Key: D major
Verse 1
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- Eric Bogle
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For nearly sixty years, I've been a Cockie
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seen my tears and blood
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Verse 2
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just a gentle old black 'gin
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Verse 3
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but they grew up fine and steady
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Verse 4
My daughter married young,
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My sons lie buried by the Burma Railway
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I've carried on alone
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Verse 5
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on a sewered suburban block
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Verse 6
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have seen my tears and blood
Verse 7
NOTES:
Cockie: Australian small-scale family farmer
'Gin ("Jen"): an Australian
aboriginal woman
(The term is nowadays considered
to be derogatory)
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