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Thread #859   Message #2324885
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
24-Apr-08 - 09:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dinky Di (Australian WWI song)
Subject: Lyr Add: Dinki Di ( Jason & Chloe Roweth version)
Jason & Chloe sing a different version on their CD 'The Riderless Horse, An Australian Impression of World War 1' & as they got their version from John Dengate, it needs recording

DINKI DI

Well he came down to London and straight away strode
To Army Headquarters on Horseferry Road;
To see all the bludgers who dodge all the straff
By getting soft jobs on the headquarters Staff.
Dinki di, dinki di, for I am a digger who won't tell a lie.

Well, the lousy Lance Corporal says, "Pardon me, please,
You've mud on your tunic and blood on your sleeve,
And you look so disgraceful that people will laugh"
Said the lousy Lance Corporal on headquarters Staff.
Dinki di, dinki di, for I am a digger who won't tell a lie.

well the digger just shot him a murderous glance
Says he, "I'm just back from the balls-up in France,
Where whiz-bangs are flying, and comforts are few
And brave men are dying for bastards like you!"
Dinki di, dinki di, for I am a digger who won't tell a lie.

"We're shelled on the left and we're shelled on the right,
We're bombed through the day and we're bombed through the night
And if something don't happen - and that very soon
There'll be nobody left in the flamin' platoon!"
Dinki di, dinki di, for I am a digger who won't tell a lie.

well, the question soon came to the ears of Lord Gort
Who gave to the matter a great deal of thought;
He awarded the digger a V.C. and two bars
For giving that Corporal a kick up the arse.
Dinki di, dinki di, for I am a digger who won't tell a lie.

Sandra (ANZAC Day, Sydney 2008)