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Thread #168402 Message #4081363
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
29-Nov-20 - 08:45 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Australia-New Zealand Songbook
Subject: RE: Rise Up Mudcat Songbook - Australia
Australian Through and Through, rritten by the Brisbane folkie and songwriter Tony Miles.
Now I've never been a shearer, never seen a shearing shed And I don't suppose I'd recognise a sheep I've never been a drover bringing dusty cattle over or died of thirst beside a dried up creek I've never been a digger on a worked out worthless claim A rowdy rouse about or jackaroo Never cut a field of cane, never drove a bullock train But I'm bloody well Australian through and through, my oath I am! I'm bloody well Australian through and through
I've never boiled me billy by a bloody billabbong There's better ways than that your days to spend No one humps their swags no more, what a flamin' bloody bore! When you can duck off in the Kingswood each weekend Now there's a mighty waggon! It's a ripper of a car Designed for our conditions, though it's true It's made by General Motors, but you'd hardly even notice 'Cause it's bloody well Australian through and through My oath it is! Yes it's bloody well Australian through and through
I've never crossed the nullabor or trekked the Birdsville Track I can't tell a wallaby from kangaroo I know the Kookaburra 'cause its laugh is like no other But I've only seen Koalas in a zoo! 'Cause I've been o.s. you know (that's short for overseas!) And I've taught these poms and wogs a thing or two And it made me feel damn proud to stand out in the crowd Being bloody well Australian through and through My oath I did! Being bloody well Australian through and through
'Cause there's nothing overseas that we haven't got at home We're as cosmi - bloody - politan as them! With "Dallas" on T.V., the best of BBC And good old Reg Grundy on Channel Ten! We've go disco - bloody - fever from Toorak to Tennant Creek The Bee Gees and Olivia Newton too! Our stars we have our share of them, and although they sound American They're bloody well Australian through and through My oath they are! They're bloody well Australian through and through
So let's sing no more of swaggies or Ned Kelly and his gang Let's sing a more sophisticated theme No longer are we hicks from the international sticks We're jet - setters on the inter - global scene So let us hold our heads up 'cause we've bloody well arrived And sing no more of tied - down kangaroos - sport! At last we've come of age, it's the universal rage Being bloody well Australian through and through My oath it is! Being bloody well Australian through and through.