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Now the tent poles are rotting the camp fires are dead	A
And the possums may gambol in trees overhead	A
I am humping my bluey far out on the land	B
And the prints of my bluchers sink deep in the sand	B
I am out on the wallaby humping my drum	C
And I came by the tracks where the sundowners come	C
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It is nor' west and west o'er the ranges and far	D
To the plains where the cattle and sheep stations are	D
With the sky for my roof and the grass for my bunk	E
And a calico bag for my damper and junk	E
And scarcely a comrade my memory reveals	F
Save the spiritless dingo in tow of my heels	F
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But I think of the honest old light of my home	G
When the stars hang in clusters like lamps from the dome	G
And I think of the hearth where the dark shadows fall	H
When my camp fire is built on the widest of all	H
But I'm following Fate for I know she knows best	I
I follow she leads and it's nor' west by west	I
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When my tent is all torn and my blankets are damp	J
And the rising flood waters flow fast by the camp	J
When the cold water rises in jets from the floor	K
I lie in my bunk and I list to the roar	K
And I think how to morrow my footsteps will lag	L
When I tramp 'neath the weight of a rain sodden swag	L
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Though the way of the swagman is mostly up hill	M
There are joys to be found on the wallaby still	M
When the day has gone by with its tramp or its toil	N
And your camp fire you light and your billy you boil	N
There is comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay	O
Or the yarn of a mate who is tramping that way	O
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But beware of the town there is poison for years	P
In the pleasure you find in the depths of long beers	P
For the bushman gets bushed in the streets of a town	Q
Where he loses his friends when his cheque is knocked down	Q
He is right till his pockets are empty and then	R
He can hump his old bluey up country again	R

Henry Lawson

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