Gordon Bok - Bare-legged kate

^GBare legged Kate with your natural grace And your ^Ambig sad eyes and your ^DIrish face A ^Gpoor bush girl when the summer is high In the ^Ambitter ^Ddays of Gunda^Ggai

^GBare legged Kate why do you run ^AmDown to the creek in the ^Dsetting sun? Go a^Gway where the eyes of the world can't see But you ^Amcan't run a^Dway from your pover^Gty ^D

^GBare legged Kate, why do you weep When the ^Ammen drove by with the ^Dtravelling sheep? Does the ^Gsight of the drover make you sad When you ^Amthink of the ^Dfather you never ^Ghad? ^D

^GBare legged Kate with your natural grace And your ^Ambig sad eyes and your ^DIrish face A ^Gpoor bush girl when the summer is high In the ^Ambitter ^Ddays of Gunda^Ggai

^GOh, it's well you know, there's gold in the hills But you ^Amknow that the cyanide ^Dprocess kills ^GStrangles the miners and cuts them down In their ^Ammean little ^Dhomes in Timber ^GTown

^GAnd it's well you know, when the floods come down It's the ^Ampoor by the river are the ^Dfirst to drown Where the ^Gwild Murrumbidgee goes roaring by Through the ^Amhaunted ^Dhills of Gunda^Ggai

^GBare legged Kate with your natural grace And your ^Ambig sad eyes and your ^DIrish face A ^Gpoor bush girl when the winter is nigh In the ^Ambarren ^Dhills of Gunda^Ggai