Misc Traditional – The Drovers Dream (Guitar)

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One night while droving sheep, my companions lay asleep,

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There was not a star to illuminate the sky;

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I was dreaming I suppose for my eyes were nearly closed

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When a very strange procession passed me by.

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First there came a kangaroo, with his swag of blankets blue,

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A dingo ran beside him for a mate;

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They were travelling mighty fast, but they shouted as they passed

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“We'll have to jog along, it's getting late.”

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The pelican and the crane, they came in from off the plain,

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To amuse the company with a Highland fling;

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And the dear old bandicoot played the tune upon his flute,

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And the native bears sat round all in a ring.

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Then the possum and the crow sang a song of long ago,

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And the frill-necked lizard listened with a smile;

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And the emu standing near, with his claw behind his ear

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Said the funniest thing I've heard for quite a while.

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Some frogs from out the swamp where the atmosphere is damp,

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Came bouncing in and sat upon some stones;

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They each unrolled their swags and produced from little bags

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The violin, the banjo and the bones.

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The goanna and the snake and the adder wide awake

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With the alligator danced the Soldier's Joy;

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In the spreading silky oak then the jackass cracked a joke,

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And the magpie sang The Wild Colonial Boy.

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Some brolgas darted out from the tea-trees all about,

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And performed a set of Lancers very well;

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The parrot green and blue gave the orchestra its cue

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To strike up "The Old Log Cabin in the Dell".

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I was dreaming, I suppose, of these entertaining shows,

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But it never crossed my mind I was asleep

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Till the boss beneath the cart woke me up with such a start

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Yelling: “Dreamy, where the hell are all the sheep?”