Andy's Gone With Cattle chords by Ted Egan

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Verse 1
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It's easy now to romanticise
the period.
They called my grandfather,
Patsy Durack, a cattle king,
but he scoffed at the suggestion,
saying that they were merely kings
in grass castles,
subject to every whim
of nature.
That wonderful observer of Outback Australia,
Henry Lawson,
pointed to the hardships of
those left behind,
since the drovers had to spend
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such long periods away from home.
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And he's gone to battle now
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With drought the red marauder
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And he's gone with cattle now
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Across the Queensland border
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He's left us in dejection now
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Our hearts with him are open
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It's tough on our selection now
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Since Andy went hard robin
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Who now will wear the cheerful face
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In times when things are slackest
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And who will whistle around the place
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When fortune frowns her blackest?
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Who will cheek the squatter now
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When he comes round a -smiling?
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His tongue is growing hotter now
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Since Andy crossed the Darling.
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The gates are out of order now,
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in storms the riders rattle,
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And far across the border now,
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Andy's gone with cattle.
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Auntie's looking thin and white,
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and Uncle's crossed with worry,
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And Coral Butcher howls all night
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Since Andy left Macquarie
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May the showers in torrents fall
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And all the tanks run over
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May the grass grow green and tall
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in pathways of Ladrona.
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May good angels bring them rain
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on desert patches sandy.
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And when the summer comes again,
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God grant we'll bring us candy.