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| Intro |
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| Like my | brother | be-fore me | I'm a tent boxing | man... |
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| Like our | daddy be- | fore us... | travelling all around Gipps | land |
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| I woke up one | cold | morning | Many miles from | Fitzroy |
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| And slowly | It came | dawning... | by Billy Leach I was | employed |
| Cborus |
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| So rally | around the | drum boys | Rally | around the | drum |
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| Every | day, every | night boys | Rally around the | drum |
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| Hoisting | tent-pole and tar | paulin... | Billy says now beat the | drum |
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| Rings out | across the show | ground and | all the people | come |
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| Then Billy | starts a- | calling- | step right up, step right up | one and all |
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| Is there | anybody | game here... | to take on kid snow | ball |
| repeat Cborus |
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| Sometimes I | fight a | gee-man... | yeah we put on a | show |
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| Sometimes I | fight a | hard man... | who wants to lay me | low |
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| Sometimes | I get | tired... | but I don't ever | grouse |
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| I've got to | keep on | fighting... | Five dollars every | house |
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| Fiddle Interlude |
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| Like my | daddy before | me... | I stand up and knock em | down |
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| Like my | brother before | me... | I'm weaving in your | town |
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| So rally | around the | drum boys | Rally | around the | drum |
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| So rally | around the | drum boys | Rally | around the | drum |
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| Rally | around the | drum |
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