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Brisbane Ladies

from After You by The Vermeers

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Farewell and adieu to you, Brisbane ladies
Farewell and adieu, you maids of Toowong
We've sold all our cattle we have to keep moving
But we hope to see you again before long

And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers
We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push
Until we return to the Augathella station
Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush

Then on to Taromeo and Yarraman Creek, lads
It's there we shall make our next camp for the day
Where the water and grass are both plenty and sweet, lads
And maybe we'll butcher a fat little stray

And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers
We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push
Until we return to the Augathella station
Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush

Then on to Nanango, that hard-bitten township
Where the out-of-work station-hands sit in the dust
Where the shearers get shorn by old Tim, the contractor
Oh, I wouldn't go near there, but I flamin' well must

And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers
We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push
Until we return to the Augathella station
Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush

The girls of Toomancie they look so entrancing
Like bawling young heifers they're out for their fun
With the waltz and the polka and all kinds of dancing
To the rackety old banjo of Bob Anderson

And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers
We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push
Until we return to the Augathella station
Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush

Then fill up your glasses, and drink to the lasses
We'll drink this town dry, then farewell to them all
And when we've got back to the Augathella Station
We hope you'll come by there and pay us a call

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from After You, released December 25, 2007
Traditional, arr. by The Vermeers

Matt Rasch - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion
Holly Keller - harmony vocals
Nik McLane - lead guitar
Kevin Paul - lead guitar
Eric Jaqua - bass

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