Sweeney Lyrics

They had my future wrapped up in a parcel And no one even thought of asking me The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train To find what else might be in life for me I rode on ...Read Full Lyrics

There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around that the colt from Old Regret had got away And had joined the wild bush horses, he was worth a thousand pounds, so...Read Full Lyrics

We curse at the things that go wrong through the day And vow that we'll snatch it, go far away But when day is done and we're soon feeling well And laughter rings out from Three Ri...Read Full Lyrics

There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub For a year we've all been waiting and we've put our money up And ...Read Full Lyrics

Trumby was a ringer A good one too at that He could rake and ride a twister Throw a rope and fancy plait He could count a line a saddle A man lost in the night Trumby was a g...Read Full Lyrics

Said the old working bullock to the draught horses mate The yokes, chains and swingbars have gone out of date. Just look at the dust clouds and smoke trailing back Where once we pu...Read Full Lyrics

Well I've walked a mile or two-oo in my lifetime And I've travelled down some muddy tracks and dry 'Cause if I wanted to get where I was go-oin' I knew I'd just have to walk that c...Read Full Lyrics

I'm so fly, so fly So high, so high So fly, so fly Just stepped out fresh out the shower Gotta stay fresh take about an hour Gotta get dressed your boy’s so clean Both of em' of...Read Full Lyrics

Let me wander north to the ho-omestead Way out further on there to roam By a gully in flood, let me linger When the summery sunshine has flown Where the logs tangle up on the creek...Read Full Lyrics

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
 Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
 He sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
 You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, wi...Read Full Lyrics