John Williamson - Malley boy

Well,^G I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak ^Dhill, era^Gdicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of ^Dskill, but a boy^Em born in the Mallee doe^Csn't find 'em hard ^Dto k

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il^D7l. No self^G-respecting farmer lets a rodent eat his whe^Dat, he'l^Gl shoot 'em and he'll skin 'em and he'll dress 'em up to^D eat, but sin^Emce the spread of mixo he^C's almost got '^Dem bea

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t,^D7 and I d^Don't mind at all^D7 if you cal^Dl me a Mall^D7ee boy. ^G

W^Ghere little town dogs howl at the morning tr^Dain, where^G a cocky makes a living on twelve inches of rai^Dn, where h^Emis woman provides and is^C rare to c^Dompla

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in^D7. And I s^Gtill love the smell of that sandy soi^Dl, so^Gme say it's dusty, some say it^D's gold, ‘cau^Emse it grows the sweetest fat lambs the markets e^Dver

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so^D7ld, and I ^Ddon't mind a^D7t all if you ^Dcall me ^D7a Mallee^G Boy. Woo,^C do do do do d^Go do, no^D, I don't mind a^D7t all if yo^Du call me a M^D7allee Bo^Gy.

W^Ghere you can lose an ear on duck openin^Dg day, where slicker^Gs bring their shotguns from miles away,^D

and sho^Emot the life out of shags and^C swans that f^Dly th

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ei^D7r way. Where a ^Gbloke grows as stocky as a Mallee ^Dbull, where they co^Gme from miles around to see the tractor^D pull, when the p^Emaddocks are clean and se^Ced silos are ^Dfull

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, ^D7 and I d^Don't mind at al^D7l if you call^D me a M^D7allee Bo^Gy. D - D7 - D - D7 - G (harmonica)

Well, ^GI've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak h^Dill, era^Gdicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of ^Dskill, and^Em a boy born in the Mallee doesn^C't find 'em h^Dard t

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o ^D7kill. But th^Gey'll never be as rare as a Quandon^Dg tree, my^G grandma made some jam for my brothers and^D me. They'r^Eme like the Mallee Fowl you^C hardly e^Dver

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se^D7e, but I ^Ddon't mind at all ^D7if you c^Dall me a Mal^D7lee Boy.^G No, I ^Ddon't mind at ^D7all if you ca^Dll me a Mal^D7lee Boy. ^G Woo,^C do do do do do do, ^G no, I ^Ddon't mind at a^D7ll if you cal^Dl me a Ma^D7llee Boy^G.