The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #168402 Message #4082198
Posted By: Stewie
06-Dec-20 - 08:37 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Australia-New Zealand Songbook
Subject: RE: Rise Up Mudcat Songbook - Australia
NEW CHUM SHEARER (Traditional)
Well the new chum toils with heart and soul Shearing the sheep just to make a roll Out in the outback, far away Then off to Sydney for a holiday
And down in the city he's a terrible swell As he takes a taxi to the Kent Hotel, The barmaid says, 'Well you look ill It must have been rough tucker, Bill'
And down in the city he looks a goat With his Oxford bags and Seymour coat Spends his money like a fool of course He's worked for like a bloomin' horse
Then he shouts for everyone round the place Then it's off to Randwick for the big horse race Dopes himself on back-ache pills Talks high tallies and tucker bills
His money's gone, he's sick and sore And the barmaid's looks aren't kind any more His erstwhile friends don't give a hoot It's back to the bush, per what? - the boot!
And back in Bourke where the flies are bad, He tells of the wonderful times he's had The winners that he shouldn't have missed And he skites of the dozens of girls he's kissed
And he stands on the corner scrounging a fag The shirt tails showing through his Oxford bags He's pawned that beautiful Seymour coat He's got no money - oh, what a goat
Got no tucker, got no booze, The soles are gone from his snake-skin shoes Camps in the bend, in the wind and rain Waits for the shearing to start again
So all you blokes with a cheque to spend Don't go down to the city where you've got no friends Head for the nearest wayside shack It ain't so far when you've got to walk back!