Click Go the Shears-Warren Fahey

[ti:Click Go the Shears] [ar:Warren Fahey] [al:Great Australian Bush & Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Click Go the Shears - Warren Fahey [00:04.34]Out on the board the old shearer stands [00:08.44]Grasping his shears in his thin bony hand [00:12.35]Fixed is his gaze on a bare bellied yoe [00:15.72] [00:16.31]Glory if he gets her won't [00:18.17]He make the ringer go [00:19.60] [00:20.31]Click go the shears [00:21.89]Boys click click the click [00:23.45] [00:24.32]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [00:28.01]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [00:32.00]And he curses the old snagger [00:33.84]With the bare bellied yoe [00:35.91] [00:39.84]In the middle of the floor [00:41.96]In his cane bottomed chair [00:43.99]Sits the boss of the board [00:46.00]With his eyes everywhere [00:47.52] [00:48.26]Notes well each fleece as [00:50.17]It comes to the screen [00:52.33]Paying strict attention that [00:54.22]It's taken off clean [00:55.41] [00:56.24]Click go the shears [00:57.81]Boys click click the click [00:59.64] [01:00.28]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [01:04.05]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [01:07.92]And he curses the old snagger [01:09.72]With the bare bellied yoe [01:11.64] [01:16.26]The tar boy is there [01:18.31]Awaiting in demand [01:20.29]With his blackened tar pot [01:22.35]In his tarry hand [01:24.34]Sees one old sheep with a cut upon its back [01:27.81] [01:28.45]Here is what he's waiting for it's [01:30.31]Tar here jack [01:31.53] [01:32.28]Click go the shears [01:33.65]Boys click click the click [01:36.10]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [01:39.71] [01:40.46]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [01:44.12]And he curses the old snagger [01:45.70]With the bare bellied yoe [01:47.74] [01:51.94]The colonial experience man [01:54.57]He is there of course [01:56.31]With his shiny leggings [01:58.44]Just got off his horse [02:00.14]He gazes all around like a real connoisseur [02:04.32]Scented soap and brilliantine smelling like most piculiar [02:07.69] [02:08.25]Click go the shears [02:09.75]Boys click click the click [02:11.30] [02:12.24]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [02:15.52] [02:16.16]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [02:19.64] [02:20.28]And he curses the old snagger [02:21.68]With the bare bellied yoe [02:23.81] [02:28.37]Shearing is all over and we've all got our cheques [02:32.15]So roll up your swags boys we're off on the track [02:36.08]The first pub we come to [02:38.17]It's there we'll have a spree [02:39.70] [02:40.20]And everyone that comes along [02:41.94]It's come and drink with me [02:43.70] [02:44.23]Click go the shears [02:46.05]Boys click click the click [02:47.60] [02:48.30]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [02:51.47] [02:52.20]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [02:56.17]And he curses the old snagger [02:57.51]With the bare bellied yoe [02:59.77] [03:04.31]Down by the bar the old shearer stands [03:08.46]Grasping his glass in his thin' bony hands [03:11.77] [03:12.35]Fixed is his gaze on a green painted keg [03:16.16]Glory he'll get down on it [03:18.14]Before he stirs a leg [03:19.50] [03:20.37]Click go the shears [03:22.12]Boys click click the click [03:23.62] [03:24.29]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [03:27.49] [03:28.07]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [03:32.15]And he curses the old snagger [03:34.12]With the bare bellied yoe [03:35.69] [03:40.38]There we leave him standing [03:42.28]Shouting for all hands [03:43.46] [03:44.22]While all around him every shouter stands [03:48.18]His eyes are on the keg [03:49.73]Which now is lowering fast [03:51.67] [03:52.27]He works hard [03:53.19]He drinks hard and goes to hell at last [03:56.19]Click go the shears [03:57.75]Boys click click the click [04:00.14]Wide is his blow and his hands move quick [04:03.42] [04:03.96]The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow [04:07.81]And he curses the old snagger [04:09.84]With the bare bellied yoe