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--198.142.41.224 10:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)When I was home I was down on my luck, And I earnt a poor living by drawing a truck; But old aunt died, and left me a thousand _ 'Oh, oh, I'll start on my travels,' said Billy Barlow. Oh dear, lackaday, oh,--198.142.41.224 10:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)--198.142.41.224 10:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC) So off to Australia came Billy Barlow. When to Sydney I got, there a merchant I met, Who said he could teach me a fortune to get; He'd cattle and sheep past the colony's bounds, Which he sold with the station for my thousand pounds. Oh dear, lackaday, oh, He gammon'd the cash out of Billy Barlow.

So I got my supplies, and I gave him my bill, And for New England started, my pockets to fill; But by bushrangers met, with my traps they made free, Took my horse, and left Billy bail'd up to a tree. Oh dear, lackaday, oh, I shall die of starvation, thought Billy Barlow.

They at last let me go, and I then did repair For my station once more, and at length I got there; But a few days before the blacks, you must know, Had speared all the cattle of Billy Barlow. Oh dear, lackaday, oh, 'It's a beautiful country,' said Billy Barlow.

And for nine months before no rain there had been, So the devil a blade of grass could be seen; And one third of my wethers the scab they had got, And the other two-thirds had just died of the rot. Oh dear, lackaday, oh, 'I shall soon be a settler,' said Billy Barlow.

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