Across The Western Plains
Misc Traditional
Letra

LETRA (VER LETRA CON ACORDES)

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From: Mike HW 

Subject: Across the Western Plains - Trad. Australian

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:13:56 +1100 (EST)

"Across the Western Plains"

-Traditional Australian

submitted by Mike Hiltonwood [email protected]

4/4 (2/4 ??)

Chorus:

Its all for me grog, me jolly, jolly grog

Its all for me beer and tobacco

 cos I spent all my tin in the shanty drinking gin

Now across the Western Plains I must wand--er

( same chords for chorus and verses )

Verses:

I m stiff and stony broke and I ve parted with my smoke

And the sky is looking black as thunder

And the boss ofthe shanty too, for I haven t got a sou

Thats how they treat you when you re down and under

I m crook in the head, for I haven t been to bed

Since I first touched this shanty with my plunder

I see centipedes and snakes, and I m full of achces and shakes

So I d better make a push out over yonder

Repentance brings reproof, so I sadly pad the hoof

All day I see the mirage of the trees

But it ll all have an end when I reach the river bend

And listen to the sighing of the breeze