When the Rain Tumbles Down in July

Let me wander north to the homestead,

Way out further on there to roam,

By a gully in flood, let me linger,

When the summery sunshine has flown.

Where the logs tangle up on the creek beds,

And clouds fill the old northern sky,

And the cattle move back from the lowlands,

When the rain tumbles down in July.

Well the old sleeping gums by the river

Awaken to herds strayin' by,

From flats where the fences have vanished,

As the storm clouds they gather on high.

And the wheels of the wagons stop turning,

The stock horse is turned out to stray,

And the old station dogs are a-dozin',

On the husks in the barn through the day.

The drover draws rein by the river,

It's been years since he's seen it so high,

Yes and that's just the story of homeward,

When the rain tumbles down in July.

Oh yes and that's just the story of homeward,

When the rain tumbles down in July.

There was a red-back on the toilet seat

When I was there last night,

I didn't see him in the dark,

But boy! I felt his bite!

I jumped high up into the air,

And when I hit the ground,

That crafty red-back spider

Wasn't nowhere to be found.

I rushed in to the missus,

Told her just where I'd been bit,

She grabbed the cut throat razor,

And I nearly took a fit.

I said, "Just forget what's on your mind,

And call a doctor please,

For I've got a feeling that your cure

Is worse than the disease."

There was a red-back on the toilet seat

When I was there last night,

I didn't see him in the dark,

But boy! I felt his bite!

And now I'm here in hospital,

A sad and sorry plight,

And I curse that red-back spider

On the toilet seat last night.

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose

And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose

And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland

They grow the sugar cane in Queensland

They grow the sugar cane in Queensland

They grow the sugar cane, load it on a train

Till it's served in a tin in queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose

And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland

There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose

And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland

Well ronald came home one evening

Said to his mary lou

Tomorrow night, instead of finger-lickin' chicken

Let's have us some old fashioned stew

Let's have us some old fashioned stew

In the fridge there's beef from australia

Picked it up from the market today

It's label choice and you'll love it

Hop to it and start right away

Hop to it and start right away

Next night after much preparation

Old ronald sat down to his stew

And his nostrils started wrinkling

The aroma it didn't ring true

The aroma it didn't ring true

As a fact of life it's known now

And we all know it's true

The candle put the lickin' in the chicken

Who put the roo in the stew who who

Who put the roo in the stew

Who put the roo in the stew who who

Who put the roo in the stew

Who put the roo in the stew who who

Who put the roo in the stew

Who put the roo in the stew who who

Who put the roo in the stew