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From: Mike HW
Subject: Ryebuck Shearer - traditional Australian
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:11:50 +1100 (EST)
Chorus
If I don t shear a tally before I go
then my shears and my stone in the river I ll throw
And I ll never open Sawbees to take another blow
And I ll prove I m a ryebuck shearer
( same chords for chorus & verses )
( f# = single note, 6th string, 2ndfret )
I come from the south and my name it s field
And when my shears are properly steeled
A hundred and more I have very often peeled,
And of course I m a ryebuck shear-er
There s a bloke on the board and I heard him say
That I couldn t shear a hundred sheep in a day
But some fine day I ll show him the way
And prove I m a ryebuck shearer
There s a bloke on the board and he s got yellow skin
A very long nose and he shaves on the chin
And a voice like a billygoat pissing on a tin
And of course he s a ryebuck shearer
There s a bloke named Bill, or so I ve heard
He s got a face like a dried up Buffalow s turd
He thinks he s really good but ya oughta see his bird
She thinks shes a ryebuck shearer
** seen this played several diverse & diferent ways but this is the way I
** learnt it, any alternatives or additional lyrics welcomed
** - Mike HW