The Barber’s Story
July 5, 2023Polly Dibbs
July 5, 2023The Austral-aise
Fellers of Australier,
Blokes an’ coves an’ coots,
Shift yer — carcases,
Move yer — boots.
Gird yer — loins up,
Get yer — gun,
Set the — enermy
An’ watch the blighters run.
CHORUS:
Get a — move on,
Have some — sense.
Learn the — art of
Self de- — -fence.
Have some — brains be-
Neath yer — lids.
An’ swing a — sabre
Fer the missus an’ the kids.
Chuck supportin’ — posts,
An’ strikin’ — lights,
Support a —- fam’ly an’
Strike fer yer — rights.
CHORUS:
Get a — move on, etc.
Joy is — fleetin’,
Life is — short.
Wot’s the use uv wastin’ it
All on — sport?
Hitch yer — tip-dray
To a — star.
Let yer — watchword be
“Australi- — -ar!”
CHORUS:
Get a — move on, etc.
‘0w’s the — nation
Goin’ to ixpand
‘Lest us — blokes an’ coves
Lend a — ‘and?
‘Eave yer — apathy
Down a — chasm;
‘Ump yer — burden with
Enthusi- — -asm.
CHORUS:
Get a — move on, etc.
W’en old mother Britain
Calls yer native land
Take a — rifle
In yer — ‘and
Keep yer — upper lip
Stiff as stiff kin be,
An’ speed a — bullet for
Post- — -ity.
CHORUS:
Get a — move on, etc.
W’en the — bugle
Sounds “Ad- — -vance”
Don’t be like a flock er sheep
In a — trance
Biff the — Kaiser
Where it don’t agree
Spifler- — -cate him
To Eternity.
CHORUS:
Get a — move on, etc.
Fellers of Australier,
Cobbers, chaps an’ mates,
Hear the — German
Kickin’ at the gates!
Blow the — bugle,
Beat the — drum,
Upper-cut an’ out the cow
To kingdom- — -come!
CHORUS:
Get a — move on,
Have some — sense.
Learn the — art of
Self de- — -fence.