lirik lagu traditional transcriptions - the bare belled ewe
[verse 1]
oh, down at the catching pen an old shearer stands
grasping his shears in his long bony hands
fixed is his gaze on a bare belled ewe
saying “if i can only get her, won’t i make the ringer go”
[verse 2]
cl!ck goes his shears; cl!ck, cl!ck, cl!ck
wide are the blows, and his hand is moving quick
the ringer looks round, for he lost it by a blow
and he curses that old shearer with the bare belled ewe
[verse 3]
at the end of the board, in a cane~bottomed chair
the boss remains seated with his eyes everywhere
he marks well each fleece as it comes to the screen
and he watches where it comes from if not taken off clean
[verse 4]
the “colonial experience” is there of course
with his silver~buckled leggings, he’s just off his horse
with the air of a connoiseur he walks up the floor
and he whistles that sweet melody, “i am a perfect cure”
[verse 5]
“so master new chum, you may now begin
muster number seven paddock, bring the sheep all in
leave none behind you, whatever you do
and then we’ll say you’r fit to be a jackeroo”
[verse 6]
the tar boy is there, awaiting all demands
with his black tarry stick, in his black tarry hands
he sees an old ewe, with a cut upon the back
he hears what he supposes is—” tar here, jack”
[verse 7]
“tar on the back, jack; tar, boy, tar”
tar from the middle to both ends of the board
jack jumps around, for he has no time to sleep
and tars the shearer’s backs as well as the sheep
[verse 8]
so now the shearing’s over, each man has got his cheque
the hut is as dull as the dullest old wreck
where was many a noise and bustle only a few hours before
now you can hear it plainly if a pin fall on the floor
[verse 9]
the shearers now are scattered many miles and far
some in other sheds perhaps, singing out for “tar”
down at the bar, there the old shearer stands
grasping his glass in his long bony hands
[verse 10]
saying “come on, landlord, come on, come!
i’m shouting for all hands, what’s yours—mine’s a rum”
he chucks down his cheque, which is collared in a crack
and the landlord with a pen writes no mercy on the back!
[verse 11]
his eyes they were fixed on a green painted keg
saying ” i will lower your contents, before i move a peg”
his eyes are on the keg, and are now lowering fast
he works hard, he dies hard, and goes to heaven at last
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