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There were ten of us there on the moonlit quay	A
And one on the for ard hatch	B
No straighter mate to his mates than he	A
Had ever said Len s a match	B
' Twill be long old man ere our glasses clink	C
Twill be long ere we grip your hand '	D
And we dragged him ashore for a final drink	C
Till the whole wide world seemed grand	E
For they marry and go as the world rolls back	F
They marry and vanish and die	G
But their spirit shall live on the Outside Track	F
As long as the years go by	G
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The port lights glowed in the morning mist	H
That rolled from the waters green	I
And over the railing we grasped his fist	H
As the dark tide came between	I
We cheered the captain and cheered the crew	J
And our mate times out of mind	K
We cheered the land he was going to	J
And the land he had left behind	K
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We roared Lang Syne as a last farewell	L
But my heart seemed out of joint	M
I well remember the hush that fell	L
When the steamer had passed the point	M
We drifted home through the public bars	N
We were ten times less by one	O
Who sailed out under the morning stars	N
And under the rising sun	O
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And one by one and two by two	J
They have sailed from the wharf since then	P
I have said good bye to the last I knew	J
The last of the careless men	P
And I can t but think that the times we had	Q
Were the best times after all	R
As I turn aside with a lonely glass	S
And drink to the bar room wall	R
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But I ll try my luck for a cheque Out Back	F
Then a last good bye to the bush	T
For my heart s away on the Outside Track	F
On the track of the steerage push	T

Henry Lawson

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