~~~ Naggin' Bloody Women ~~~
Naggin' bloody women, fair dinkum mate,
I'll tell ya' flamin' straight.
They're on ya' back from dawn till dusk,
'Cos it's really you they hate.
They complain about what ya' wear,
And the way ya' dress and comb ya' hair.
And ya' need a shave they bloody rave,
It's more than a man can bear.
They say, "Chop that wood and mow the lawn,"
It gets on ya flamin' goat.
And if a man complains they scream in pain,
Like their throats been flamin' cut.
And when a man gets home from work,
All tired to the bone.
And ya' try to speak but all ya' get
Is, "Shut-up! Me mothers on the phone."
And then she says, "Mum's comin' 'round,
To stay with us next week."
"So shut ya trap, behave ya 'self,
And think before ya' speak."
And when the old bag comes to stay,
All she does is run ya' down.
And nags ya' like, the bloody wife,
And treats ya' like a clown.
So ya' do ya' block and shout at her,
And tell her, to shut her trap,
'Cos if she don't you'll turf her out
And you'll give her nose a tap.
Then ya' naggin' wife she does her quince,
And it's water-works every where.
And she tells ya' you're a flamin' mug,
And she's getting out of there.
So you do your quince, and yell at her,
And tell her to take her mother and go.
And to bugger off, and don't come back,
Until, the sun begins to snow.
October 17, 1999
~~ 260 ~~
~~~ Cartin' Cattle ~~~
I was travelin' down the highway with me windscreen wipers on,
I crossed the Murrumbidgee, with water lappin' at the bridge,
I was cartin' flamin' cattle, from Warramunga to the south,
The water it was risin' like the interest bloody rates,
Me rear flamin' trailer was tipped up by the wind,
While the wind it blew a gale, it grabbed me cattle by the tail,
Then day turned into night, as they disappeared from sight,
So I shut me flamin' eyes, and closed me ears to their cries,
November 18, 1999
~~ 264 ~~
~~~ Growin' Pumkin's ~~~
Did I tell ya' 'bout me pumkin's
Queensland Blues and Butternuts,
It used to take a flamin' week
And I fed 'em lots of super,
And fair dinkum mate I'll tell ya'
And when it came to harvest time,
And when they got just right to pick
But I couldn't grow too many,
December 10, 1999
~~ 265 ~~
~~~ There's An Old Australian Chook-House "Song" ~~~
There's an old, Australian chook-house,
(chorus)
I'll be com'in, to your chook-house
(chorus)
It has been, so many years now
(chorus)
Did he fry, 'em or just roast 'em
(chorus)
Now the only, thing that's left there
(chorus)
When I think, about those chickens
I got in my car, and with a sigh
December 14, 1999
~~ 266 ~~
~~~ There's An Old Australian Chook House ~~~
There's an old Australian chook-house
So, get you're act together
I'll be com'in to your chook-house
It has been many years now
'Cos there's, not a chook or feather,
Or did he fry 'em or roast 'em
The only thing that's left there
And there's little tufts of horse-hair,
And I think about those chickens
So why do I weep, why do I cry,
December 14, 1999
~~ 268 ~~
~~~ Growin' Melons ~~~
Did I tell ya' ' bout them watermelons
I'd plant them seeds in fresh cow dung
And I'd water them three times a day,
And, when them vines, began ta' grow,
And when them melons began to form,
Those melons weighed five hundred pounds,
So, I had to get a mobile crane
And I'd sold 'em all to Woolies,
And I had to get them into town
So, I hired a couple of road trains
But we had to get an escort,
We got all me melons into town,
But, I've givin' up the gowin' game,
December 23, 1999
~~ 271 ~~
~~~ Rough Passage Out ~~~
He whistled a song, whilst strolling along,
And the tune that he sung, would made ya' ears go bung,
The screeches he made, woke the dead from the grave,
But he didn't care, he stuck his nose in the air,
Then the dingo's chipped in, to that terrible din
And the lizards and snakes all started to shake
And a white cockatoo he also shot through,
So, it's really no joke, to put up with a bloke
January 10, 2000
~~ 277 ~~
~~~ 'Cos I'm Really a Likable Fellow ~~~
I may be a grouch and a bit of a slouch
When I walk down the street, and per-chance I should meet,
But what makes me sick, and gets on me wick
I'm getting older you see than I used ta' be,
And, the days that I'd vent me anger has went,
And I don't give a dam, or a jar of old jam,
January 12, 2000
And it had been rainin' since I left me shack.
