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Verse 1
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Come all you weary travellers
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Who's out of work, just mind
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If you take a trip to Bongaree
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It's plenty there you'll find
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Take a trial with the cocky
You can take it straight from me
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You'll very surely rue the day
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Well, how I came this weary way,
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I'm eased to let you know
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Been out of employment,
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I didn't know where to go
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I went to the register office,
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and there I did agree
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To take a job at Clear and Far,
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a cuckie in Bungaree
His homestead was of surface mud,
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and his roof a mouldy thatch
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The doors and windows hung by a nail,
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with never a bolt or a catch.
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The chickens ran over the table,
such a sight you never did see,
When laid an egg in the old tin plate
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of the cocky from Bungaree.
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And on the very first morning,
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it was the usual go.
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He battled the plate for breakfast
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before the cogs did grow.
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The stars were shining gloriously,
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the moon was high, you see.
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I thought before the sun would rise
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I'd die in Bungaree
Well, when I came home for supper
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It was about half -past nine
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Well, I reckoned it was bedtime
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But the cocky he came over to me
and he said with a merry laugh
I want you now for an hour or two
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to cut a bitter chaff
And when I had it finished
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I'd to nurse the youngest child
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Whenever I said a joking word
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the missus she would smile
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The old fella got jealous,
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looked like he'd murder me
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And there he sat and whipped the cat
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a cocky bungary
Well, when I had my first week done,
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I reckon I'd had enough
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I walked up to the cocky
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and I asked him for my stuff
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I went down into Ballarat,
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and it didn't last me long.
I went straight into Sayers Hotel
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and I blew my one pound one.
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And now my job is over,
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and I'm at liberty.
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I'll never forget the day I met
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McGuckie from Bungaree
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