Slim Dusty - Paddy Gramp lyrics

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Oh ohhhhh I come from plurry Queensland and my name is Paddy Gramp

Work out on cattle station longa white man mustering camp

I chase and throw the scrubber bull, ride buckjump horse for sport

This ringer job I learn'em well when knee high to a quart

Ten day alonga week I work and sometime longa still

Boss say I catchem overtime when government pass the bill

Theres sand mixed longa flour and my meat left longa bone

When damper cooked to me he taste all same alonga grindstone

Oh ohhhhh in wintertime one blanket job all night alonga freeze up

Maybe bullock jump the rush and Paddy get the breeze up

Old packhorse cook he all time growl but me still none the wiser

Policeman catch him plurry quick alonga breathalyser

Head stockman boss I tell 'im quick I pullout longa station

Go walkabout alonga creek once more with all the laitions

Boss take me to his office then and this is what he say

Oh Ill read your statement Paddy, before you get your pay

Ohhhhh ohhhh theres a pound of black terbaccer and a shirt and trouser set

A pair of boots you never got and a hat you didnt get

Theres a stockwhip and a quartpot, what you didnt get you spent

And of course theres our commission roughly 25%

Theres a dozen stubby bottles, let me see thats 24

And the refund on the empties means youre down a few cents more

Theres sales tax plus the duty and the freight we multiply

Theres your cheque a dollar fifty cost of living getting high

Oh so there you have it Paddy wrote down in black and white

But Id like you just to check and convince yourself its right

Oh then I knocks the slab right out of the old Kentucky home you know

I say to him It looks alright to me boss I call back through the door

I been selling clean skin mickeys for the last 12 months or more

[From the LP Cattle Camp Crooner August 1969

Barcoo Bill]