Malley Boy

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Well, I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak hill,
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eradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill,
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but a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find 'em hard to kill.
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No self-respecting farmer lets a rodent eat his wheat,
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he'll shoot 'em and he'll skin 'em and he'll dress 'em up to eat,
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but since the spread of mixo he's almost got 'em beat,
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and I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy.

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Where little town dogs howl at the morning train,
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where a cocky makes a living on twelve inches of rain,
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where his woman provides and is rare to complain.
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And I still love the smell of that sandy soil,
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some say it's dusty, some say it's gold,
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‘cause it grows the sweetest fat lambs the markets ever sold,
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and I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
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Woo, do do do do do do,
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no, I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.

[Verse]
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Where you can lose an ear on duck opening day,
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where slickers bring their shotguns from miles away,

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and shoot the life out of shags and swans that fly their way.
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Where a bloke grows as stocky as a Mallee bull,
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where they come from miles around to see the tractor pull,
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when the paddocks are clean and seed silos are full,
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and I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
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(harmonica)

[Verse]
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Well, I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak hill,
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eradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill,
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and a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find 'em hard to kill.
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But they'll never be as rare as a Quandong tree,
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my grandma made some jam for my brothers and me.
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They're like the Mallee Fowl you hardly ever see,
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but I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
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No, I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
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Woo, do do do do do do,
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no, I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.