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Flash Jack from Gundagai 1960 by A. L. Lloyd Lyrics

Genre: pop | Year: 1960

I've shore at Burrabogie and I've shore at Toganmain
I've shore at big Willandra and out on the Coleraine
But before the shearing was over I wished I was back again
Shearin' for old Tom Patterson, on the One-Tree Plain

[Chorus]
All among the wool, boys, all among the wool
Keep your blades full, boys, keep your blades full
I can do a respectable tally meself whenever I like to try
And I'm known around the country as Flash Jack from Gundagai

I've shore at big Willandra, and I've shore at Tilberoo
And once I drew me blades, boys, upon the famous Barcoo
At Cowan Downs and Trida, and far as Moulamein
And I was always glad to get back again on the One-Tree Plain

I've pinked them with the Wolseleys and I've rushed with B-bows too
I've shaved them in the grease, boys, with the grass seed showin' through
I never slummed a pen, me lads, for whatever it might contain
When shearin' for old Tom Patterson, on the One-Tree Plain
I've been whalin' up the Lachlan and I've dossed on Cooper's Creek
And once I rung Cudjingie shed and blued it in a week
And when Gabriel blows his trumpet, lads, I'll catch the morning train
And I'll push for old Tom Patterson's on the One-Tree Plain

[Chorus]
All among the wool, boys, all among the wool
Keep your blades full, boys, keep your blades full
I can do a respectable tally meself whenever I like to try
And I'm known around the country as Flash Jack from Gundagai