ernest_truman
WARNING
The lyrics are an offensive example of institutional racism.
Chinese-Australians did participate in shearing industrial action 1)2).
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X:1896
T:Bushman's song
Z:Stephen Hamish Darby
Z:Creative Commons attribution only 4.0 unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
O:Australia
Q:1/4=140
L:1/8
M:2/4
I:linebreak $
K:Bb
z F | B>B d>c | B>B F>F | D>E F>D | D2 z D | C>E E>E | D>D B,>D |$ C>F F>F | F2 z F | B>c d>B |
w: I'm|trav- ellin' down the|cas- tle- reagh and|I'm a sta- tion|hand I'm|han- dy with the|rop- in' pole I'm|han- dy with the|brand And|I can ride a|
B>B F>F | D>E F>D | B,2 z B,/B,/ |$ C3/2{E}E/ GG/G/ | c>B A>G | F>F G>A | B2 z F/F/ | B2 d2 |
w: row- dy colt or|swing the axe all|day but there's|no dem- and for a|sta- tion hand a-|long the cas- tle-|reagh. So it's|shift boys|
B2 F>F |$ D/DE/ F>D | B,2 z B,/B,/ | D>D D>D | C2 A>A |{A} A3/2{A}G/ A>G | F2 z F/F/ |$ B>B B>B |
w: shift, for there|is n't the sligh- test|doubt That we've|got to make a|shift to the|sta- tions fur- ther|out with the|pack horse run- ning|
B2 FF/F/ | D>E F>D | B,2 z B,/B,/ | C>E G>G | c>B A>G | F2 A,2 |$ B, z z2 | z3 F/F/ | B>B d>c |
w: aft- er for he|fol- lows like a|dog we must|strike a- cross the|coun- try at the|old jig|jog|I *|asked a cove for|
B>B FF/{F}F/ | D>E F>D | B,2 z B, | C>E E>E |$ D>D B,>D | C>F F>F | F2 z F/F/ | B>c d>B |
w: shear- in' once a *|long the Mar- tha|Guy We|shear non- un- ion|here says he. I'll|leave you then says|I I *|looked a- long the|
B>B F>F | D>E F>D |$ B,2 z B,/B,/ | C>E GG/G/ | c>A A>G | F>F G>A | B2 z F/F/ | B2 d2 | B2 F>F |$
w: shear- in' floor be-|fore I turned to|go there were|four and twen- ty *|chi- na- men a-|shear- in' in a|row it was|shift boys|shift for there|
D/DE/ F>D | B,2 z B,/B,/ | D>D D>D | C2 A>A | A>G A>G | F2 z F/F/ | B>B B>B |$ B2 FF/F/ |
w: was- n't the sligh- test|doubt it was|time to make a|shift with the|chi- na- men a-|bout So I|sad- dled up my|hor- ses and I|
D>E F>D | B,2 z B,/B,/ | C>E G>G | c>B A>G | F2 A,2 | B,3 z |]
w: whis- tled to my|dog And I|struck a- cross the|coun- try at the|old jig|jog|
ernest_truman.txt · Last modified: 2022/11/08 16:39 by sdarby