Tonart: D major
Verse 1
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I'll sing you a
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song of the far north west
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In the days when the land was young
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And the durex started out overland
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To the great old river run
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Big John, Michael, Jerry and Patsy
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They were leaders brave and true
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And many other names
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From the Cooper and the old Baku
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But John Cuderack,
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he never turned back
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He blazed a trail to glory
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Praise the Lord when
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he found the river old
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In the great Northwest Territory
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In the great Northwest Territory
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They loaded up the stores
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on the bullock trays
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The last of the hungry years
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With a mighty herd of cattle
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rode the gallant pioneers
The ringers and the drovers
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pushed them on
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In a steady moving line
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With the wo men and
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In the wagons closed behind
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But John Durack, he never turned back
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He blazed the trail to glory
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He praised the Lord
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when he found the river old
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In the great Northwest Territory
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In the great Northwest Territory
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There was many a night
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when the cattle ran in fright
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before the storms
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And the lightning went flash
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and danced along their horns
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The river crossings were deep in flood
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It made a frantic hawk -moth swim
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And the river was often red with blood
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As the hungry crocs moved in
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But Don Durack, he never turned back
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He glazed the trail through Loving
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He praised the Loving, he found the river old
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In the great Northwest Territory,
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In the great Northwest Territory
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The Diamantinas ceased to flow
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The land was bare from drought
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But they rode on by
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with their heads held high
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They'd left no room for doubt
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eyes that gleamed,
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they reached that mighty fall
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found their dream,
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and they gave thanks to the Lord
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But John Durack,
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he never turned back,
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he blazed a trail to glory
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when he found the river old
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Oh, in the great Northwest Territory,
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in the great Northwest Territory
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He praised the Lord when
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Oh, in the great Northwest Territory,
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in the great Northwest Territory
You
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