The Old Bush Songs by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
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page 49 of 126 (38%)
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âDo you know how to snob?ââA snob in English slang is
a bootmaker, so the squatter wanted his man to do a bit of boot-repairing. âIâll give ten, ten, sugar and tea.ââThe âten, tenâ refers to the amountâten pounds weightâof flour and meat that made up the weekly ration on the stations. THE STRINGY-BARK COCKATOO Iâm a broken-hearted miner, who loves his cup to drain, Which often times has caused me to lie in frost and rain. Roaming about the country, looking for some work to do, I got a job of reaping off a stringy-bark cockatoo. Chorus Oh, the stringy-bark cockatoo, Oh, the stringy-bark cockatoo, I got a job of reaping off a stringy-bark cockatoo. Ten bob an acre was his priceâwith promise of fairish board. He said his crops were very light, âtwas all he could afford. He drove me out in a bullock dray, and his piggery met my view. Oh, the pigs and geese were in the wheat of the stringy-bark |
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