And the rivers I was passin', were slowly fillin' up,
And at this rate I never will get back.
And at the Murray it was flowin' over top.
So I pulled me old rig up, then shut the motor down,
'Cos I knew it was so deep I had to stop.
'Cos the kangaroos had eaten all the feed.
And me three dog bloody trailers, were chokers full of beef,
And this bloody rain I didn't bloody need.
And raindrops were the size of cricket balls.
Then the cattle they went crazy, a' bellowin' with fright,
As the wind began to blow a bloody squall,
And the flamin' cattle ran off down the road.
Then the wind it tipped the second, and then the bloody third,
And relieved me of me flamin' bloody load.
Then it sent them flyin' right up in the sky.
And the wind it turned around, pickin' cattle off the ground,
As I scratched me head and watched 'em wizzin' by.
And where they went I haven't got a clue.
And I really just don't care, if they're still up in the air,
'Cos there's not a thing that I can bloody do.
And turned the music up to drown their wails.
And I put me feet up on the seat, and tried to have a sleep,
To the thumping of a ninety mile gale.
That I used ta' grow outback,
Those vines grew faster than a train
Speedin' down a track.
Was the sorts I used ta' grow,
And I'd always win, first flamin' prize,
At the horti-cultural show.
To walk 'round that pumkin' vine,
And I used ta' use a flamin' whip
Ta' keep 'em all in line.
And manure that used ta' smell,
And lots and lots of water,
To make those pumkin's swell
I'm not the sorta' bloke who'd lie,
That I had to cut their runners off,
Before they grew up to the sky.
The things I had to do,
I tell ya mate fair dinkum,
Ya' wouldn't have a clue.
I used a chainsaw 'cos you see,
Those pumkin' storks were mighty thick,
Like a bloody old gum tree.
Me being, a grower of great renown,
'Cos it took an eighteen wheeler mate,
Just to cart one into town.
~ (To the tune of Suvla Bay) ~
With this sign upon it's gate,
It says, ya'd better lay some eggs
Or you'll end up on me plate.
So, get you're act together
And lay some eggs for me,
Or I'll pluck ya' and I'll cook ya'
Up, for flamin' tea.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
He had no eggs, that he could fry.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
He had no eggs, that he could fry.
At exactly half past eight,
So there had better be some eggs there
Or, for you it'll be too late.
'Cos I've missed out on me brekky
For every day this week,
So lay some bloody eggs please
Or I'll staple shut ya' beak.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
He still had no eggs, that he could fry.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
He still had no eggs, that he could fry.
Since I read, that sign upon that gate
And I wonder if those chickens
Laid for his dinner plate.
'Cos there's, not a chook or feather,
Now inside that chicken coop,
And did those eggless chickens
End up in his pot of soup?
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
For those old chooks, that had to die.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
For those old chooks, that had to die.
Crumbed with sweet soy sauce
And did, the same thing happen
To his cow and to his horse?
Was it, 'cos cow had dried up
And his horse, gave up the ghost,
Did he baked them into meat pies
And, cook them for his roast.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
For his old cow, that had gone dry.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
For his old cow, that had gone dry.
For all the world to see
Is some bones, and rotting horse-hide
Just flappin' in the breeze.
And there's little tufts of horse-hair,
Stuck on the barbwire fence,
And that coop is overgrown
With weeds, so thick and dense.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
For that old horse, baked in a pie.
Why do I weep, why do I cry,
For that old horse, baked in a pie.
And that horse, and cow that died
I feel so sad and wistful
A tear comes to my eye.
