Another parody of 'The dying stockman'. This one is from Alan Musgrove's 'A Young Man and Able' album. He noted that it is 'a picture of inner Melbourne street life in the 1990s'. THE DYING JUNKIE (Alan Musgrove/Trad) A skinny young junkie lay dying The kerbstone supporting his head There were no mates around him a-cryin’ As he lay in a coma near dead But an ambulance must have been called for For the bold paramedics appeared And they gave him a big shot of Narcan They saved the boy’s life it was clear Then he screamed at the bold paramedic ‘You bastard, you’ve ruined me stone!’ And he left-hooked the bold paramedic And he walked down the street to go home Some days after that I was walking When I happened to see the same boy Being bundled into the meat wagon On a street corner down in Fitzroy Wrap him up like piece of fresh topside And bury him deep down below Where the demons and the wallopers can’t harm him In the place where all dead junkies go On the subject of parodies, this YT clip is worth a look if you haven't seen it. It is a parody of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Shirley Serban, a kiwi lass. The lyrics are in the clip. Menopause Rhapsody She is also responsible for this Covid parody: Do Re Mi --Stewie.
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