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Thread #7388 Message #3152475
Posted By: cloudstreet
11-May-11 - 11:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Our Jack's Come Home Today
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our Jack's Come Home Today
This parody was published in Queensland in 1889 if that helps with the dates:
Our Jack's Come Out Today.
Our Jack's come out today, my boys, And very glad is he; He got six months in Brisbane gaol But now at last he's free His hair's cut short, he had to work For which he got no pay, But all is past, he's out at last Our Jack's come out today
Our Jack's come out today, my boys, And it would make you stare To hear the yarns he spins about The coves he met in there Some in for life, which he thought hard Some screwed up for a day, But all is past, he's out at last Our Jack's come out today
Our Jack's come out today, my boys, And isn't Polly glad She had to pawn the things he shook And found out she was had. The price she got was not enough To keep her for a day But all is past, she's right at last Our Jack's come out today!