John Flynn chords by Ted Egan

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Verse 1
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A stockman named Jimmy Darcy
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had a bad accident at Halls Creek,
outback Western Australia.
There was no doctor.
A telegraphist sent a Morse
code message
to Perth,
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2 ,000 kilometres away.
The doctor's Morse code reply
enabled Jimmy Darcy's
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mates to operate on him.
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The operation was a success,
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but Jimmy Darcy died of
other complications.
The Reverend John Flynn heard the story
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and determined to start the Royal Flying
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Doctor Service.
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I guess it was the death of Jimmy Darcy
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That prompted the decision to provide
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A mantle of safety for the outback
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And it took a man like John
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Flynn to decide
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That the people of the bush
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deserved a  better life
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The furthest boundary rider,
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the lonely drover's wife
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Deserved to be protected,
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kept in touch, given a go
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It took a man like Flynn to make it so
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He was John Flynn, what a mighty man
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His vision for the outback,
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a truly wonderful plan
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He was John Flynn, what a mighty man
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His vision for the outback,
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a truly wonderful plan.
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Flynn mustered his supporters
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all around him,
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And slowly to fruition came the plan.
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Simpson, Trager, Barber,
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his dear mate Hugh Mackay,
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And Hudson Fish,
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they were loyal to a man.
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Aeroplanes and wireless
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would span this vast brown land
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To reach the furthest outback family
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the injured station had
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Medicine for the bushies,
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a model for the world
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The Flying Doctor's
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banner was unfurled
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And he was John Flynn, what a mighty man
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His vision for the outback,
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a truly wonderful plan
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He was John Flynn, what a mighty man
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His vision for the outback,
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a truly wonderful plan
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So rest easy in your grave now, Jimmy Darcy
In the knowledge that your
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death was not in vain
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The Flying Doctor Service is a -goin'
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To handle all the suffering and the pain
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The people of the bush
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now have a better life
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The furthest boundary rider
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only drove his wife
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People of the bush kept in touch, given a go
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It took a man like Flynn to make it so
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Yes, he was John Flynn, what a mighty man
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His vision for the outback,
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a truly wonderful plan
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He was John Flynn, what a mighty man
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His vision for the outback,
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a truly wonderful plan
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Yes, he was John Flynn
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What a mighty man
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His vision for the outback
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A truly wonderful plan
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He was John Flynn
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What a mighty man
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His vision for the outback
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A truly wonderful plan
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Yes, he was John Flynn
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What a mighty man
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His vision for the outback
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A truly wonderful plan
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He was John Flynn
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What a mighty man
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His vision for the outback
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A truly wonderful plan