Australian through and through (intro)

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1. Now, I've never been a shearer, never seen a shearing shed,

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and I don't suppose I'd recognise a sheep.

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I've never been a drover bringing dusty cattle over,

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or died of thirst beside a dried up creek.

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I've never been a digger on a worked out, worthless claim,

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a rowdy rouse about or jackaro…..o.

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Never cut a field of cane, never drove a bullock train,

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but I'm bloody well Australian through and through.

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My oath I am ! I'm bloody well Australian through and through.

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2. I've never boiled me billy by a bloody billybong,

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there's better ways than that your days to spend.

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No one humps their swags no more, what a flamin' bloody bore !

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When you can duck off in the Kingswood each weekend.

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Now there's a mighty waggon! It's a ripper of a car,

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designed for our conditions, though it's tru…..e,

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it's made by General Motors, but you'd hardly even notice,

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'cause it's bloody well Australian through and through.

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My oath it is! Yes it's bloody well Australian through and through.

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3. I've never crossed the Nullabor or trekked the Birdsville Track,

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I can't tell a wallaby from kangaroo.

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I know the kookaburra 'cause its laugh is like no other,

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but I've only seen Koalas in a zoo!

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'Cause I've been o.s. you know (that's short for overseas!)

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and I've taught these poms and wogs a thing or tw…..o.

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It made me feel damn proud to stand out in the crowd,

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being bloody well Australian through and through.

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My oath I did! Being bloody well Australian through and through.

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4. 'Cause there's nothing overseas that we haven't got at home,

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we're as cosmi - bloody - politan as them,

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With "Dallas" on T.V., and the best of BBC,

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and good old Reg McGrundy on Channel Ten!

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We've got disco - bloody - fever from Toorak to Tennant Creek,

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the Bee Gees and Olivia Newton to…..o !

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Our stars, we have our share of them,

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and although they sound American,

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they're bloody well Australian through and through.

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My oath they are! They're bloody well Australian through and through.

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5. So let's sing no more of swaggies or Ned Kelly and his gang,

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let's sing a more sophisticated theme.

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No longer are we hicks from the international sticks,

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we're jet - setters on the inter - global scene.

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So let us hold our heads up 'cause we've bloody well arrived,

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and sing no more of tied - down kangaroos - spo……rt !

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At last we've come of age, it's the universal rage,

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being bloody well Australian through and through.

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My oath it is! Being bloody well Australian through and through.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Eric Bogle)