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Key: D
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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First time he'd ever had shoes on,
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very first day at school
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And the sweet young teacher straight from
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college, her first day there too
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His mum and Miss Brown chatted about
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living out there in the scrub
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And how he'd grown up with the shearers,
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and how he'd done it pretty rough
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But he could cull and crutch and dip and
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dag, though he was only six
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But I think it's best to warn, as
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she said, he swears a little bit
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"I'll keep my eye on him," Miss Brown promised
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He can be my helping hand
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And I'm sure we'll be the best of friends, now
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won't we, little man?"
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He didn't even raise his eyes, he
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just bit his bottom lip and
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shuffled sand with his new shoes and
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said, "I
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don't give a shit."
Chorus:
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"Now, now," she said, "if you don't
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swear I'll let you ring the bell"
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He said, "You're supposed to be the fucking gun,
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go ring the cunt yourself"
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And tell me what time's fucking smoke-o?
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What time do we knock off?
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I'm busting for a fucking shit, so
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where's the thunderbox?
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And do we get our daily roly-weed
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and six cold cans of piss?
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And can any bastard tell me,
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whose fucking show is this?"
Verse 2:
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But that didn't seem to faze her, she
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just knelt down next to him and
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sweetly smiled and softly whispered,
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"we'd better start again
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Because you must learn not to swear like that,
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because it's against the rules"
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He said, "Well stick your rules and stick your shoes
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and stick your fucking skull"
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But she just grit her teeth and forced a
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smile and didn't let it show
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She just said, "let
Song History
Published: July 4, 2025
Last Updated: July 4, 2025