FANNIE BAY ~ Doug & Andy Tainsh / and possibly David Charles


Tell her I’m droving down Camooweal way
Or signed on with pearlers for seas far away
You can tell her I’ve gone, I’ll be back some day
Please don’t tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay.

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And on Thursday Island the sun warms her hair
As the breeze from the sea blows her hair
And she sits by her window and calls me
Yes, she calls me.

You can say I’ve gone on the old “River Queen”
Its whistle a-haunting the bullockys’ dream
Down the Murray I’ve gone, I’ll be back some day
Please don’t tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay.

You can say the bush has called me away
And I’m riding the fences for ten bob a day
Yes, I needed a job, I needed the pay
Please don’t tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay.

And they came to the door and they dragged me away
From all that I love and I pray
That it won’t reach her ears, ‘cause I love her
And she’d die - she’d die - she’d die for sure.

Just say the gold has taken me down
To the places where fortunes are easily found
Yes, I’ve gone, but tell her I’ll be back some day
Just don’t tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay.



I wanted to link to the version by Darwin, NT trio "Tropical Ear" - from the 1980s - but I cannot locate one on YT.   
However, I found this version which has similarities - it's by FNQ [= Far North Qld] group "Snake Gully" :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yniaWFegcE


Cheers, R-J