From: Mike HW <i951612@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au> Subject: Across the Western Plains - Trad. Australian Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:13:56 +1100 (EST) "Across the Western Plains" -Traditional Australian submitted by Mike Hiltonwood i951612@redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au 4/4 (2/4 '') Chorus:

Its ^Gall for me grog, me ^Cjolly, jolly ^Ggrog Its all for me beer and tob^D7acco ^G'cos I spent all my tin in the ^Cshanty drinking ^Ggin Now across the Western Plains I must ^D7wand--e^Gr

( same chords for chorus and verses ) Verses: I'm stiff and stony broke and I've parted with my smoke And the sky is looking black as thunder And the boss ofthe shanty too, for I haven't got a sou Thats how they treat you when you're down and under I'm crook in the head, for I haven't been to bed Since I first touched this shanty with my plunder I see centipedes and snakes, and I'm full of achces and shakes So I'd better make a push out over yonder Repentance brings reproof, so I sadly pad the hoof All day I see the mirage of the trees But it'll all have an end when I reach the river bend And listen to the sighing of the breeze

Misc Traditional - Across the western plains