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Slim Dusty( David Gordon Kirkpatrick )
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The Mad Cook
The old time cooks of stock camps they take their jobs to heart Though I knew that something had occurred to give our cook a start He shivered like a dingo that had took a poisoned bait Cursed heaven earth and angels all the souls in hell and fate
Then shis fist and muttered tore his hair and scratched his head He stamped his feet and shouted someone's doped the flamin' bread For a little while he pondered then he started off again And I sat and thought in silence if the poor old chap was sane
Yes our cook was in a rage it seemed for what I did not know What him so cantankerous and gave him such a blow But I knew I'd better watch it if he came to close to me Oh this would be ended and this song would never be
Next he took a sidestep and careered around the packs Sort of doubled up with pain and grabbed the flamin' axe He turned upon the horse tailer who bolted like a shot And consigned the whole damn outfit to the regions that are hot
Next he talked of mongrels and deadbeats that he knew His curses gettin' close to home as round the packs he flew His rage was so tremendous I'd thought he'd bust a vein Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com For he really now convinced me that he truly was insane, hey!
Yes our cook was in a rage it seemed but what I did not know What him so cantankerous and gave him such a blow But I knew I'd better watch it if he came to close to me Oh this would be ended and this song would never be He ran around the campfire then kicked the billy can He must have hurt his toe because he limped now as he ran And this calmed him down a little bit and brought him to a halt But he scattered all the pepper out and threw away the salt
All the flour in the pack bags was emptied out as well Then he collapsed unconscious and lay down where he fell Oh he wasn't a bad old chap at heart and harmful not the least Oh the trouble was he'd set the bread and forgot the flamin' yeast
Yes our cook was in a rage it seemed but what I did not know What him so cantankerous and gave him such a blow But I knew I'd better watch it if he came to close to me Oh this would be ended and this song would never be
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