across the western plains — текст песни (misc traditional)

From: Mike HW
Subject: Across the Western Plains - Trad. Australian
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:13:56 +1100 (EST)

Across the Western Plains

-Traditional Australian

submitted by Mike Hiltonwood i951612@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au

4/4 (2/4 ??)

Chorus:

G C G
Its all for me grog, me jolly, jolly grog
D7
Its all for me beer and tobacco
G C G
`cos I spent all my tin in the shanty drinking gin
D7 G
Now across the Western Plains I must wand--er


( same chords for chorus and verses )

Verses:
I`m stiff and stony broke and I`ve parted with my smoke
And the sky is looking black as thunder
And the boss ofthe shanty too, for I haven`t got a sou
Thats how they treat you when you`re down and under

I`m crook in the head, for I haven`t been to bed
Since I first touched this shanty with my plunder
I see centipedes and snakes, and I`m full of achces and shakes
So I`d better make a push out over yonder

Repentance brings reproof, so I sadly pad the hoof
All day I see the mirage of the trees
But it`ll all have an end when I reach the river bend
And listen to the sighing of the breeze