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1.Like my brother be-fore me
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I'm a tent boxing man Like our daddy be-fore us
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Travelling all around Gipps-land ployed So rally round the
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drum boys Rally round the drum Every day every
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night boys Rally round the drum
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Yeah rally round the
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drum boys Rally round the drum Got to keep on
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fighting Rally round the drum
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2.I woke up one cold morning
Many miles from Fitzroy
And slowly It came dawning
By Billy Leach I was employed
3.Hoisting tent-pole and tarpaulin
Billy says now beat the drum
Rings out across the showground
And all the country people come
4.Then Billy starts a-calling
Step right up Step right up one and all
Is there anybody game here
To take on kid snowball
5.Sometimes I fight a gee-man
Yeah we put on a show
Sometimes I fight a hard man
Who wants to lay me low
6.Sometimes I get tired
But I don't ever grouse
I've got to keep on fighting
Five dollars every house
7.Like my daddy before me
I stand up and knock em down
Like my brother before me
I'm weaving in your town
Transcribed by Nathan Eltis