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Oh my name is Bob the Swagman before you all I stand	A
And I've had many ups and downs while travelling through the land	A
I once was well to do my boys but now I am stumped up	B
And I'm forced to go on rations in an old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
I'm forced to go on rations in an old bark hut	C
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Ten pounds of flour ten pounds of beef some sugar and some tea	E
That's all they give to a hungry man until the Seventh Day	F
If you don't be moighty sparing you'll go with a hungry gut	C
For that's one of the great misfortunes in an old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
For that's one of the great misfortunes in an old bark hut	C
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The bucket you boil your beef in has to carry water too	G
And they'll say you're getting mighty flash if you should ask for two	G
I've a billy and a pint pot and a broken handled cup	B
And they all adorn the table in the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
And they all adorn the table in the old bark hut	C
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Faith the table is not made of wood as many you have seen	H
For if I had one half so good I'd think myself serene	H
'Tis only an old sheet of bark God knows when it was cut	C
It was blown from off the rafters of the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
It was blown from off the rafters of the old bark hut	C
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And of furniture there's no such thing 'twas never in the place	I
Except the stool I sit upon and that's an old gin case	I
It does us for a safe as well but you must keep it shut	C
Or the flies would make it canter round the old hark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
Or the flies would make it canter round the old bark hut	C
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If you should leave it open and the flies should find your meat	J
They'll scarcely leave a single piece that's fit for man to eat	J
But you mustn't curse nor grumble what won't fatten will fill up	B
For what's out of sight is out of mind in an old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
For what's out of sight is out of mind in an old bark hut	C
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In the summer time when the weather's warm this hut is nice and cool	K
And you'll find the gentle breezes blowing in through every hole	L
You can leave the old door open or you can leave it shut	C
There's no fear of suffocation in the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
There's no fear of suffocation in the old bark hut	C
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In the winter time preserve us all to live in there's a treat	J
Especially when it's raining hard and blowing wind and sleet	J
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The rain comes down the chimney and your meat is black with soot	M
That's a substitute for pepper in an old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
That's a substitute for pepper in an old bark hut	C
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I've seen the rain come in this hut just like a perfect flood	N
Especially through that great big hole where once the table stood	O
There's not a blessed spot me boys where you could lay your nut	C
But the rain is sure to find you in the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
But the rain is sure to find you in the old bark hut	C
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So beside the fire I make me bed and there I lay me down	P
And think myself as happy as the king that wears a crown	P
But as you'd be dozing off to sleep a flea will wake you up	B
Which makes you curse the vermin in the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
Which makes you curse the vermin in the old bark hut	C
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Faith such flocks of fleas you never saw they are so plump and fat	Q
And if you make a grab at one he'll spit just like a cat	Q
Last night they got my pack of cards and were fighting for the cut	C
I thought the devil had me in the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
I thought the devil had me in the old bark hut	C
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So now my friends I've sung my song and that as well as I could	O
And I hope the ladies present won't think my language rude	R
And all ye younger people in the days when you grow up	B
Remember Bob the Swagman and the old bark hut	C
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Chorus	D
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut	C
Remember Bob the Swagman and the old bark hut	C

Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)

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