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A Pub with No Beer [Original 1957 Version]
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Slim Dusty
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Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
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By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
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But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear
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Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
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Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
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And there's a far away look on the face of the bum
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The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
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Oh what a terrible place is a pub with no beer
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Then the stockman rides up with his dry dusty throat
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He breasts up to the bar and pulls a wad from his coat
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But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
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As the barman says sadly the pub's got no beer
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Then the swaggie comes in smothered in dust and flies
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He throws down his roll and rubs the sweat from his eyes
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But when he is told, he says what's this I hear
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I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer
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Now there's a dog on the v'randa, for his master he waits
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But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
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He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
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It's no place for a dog 'round a pub with no beer
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And old Billy the blacksmith, the first time in his life
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Why he's gone home cold sober to his darling wife
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He walks in the kitchen, she says you're early Bill dear
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But then he breaks down and tells her the pub's got no beer
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Oh it's hard to believe that there's customers still
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But the money's still tinkling in the old ancient till
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The wine buffs are happy and I know they're sincere
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When they say they don't care if the pub's got no beer
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So it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
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By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
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But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear-a
Slim Dusty - Duncan
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