Wallaby Stew - A.l. Lloyd Chords
Chords: D, G, A
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Genre: folk, blues, australian
[Verse 1]
D G A D
Poor Dad he got 5 years or more, as everybody knows
G A
Now he lives in Maitland Gaol, broad arrows on his clothes
G A D
He branded all Brown's cleanskins, he never left a tail
D G A D
So I'll relate the families fate since Dad got put in gaol
[Chorus]
G D G A
Stir the wallaby stew, make soup from the kangaroo's tail
D G A D
I tell ya things is pretty crook, since Dad got put in gaol
[Verse 2]
D G A D
Our sheep got sick a month ago, not Rot but bloomin Fluke
G A
Our cow got shot on Christmas day by my boozin brother Luke
G A D
I sold the buggy on me own and the place is up for sale
D G A D
that won't be all that's up the spout, since Dad got put in gaol
[Chorus]
G D G A
so stir the wallaby stew, make soup from the kangaroo's tail
D G A D
I tell ya things is pretty crook, since Dad got put in gaol
[Verse 3]
D G A D
Our Bess got shook upon a bloke, now he's gone and we dunno where
G A
He used to work 'round the sheering shed, he truely worked on her!
G A D
And Mother has a sheerer cove, forever within hail
D G A D
the family might have grown a bit, since Dad got put in gaol
[Chorus]
G D G A
so stir the wallaby stew boys, make soup from the kangaroo's tail
D G A D
I tell ya things is pretty crook, since Dad got put in gaol
[Verse 4]
D G A D
Well they let Dad out before his time, to give us a surprise!
G A
He came and slowly looked around, he gently blessed our eyes
G A D
He shook hands with the sheerer cove, said he thought things looked stale
D G A D
so he left him here to sheppherd us, and he battled back to gaol!
[Chorus]
G D G A
so stir the wallaby stew boys, make soup from the kangaroo's tail
D G A D
I tell ya things is pretty crook, since Dad got put in gaol
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