Slim Dusty – Middletons Rouseabout (Guitar)

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Tall and freckled and sandy,

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Face of a country lout, eh.

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This was the picture of Andy,

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Middleton's Rouseabout.

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Type of a coming nation,

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In a land of cattle and sheep,

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Worked on Middleton's station,

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Pound a week and his keep.

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On Middleton's wide dominions

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Plied the stockwhip an' shears;

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Hadn't any opinions,

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Hadn't any ideas.

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Swiftly the years went over,

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Liquor and drought prevailed;

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And Middleton he went as a drover,

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After his station had failed.

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Type of a careless nation,

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Men who are soon played out,

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Middleton was and his station

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Was bought by the Rouseabout.

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Flourishing beard and sandy,

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Tall and solid and stout, heh

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This is the picture of Andy,

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Middleton's Rouseabout.

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Now on his own dominions

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Works with his overseers;

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Still hasn't any opinions,

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and hasn't any ideas.