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Banks of the Condamine

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Banks of the Condamine - staff notation
X:8
T:Banks of the Condamine
C:Trad.
S:Digital Tradition, bankcond
N:This is a 19th century Australian parody of "The Banks Of The Nile",
N:sung to the same tune. "Ringer" in verse 4 refers to the fastest shearer
N:on the shearing team. MJ, LN
N:   A widely distributed bush song, with many variants. RG
B:First published as "The Banks of the Riverine" in The Queenslander in 1894.
D:Sung by Trevor Lucas on A. L. Lloyd's "The Great Australian Legend" (1971)
Z:dt:bankcond
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
W:"Oh hark! The dogs are barking, I can no longer stay
W:The men have all gone mustering, I heard the publican say
W:And I must be off in the morning, love, before the sun does shine
W:To meet the contract shearers on the banks of the Condamine."
W:
W:"Oh Willie, dearest Willie, don't leave me here to mourn
W:Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever I was born
W:For parting with you Willie is like parting with me life
W:So stay and be a selector, love, and I will be your wife."
W:
W:"Oh Nancy, dearest Nancy, you know that I must go
W:Old Hallerand is expecting me, his shearing for to do
W:But while I'm on the bogs, me love, I'll think of you with pride
W:And our shears they will go freely when I'm on the whippin' side."
W:
W:"Oh I'll cut off my yellow hair and go along with you
W:I'll dress myself in men's attire and be a shearer too
W:I'll cook and count your tally, love while, ringer, you will shine?
W:And I'll wash your greasy moleskins on the banks of the Condamine."
W:
W:"Oh Nancy, dearest Nancy, you know that can't be so
W:The boss has given order, love, no woman shall do so
W:And your delicate constitution's not equal unto mine
W:To eat the ramstack mutton on the banks of the Condamine.
W:
W:But when the shearing's over, love, I'll make you me wife
W:I'll take up a selection and I'll settle down for life
W:And when the day's work's over, love, and the evening's clear and fine
W:I'll tell of them sandy cobblers on the banks of the Condamine."
K:C
A|\
"Dm"A2A G2G|"F"c3 "C"C2E|"Am7"G2E D2C|"Dm"D4 D-E|\
"F"F2D F-GA|"Bb"d2c "F"A2B|"C"c2c "G7"BGB|"D"A4-A D|
"Dm"FDE FGA|"Dm"d2c "F"A2B|"C"c2c "G7"B-GB|"D"A4-A A|\
"Dm"A2B G2A|"Bb"D2C "F"A,2B,|"Am7"CDE D2C|"Dm"D4-D||

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