Our fathers came in search of gold and claim that proved a duffer
The syndicates, the banks, the bosses they all made us suffer,
We fought for freedom for ourselves, ourselves and mates of toil,
Australia's sons are weary and the billy's on the boil.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
That old tiger snake and damper, oh that's what's on the coals,
The droughts and floods and raggered dust dried our waterholes
Oh tree less runs and sun scorched plains are asking us to toil,
Australia's sons are weary and the billy's on the boil.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee,
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
[Instrumental}
The kooka calls at bats and owls, the pigeion and the s***,
The platypus, the mallee hen have all rolled up their swags,
The curlaway waves goodbyes beside the long lagoon
And the brolga does the last long waltz as I play the whopping tune
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to [Fade out]
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From his album: "The Anniversary Album No.2"
The syndicates, the banks, the bosses they all made us suffer,
We fought for freedom for ourselves, ourselves and mates of toil,
Australia's sons are weary and the billy's on the boil.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
That old tiger snake and damper, oh that's what's on the coals,
The droughts and floods and raggered dust dried our waterholes
Oh tree less runs and sun scorched plains are asking us to toil,
Australia's sons are weary and the billy's on the boil.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee,
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
[Instrumental}
The kooka calls at bats and owls, the pigeion and the s***,
The platypus, the mallee hen have all rolled up their swags,
The curlaway waves goodbyes beside the long lagoon
And the brolga does the last long waltz as I play the whopping tune
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to the cooee
The kangaroo he packs his port and the emu shoulders Bluey
The boomerangs are whizzing round, the dingo scratches gravel
The possum, bears and bandicoots are always on the travel.
Australia's on the wallaby oh listen to [Fade out]
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From his album: "The Anniversary Album No.2"