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This happened many years ago	A
Before the bush was cleared	B
When every man was six foot high	C
And wore a flowing beard	B
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One very hot and windy day	D
Along the old coach road	E
Towards Joe Murphy s halfway house	F
A bearded bushman strode	E
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He was a huge and heavy man	G
Well over six foot high	C
An old slouch hat was on his head	H
And murder in his eye	C
	-
No billy can was in his hand	I
No heavy swag he bore	J
But deep and awful were the oaths	K
That swagless swaggie swore	J
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At last he reached the shanty door	J
Into the bar he burst	L
He dumped his hat upon the floor	J
And cursed and cursed and cursed	L
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A neighboring shed had just cut out	M
The bar was nearly full	N
Of shearers and of bullockies	K
Who d come to cart the wool	N
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They were a rough and ready lot	O
The bushmen gathered there	P
But every man was stricken dumb	Q
To hear the stranger swear	P
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He cursed the bush he cursed mankind	R
The whole wide universe	K
It froze their very blood to hear	S
That swagless swaggie curse	K
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Joe Murphy seized an empty pot	O
And filled it brimming full	N
The stranger raised it to his lips	K
And took a mighty pull	N
	-
This seemed to cool him down a bit	T
He finished off the ale	U
And to the crowd around the bar	V
He told his awful tale	U
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I met the Ben Hall gang he said	H
The blankards stuck me up	W
They pinched me billy pinched me swag	A
And pinched me flamin pup	W
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They turned me pockets inside out	M
And took me only quid	X
I never thought they d pinch me pipe	Y
But swelp me gawd they did	X
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I spoke to em as man to man	G
I said I d fight em all	Z
I would have broke O Mealleys neck	A
And tanned the hide of Hall	Z
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They only laughed and said good bye	C
And rode away to brag	A
Of how they stuck a swaggie up	W
And robbed him of his swag	A
	-
I never done em any harm	A2
I thought em decent chaps	K
But now I wouldn t raise a hand	I
To save em from the traps	K
	-
I m finished with the bush for good	B2
I m off to Wagga town	C2
Where they won t stick a swaggie up	W
Or take a swaggie down	C2
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The bushmen were a decent lot	O
As bushmen mostly are	V
They filled the stranger up with beer	D2
The hat went round the bar	V
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The shearers threw some blankets in	E2
To make another swag	A
The rousers gave a billy can	G
And brand new tucker bag	A
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Joe Murphy gave a meerschaum pipe	Y
He hadn t smoked for years	K
The stranger was too full of words	K
His eyes were dim with tears	K
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The ringer shouted drinks all round	F2
And then to top it up	W
The babbling brook the shearers cook	A
Gave him a kelpie pup	W
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Next day an hour before the dawn	G2
The stranger took the track	A
Complete with pup and billy can	G
His swag upon his back	A
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Along the most forsaken roads	K
Intent on dodging graft	H2
He headed for the Great North West	I2
And laughed and laughed and laughed	H2

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