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With My Swag All On My Shoulder (2009 Digital Remaster) - The Seekers

When first we left old England's shores

Such yarns as we were told

As how folks in Australia

Could pick up lumps of gold

So when we got to Melbourne town

We were ready soon to slip

And get even with the captain

We scuttled from the ship

With my swag all on my shoulder

Black billy in my hand

I travelled the bush of Australia

Like a true born native man

We steered our course for Portland town

Then north west of Ballarat

Where some of us got mighty thin

And some got sleek and fat

Some tried their luck at Bindigo

And some at fiery creek

I made a fortune in a day and spent it in a week

With my swag all on my shoulder

Black billy in my hand

I travelled the bush of Australia

Like a true born native man

So round the tucker tracks I tramp

Nor leave them out of sight

My swag's on my left shoulder

And then upon my right

And then I take it on my back and oft upon it lie

These are the best of tucker tracks

So I'll stay here till I die

With my swag all on my shoulder

Black billy in my hand

I travelled the bush of Australia

Like a true born native man

I travelled the bush of Australia

Like a true born native man