The Boomerang Tree

This is the tale of a new chum, Jack

Who'd just come in from the Great Outback!

I asked an old black man how the boomerang came to be

And he told me as only a black fella can

That they made it from a boomerang tree

A boomerang, a boomerang, a boomerang tree

I searched and searched but I never did see

That's how the boomerang came to be

They made it from a boomerang tree

Boomerang, boomerang, kangaroo tail

Roly-poly, Birdsville Mail

New chum, new chum on the trail:

All add up to a black fella's tale

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Altogether now!

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Watch me wallabies feed, mate

Watch me wallabies feed

They're a dangerous breed, mate

So watch me wallabies feed

Altogether now!

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

N' take me koala back, Jack

Take me koala back

He lives somewhere out on the track, Jack

So take me koala back

Altogether now!

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Tie me kangaroo down, sport

Tie me kangaroo down

Sadie, the cleaning lady

With trusty scrubbing brush and pail of water

Worked her fingers to the bone, for the life she has at home

Providing at the same time for her daughter

Sadie, the cleaning lady

Her aching knees not getting any younger

Well her red detergent hands, have for years not held a man

Time would find her heart expired of hunger

Scrub your floors, do your chores, dear old Sadie

Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady

Can't afford to get bored dear old Sadie

Looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady

As I went out to have a bat just the other day

I had no idea what was coming my way

I played a chanceless innings and I earnt every run

and I made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's

I made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's

I clobbered and I crunched every fabulous run

I toiled and I sweated and when the day was done

I'd made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's

I started out real shaky-like just poking around

me sister with her off breaks well she had me pinned down

but when me little brother bowled I gave him the clout

and when we stopped for lunch I was twenty-four not out

Then me Uncle Nev came on bowling his quicks

but I was scoring freely with deflections and flicks

as I passed me fifty we paused for a beer

and when I hit the roof next door they all began to cheer

Oh, I made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's

I clobbered and I crunched every fabulous run

I toiled and I sweated and when the day was done

I'd made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's

Oh, I made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's

I clobbered and I crunched every fabulous run

I toiled and I sweated and when the day was done

I'd made a hundred in the backyard at Mum's