PLASTIC PADDY Lyrics

"Queensland Whalers" -Eric Bogle I've sailed the North Atlantic with ice flows in the breeze I've sailed the Dutch East Indies o'er the calm blue sunny seas When I think of missin...Read Full Lyrics

Now I'm drowning in the sunshine as it falls down from the sky There's something stirring in my heart, bright colours fill my eyes It's from here to the far horizon your beauty d...Read Full Lyrics

"SOMETHING OF VALUE" -Eric Bogle I can see the Southern Cross tonight While here below, bathed in it's light The Dreamtime land safe, snug and tight is sleeping Wrapped in complac...Read Full Lyrics

The Bogle Bo (or Bugaboo) When I was in my prenticeship and learning of my trade, I courted my master's daughter, which made my heart right glad. I courted her both summers days an...Read Full Lyrics

The flowers of the forest I've hear them liltin', at the ewe milkin, ' Lasses a-liltin' before dawn of day. Now there's a moanin', on ilka green loanin'. The flowers of the forest ...Read Full Lyrics

"WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ" - Eric Bogle Well, once jolly swagmen* went humping their swags And stuffed jolly jumbucks* down in their tucker bags These days, jolly junkies go on hous...Read Full Lyrics

Wee dark engine room (G) C G7 C G / G C F G7 C / C G7 C F C G C G / C F C F C In that wee dark engine room, Where the chill seeps through your soul, How we huddled round that wee p...Read Full Lyrics

Two Strong Arms -Eric Bogle In the still heat of the afternoon Kritos was laid to rest In the dry and dusty red soil of Australia As the Mulberry and Cypress bloomed Beneath the m...Read Full Lyrics

Verse 1 At the crossroads of my life I asked the Lord His will for me He told me to stand by the roads side listen for His voice and then obey I said yes but what’s your perfect ...Read Full Lyrics

"Welcome Home" -Eric Bogle Now when the boys came home, Annie cried and Annie cheered She'd been on her own for a long and lonely year Living for his letters from far away Vietnam...Read Full Lyrics