Roo In the Stew Medley: When the Rain Tumbles Down In July / The Redback On the Toilet Seat / There's a Grasshopper Loose In Queensland / Who Put the Roo In the Stew
The Wayfarers
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Letra
Let me wander north to the homestead,
Way out further on there to roam,
By a gully in flood, let me linger,
When the summery sunshine has flown.
Where the logs tangle up on the creek beds,
And clouds fill the old northern sky,
And the cattle move back from the lowlands,
When the rain tumbles down in July.
Well the old sleeping gums by the river
Awaken to herds strayin' by,
From flats where the fences have vanished,
As the storm clouds they gather on high.
And the wheels of the wagons stop turning,
The stock horse is turned out to stray,
And the old station dogs are a-dozin',
On the husks in the barn through the day.
The drover draws rein by the river,
It's been years since he's seen it so high,
Yes and that's just the story of homeward,
When the rain tumbles down in July.
Oh yes and that's just the story of homeward,
When the rain tumbles down in July.
There was a red-back on the toilet seat
When I was there last night,
I didn't see him in the dark,
But boy! I felt his bite!
I jumped high up into the air,
And when I hit the ground,
That crafty red-back spider
Wasn't nowhere to be found.
I rushed in to the missus,
Told her just where I'd been bit,
She grabbed the cut throat razor,
And I nearly took a fit.
I said, "Just forget what's on your mind,
And call a doctor please,
For I've got a feeling that your cure
Is worse than the disease."
There was a red-back on the toilet seat
When I was there last night,
I didn't see him in the dark,
But boy! I felt his bite!
And now I'm here in hospital,
A sad and sorry plight,
And I curse that red-back spider
On the toilet seat last night.
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose
And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose
And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland
They grow the sugar cane in Queensland
They grow the sugar cane in Queensland
They grow the sugar cane, load it on a train
Till it's served in a tin in queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose
And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose in Queensland
There's a grasshopper loose, as big as any goose
And he drinks pineapple juice all over Queensland
Well ronald came home one evening
Said to his mary lou
Tomorrow night, instead of finger-lickin' chicken
Let's have us some old fashioned stew
Let's have us some old fashioned stew
In the fridge there's beef from australia
Picked it up from the market today
It's label choice and you'll love it
Hop to it and start right away
Hop to it and start right away
Next night after much preparation
Old ronald sat down to his stew
And his nostrils started wrinkling
The aroma it didn't ring true
The aroma it didn't ring true
As a fact of life it's known now
And we all know it's true
The candle put the lickin' in the chicken
Who put the roo in the stew who who
Who put the roo in the stew
Who put the roo in the stew who who
Who put the roo in the stew
Who put the roo in the stew who who
Who put the roo in the stew
Who put the roo in the stew who who
Who put the roo in the stew
Written by: Dusty Slim, NEWTON, SLIM, WEBB, MARIUS PATRICK
