Overlanders

There's a trade you all know well

And it's bringing cattle over

On every track to the gulf and back

Men know the Queensland drover

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

I'm from the Northern plains

Where the girls and grass are scanty

Where the creeks run dry or ten feet high

And it's either drought or plenty

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

There are men from every land

From Spain and France and Flanders

They're a well mixed pack both white and black

The Queensland Overlanders

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

When we've earned a spree in town

We live like pigs in clover

And the whole dam cheque pours down the neck

Of many a Queensland drover

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

As I walk on down the street

All the children raise my dander

Shouting mother dear pouring his skirts

Here comes an Overlander

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

Now I'm bound for home once more

On a prad that's quite a goer

And I'll find a job with the crawling mob

On the banks os the Maranoa

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander