things.

Tomorrow, I’m going down to Sydney
In the morning, they’ll see me city bound
Tomorrow, I’m going down to Sydney
In the hope, that you’ll still be around.

Tomorrow, I’m going down to Sydney……….


I haven’t found this online, but one day I may come across a recording of Chris, or even Paul Lawler, singing it at the Gun Turret in Darwin .....

The late Chris Buch (born London 1936 – died Brisbane 2016), founder of the Mt Isa Folk Club, The Rafferty Band (aka Rafferty’s Rules) and others (e.g. Rantan, in Brisbane), author of “Johnny Stewart, Drover” (posted Aug 20th by Stewie), “Australia Two” and others, trad jazz lover/player, also wrote his biography Hello Sunshine (A Blitz Kid’s Journey to the Sunshine State) in 2011.


Cheers, R-J

Haha! Just found it on YT under “The Rafferty Band” – their only LP, from 1984 – GO TO 34:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5RnWcAVuCo