Tom:
Introdução:
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I went broke in western Queensland in 1931,
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Nobody would employ me so my swaggy days begun
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I headed out to Charleville, out to the western towns,
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I was on my way to Roma, destination Darling Downs
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And my pants were getting ragged, my shoes were getting thin,
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When we stopped in Mitchell, a goods train shunted in,
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The engine blew her whistle, I was looking up to see,
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She was on her way to Roma, that was very plain to me.
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I wished I was about 20 stone, nearly seven foot tall,
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I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.
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As I sat and watched her, inspiration seemed to grow,
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And I remembered the government slogan, 'It's a railway that you own'
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So by the time the sun was setting, and night was going nigh,
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So I gathered my belongings and I caught her on the fly.
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And as we came into Roma, I tucked my head down low,
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And a voice said 'any room mate?' and I answered, 'Plenty Beu'
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Then at this tip this noble man, the voice of Sergeant Small,
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Said, 'I've trapped you very nicely, you're headed for a fall'
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I wished I was about 20 stone, nearly seven foot tall,
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I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.
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The Judge was very kind to me, he gave me thirty days,
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He said, 'Maybe that would help to cure my rattler jumping ways'
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So if your down and outback, let me tell you what I think,
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Stay off the Queensland railways, they're a shortcut to the clink.
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I wished I was about 20 stone, nearly seven foot tall,
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I'd go back to western Queensland, and beat up Sergeant Small.