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With My Swag All My Shoulder
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When first we left old England's shores, such yarns as we were told,
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As how folks in Australia could pick up lumps of gold.
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So when we got to Melbourne Town, we were ready soon to slip,
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And get even with the captain, we scuttled from the ship.
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With my swag all on my shoulder, black billy in my hand,
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I travelled the bush of Australia like a true-born native man.
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We steered our course for Portland Town, then north-west of Ballarat,
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Where some of us got mighty thin, and some got sleek and fat.
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Some tried their luck at Bendigo and some at Fiery Creek;
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I made a fortune in a day and spent it in a week.
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So round the tucker tracks I tramp, nor leave them out of sight;
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My swag's on my left shoulder and then upon my right,
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And then I take it on my back and oft upon it lie;
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These are the best of tucker tracks, so I'll stay here till I die.
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[Chorus:]
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I travelled the bush of Australia like a true-born native man.
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