Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There's a story I must tell,
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it's one I know so well,
About a famous hero
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of the Never -Never Trail.
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A mailman of great fame,
They called him the Fizzer,
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Who died to save the mail.
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I recall that tragic day,
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When the Fizzer rode away,
On a journey filled with
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danger we all knew,
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that a woman's life might go
If that gallant little mailman
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Save the mail!
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till it goes down the trail.
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may all Australians know,
How the brave Henry Peckham
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gave his life to save the mail.
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How the river was in flood,
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how it chewed the mailman's blood,
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Meant to get that message through,
And he plunged his faithful bodee,
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Into the surging tide.
But the river, it was strong,
And it swept the mailman on,
After all he'd suffered, must he fail,
As he fought the surging tide
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save the mail!
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That ringing cry still echoes
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down the trail,
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May all Australians know,
How the brave Henry Peckham
Outro 1
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