And my heart, it feels so broken
And I cannot help but cry,
For that poor old horse and cow,
And those chickens that have died.
I drove away, and said good-bye.
I got in my car, and with a sigh
I drove away, and said good-bye.
With a sign upon it's gate,
It says, ya'd better lay some eggs now
Or you'll end up on me plate.
And lay some eggs for me,
Or I'll pluck ya' and I'll cook ya'
Up for flamin' tea.
At exactly half past eight,
So there'd better be some eggs there
Or for you, it'll be too late.
Since I read that sign on that gate
And I wonder if those chickens
Laid on his dinner plate.
Now inside that chicken coop,
And did those egg-less chickens
End up in a pot of soup?
Or were they crumbed with sweet sauce
And did the same thing happen
To his cows and to his horse?
For all the world to see
Is some bones and rotting cow-hide
Just flappin' in the breeze.
Stuck on the barb-wire fence,
And that coop is overgrown
With weeds, so thick and dense.
And the horse and cows that died
I feel so sad and wistful
A tear comes to my eye.
For those old chooks that had to die.
I got in my car, and with a sigh
I drove away, and said goodbye.
That I used ta' grow,
Back then when, I was a lad
Many years ago.
Or, in a sheep that's dead and blown,
With a teaspoon full of carsta' oil,
That would get 'em grown!
From the septic tank ya' see,
Then I'd propagate 'em all meself,
'Cos, I am a little "b".
I don't like to boast or squawk,
But them vines would grow so flamin' fast,
Faster than a man could walk.
The ground would heave and shack,
'Twas like we was, right in the middle
Of a flamin' big earthquake.
And grew to twelve feet long,
But I could never pick one flamin' up
'Cos, I weren't that flamin' strong.
To harvest all that fruit,
And every time I picked a melon,
Another one would shoot.
But I cursed me bloomin' luck,
'Cos I could only get two melons,
On the back of my old truck.
While they were fresh and ripe,
And If I didn't get them in today,
I'd be in flamin' strife.
A Kenworth and a Mack,
And we loaded up them trailers
With, three melons to a stack.
Which came at no surprise,
From police, with flashing lights
'Cos them trucks, was oversized.
With a few minutes just to spare.
To see the bloke at Woolies,
Pullin' out his hair.
I don't grow them melons no more,
'Cos them flamin' watermelons,
Wouldn't fit through Woolies door.
On that track from the back of beyond.
And he sung to himself like a bird on a shelf,
In his world where nothing goes wrong.
That noise was a terrible curse.
But, he'd just strolled along and made a noise like a song,
Going from badder to worse.
And the sun from the sky disappeared.
The birds in the trees, shot through with the breeze,
And the pub lost its head on its beer.
And he sung just as loud as before,
Till, the creek broke it's banks and the ships they all sank,
And the lyrebirds started to roar.
And howled like they'd never been feed,
And the old kangaroo and the walaroo too
Thought that they both had dropped dead.
From that horrible vibrating sound.
And the ducks took their bills and shot through to the hills
And the fish in the creek they all drowned.
With a galah following close on his tail,
And the emu just sneezed, then fell on his knees
And stuck his head in a bucket of ale.
Who can't sing or whistle a note.
And it's really no doubt that the noise that comes out,
Scoursed, by the rough passage out of his throat.
But I'm mostly just mild and mellow.
I like givin' the missus plenty of kisses
'Cos I'm really a likable fellow.
A sheila that's all dressed in yellow,
I watch her walk by; I dips me lid and say's Hi!
'Cos I'm really a likable fellow.
Is a loud-mouth that's started to bellow.
With a dexterous knack I give 'em a whack
But! I'm really a likable fellow.
And my pastures are starting to fallow,
So, I'd rather sit here, drinking mobs of cold beer
'Cos I'm really a likable fellow,
Retreat is better than valor,
And I won't bother you with a bad word or two,
'Cos I'm really a likable fellow.
Of ya' sex or ya' creed or ya' colour.
I just keep me cool; I don't act like fool,
'Cos I'm really a likable fellow.