Key: E major•
Verse 1
When I came in search of copy,
Come- And- Have- A- Drink we'll call it,
And 'twas raining, for a wonder,
up at Come- And- Have- A- Drink
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Verse 2
But he somehow seemed to fancy
He agreed you can't remember all
And he said his name was Sweeney,
people lived in Sussex Street
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Verse 3
He was camping in a stable,
Only for the blanky horses
had been treading on him too
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Verse 4
Seemed to hint of something better,
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spite of drink and rags and dirt
He was born in Parramatta and
That he'd like to see the city,
But he couldn't raise the money,
What the Government was doing here,
he offered me a drink
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Verse 5
I declined, 'twas self- denial and
Using all the hackneyed arguments
Things I'd heard in temperance lectures,
And I ended by referring to
the man he might have been
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Verse 6
And he gave a lurch and vanished
Verse 7
Visions come to me of Sweeney,
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with his bottle in his hand.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A F#
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