Galahs in the Gidgee
Words and Music by Colin Buchanan © 1994 Universal Music (Aust)
Shearers, rouseabouts, stockmen and jackaroos
Cockies and squatters, swaggies with nothing to lose
Ridden and driven and trode these tracks
Calloused their hands and bent their backs
There’s some ripper yarns to spin if you can spare a minute of your time
Chorus
Galahs in the gidgee
Emus on the plains
‘Roos in the table drains
In a rugged land
Galahs in the gidgee
They watch this country grow
And I reckon they’d tell some stories if they could
House-wives, cooks, mothers and daughters too
They put their hand to whatever they had to do
From kitchen stove to a horse’s back
In homestead tent and timber shack
You’ll shake your head at their tales of courage if you stick around
Chorus
Not too many of the old timers still around
There’s another generation walking this dusty ground
But there’s still surprises out of the back o’ Bourke
And it still takes sweat and it takes hard work
And there’s still some ripper yarns if you can spare a minute of your time
