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Flash Jack From Gundagai

I've shore at Burrabogie, and I've shore at Toganmain,

I've shore at big Willandra and upon the old Coleraine,

But before the shearin' was over I've wished myself back, again

Shearin' for old Tom Patterson, on the One Tree Plain.

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All among the wool, boys,

Keep your wide blades full, boys,

I can do a respectable tally myself whenever I like to try,

But they know me round the back blocks as Flash Jack from Gundagai.

I've shore at big Willandra and I've shore at Tilberoo,

And once I drew my blades, my boys, upon the famed Barcoo,

At Cowan Downs and Trida, as far as Moulamein,

But I always was glad to get back again to the One Tree Plain.

Chorus: All among the wool, &c.

I've pinked 'em with the Wolseleys and I've rushed with B-bows, too,

And shaved 'em in the grease, my boys, with the grass seed showing through.

But I never slummed my pen, my lads, whate'er it might contain,

While shearin' for old Tom Patterson, on the One Tree Plain.

I've been whalin' up the Lachlan, and I've dossed on Cooper's Creek,

And once I rung Cudjingie shed, and blued it in a week.

But when Gabriel blows his trumpet, lads, I'll catch the morning train,

And I'll push for old Tom Patterson's, on the One Tree Plain.