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Banjo Paterson - The Ballad of the Carpet BagBanjo Paterson - The Ballad of the Carpet Bag
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Ho! Darkies, don`t you hear dose voters cryin` Pack dat carpet bag! You must get to de Poll, you must get there flyin`; Pack dat carpet bag! You must travel by de road, you must travel by de train, And the things what you`ve done you will have to explain, And the things what you`ve promised, you must promise `em again. Pack dat carpet bag! Hear dem voters callin! Pack de clean boiled rag. For there`s grass in the west, and the rain am fallin`. Pack dat carpet bag! You must pack up a volume of Coghlan`s Figures, Pack dat carpet bag! And a lot o` little jokes to amuse those niggers. Pack dat carpet bag! You must wheedle all de gals with a twinkle of your eye, You must bob down your head when de eggs begin to fly. Oh! those eggs what they`re saving, and they`ll throw `em by and by. Pack dat carpet bag! Hear dem voters callin`! Pack de clean boiled rag. For there`s grass in the west, and the rain am fallin`. Pack dat carpet bag! You must get upon a stump, you must practise speakin`, Pack dat carpet bag! You must follow Georgie Reid or Alfred Deakin. Pack dat carpet bag! You must come to de scratch, or you`re bound to fail, For it ain`t any time to be sittin` on de rail, Or de votes that you`ll get they won`t keep you out o` jail. Pack dat carpet bag! Hear dem voters callin`! Pack de clean boiled rag. For there`s grass in the west, and the rain am fallin`. Pack dat carpet bag! And supposin` that you`re beat, and you feel like cryin`, Pack dat carpet bag! You must hustle back to work just to keep from dyin`. Pack dat carpet bag! You must travel second-class when you travel by de train, For you haven`t got a pass on de end of your chain, While the other fellow`s packing for de great campaign. Pack dat carpet bag! Hear dem voters callin`! Pack de clean boiled rag. For there`s grass in the west, and the rain am fallin`. Pack dat carpet bag!
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