Slim Dusty - Click Go The Shears (Medley) lyrics

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Out on the board the old shearer stands,

Grasping the shears in his thin bony hands.

Fixed is his gaze on a bare-bellied joe,

Glory, if he gets her, won't he make the ringer go.

Click go the shears boys, click, click, click,

Wide is his blow as his hands move quick.

The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow,

And he curses the old snagger with the bare-bellied joe.

Shearing is all over and we've all got our cheques,

Roll up your swags, boys, we're off on the tracks.

The first pub that we come to, it's there we'll have a spree,

And everyone who comes along, "It's come and drink with me."

Click go the shears boys, click, click, click,

Wide is his blow as his hands move quick.

The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow,

And he curses the old snagger with the bare-bellied joe.

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We're on the Overlander, Overlander trail

Where only sheer determination will prevail

Men of hussy with a job to do

So they'll stick and drive the cattle through

And 'though they sweat and curse

They know they surely must

Keep on the trail that winds ahead

Through heat and dust

All sons of hussy and they will not fail

They're on the Overlander, Overlander trail

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Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,

Under the shade of a coolibah tree,

And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled.

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me

And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,

Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

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[From his album: "Aussie Sing Song"

Transcribed: Marten Busstra 2010]