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C J Dennis - Advance Australia
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Borrowin` over the water; I`ve seen it all before
Raisin` loans (said Old George Jones)
   Was a trick we learned of yore.
Borrowin` over the water
   In the old Australian way
Splash the cash an` cut a dash
   An` leave the kids to pay.

Steel rails an` sausage skins, cotton goods an` fal-de-rals,
   Drapery an` rollin`-stock an` pocket knives an` sich;
That was how we took it out
When we was but a growin` lout;
But sich-like habits calls for doubt
   Now we are grown an` rich.

Borrowin` over the water for reproductive works
That ain`t produced; sich habits used
   To mark the crowd that shirks.
That`s why we`re heaped with taxes
   In this sad year A.D.
Thro` the ancient tricks of politics
   In borrowin` overseas.

Airyplanes an` motor-cars, guns an` bombs an` bayonits --
   The cash is here to buy the things an` meet the whole expense.
But seems we`ll never mend our ways;
An` habits learned in olden days
Sticks hard; so we keep up the craze
   An` borrow for defence.
Advance Australia!  Pile the loans.
The kids`ll pay (said Old George Jones).
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