Slim Dusty - Boomerang lyrics

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This is the tale of a new chum, Jack

Who'd just come in from the Great Outback!

I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came to be

And he told me as only a dark fella can

That they made it from a boomerang tree

A boomerang, a boomerang, a boomerang tree

I searched and searched but I never did see

That's how the boomerang came to be,

They made it from a boomerang tree

I asked an old dark man where the kangaroo got its tail

And he told me as only a dark fella can

They shipped them in on the Birdsville mail

Shipped them in on the Birdsville mail,

A couple of a hundred to a bail

Shipped them in on the Birdsville mail

And that's how the kangaroo got its tail

I asked an old dark man where the roly-poly goes

And he told me as only a dark fella can

That the big fella Dabble-Dabble lives on those

A big fella Dabble-Dabble lives on those

A big fella Dabble-Dabble lives on those

And every picaninny knows:

That's where the roly-poly goes.

Boomerang, boomerang, kangaroo tail,

Roly-poly, Birdsville Mail

New chum, new chum on the trail:

All add up to a dark fella's tale.

I asked an old dark man how you tell the Coolibah tree

And he told me as only a dark fella can

That they always write it with a capital 'C.'

Always write it with a capital 'C'

Always write it with a capital 'C'

And that's how you tell the Coolibah tree

Well, that's what the dark man said to me

I asked an old dark man how the billabong got its name

And he told me as only a dark fella can

That he wasn't around when the billabong came

Wasn't around when the billabong came

Wasn't around when the billabong came

Doesn't know how it's got its name

'Cause he wasn't around when the billabong came

Billabong, boomerang, kangaroo tail,

Roly-poly, Birdsville Mail

Coolibah, new chum on the trail:

All add up to a dark fella's tale.

All add up to a dark fella's tale

All add up to a dark fella's tale.

[From his album: "Country Livin'"

Contributed: Marten Busstra 2009]