My Man's A Shearer chords by Ted Egan

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Today, more and more women
are working in the wool sheds,
and the old cry of ducks on the pond
is heard no more.
The paintings of Tom Roberts
make the point
that women are often the best
drowsabouts.
But shearing has generally been
a male -dominated activity.
It was usually the woman's lot
to stay behind, rear the children,
and perhaps look after a shear farm
while she worked with her man
to achieve the great Australian dream,
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our own run.
My man's a shearer,
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he's leaving tomorrow,
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he's heading out west,
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and my life will be sorrowful
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While he is gone to the big
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Queensland sheds,
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I'll long for him, my man,
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the shearer.
Tonight, when I hold him,
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my man, the shearer,
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We'll talk of our dreams,
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and the future we'll share,
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and the children I'll bear,
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and I love him for being so
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soft and so tender,
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my Shearer.
But I'll be busy while he's gone,
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I'll mark off the days,
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I'll tend the crops,
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And when he returns,
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I shall ride out to meet him.
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My pony will prance
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as I leap off to greet him.
I'll hug him and kiss him.
We will be laughing,
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and winter can change to spring.
I'll work and I'll save
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with my man, Shearer,
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for a farm where we'll live
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and the love we will give to our children
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will stand them in good stead forever.
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One day my man won't go shearing.
We'll laugh as I help him,
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my man the shearer.
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Pack up his blades
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and  his goosenecked haute panto,
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He'll ride to the west
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and he'll look oh so handsome.
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He won't see my tears, my sheer love.
But I'll be busy while he's gone.
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I'll mark off the days,
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I'll tend the crops.
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And when he returns,
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I shall ride out to meet him.
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My pony will prance
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as I leap off to greet him,
I'll hold him and kiss him.
We will be laughing
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and winter will change into spring.
I'll hold him and kiss him
and we will be laughing.
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And winter will change into spring.