Prettiest Girl In The Kimberley

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Where is the glory when war is won
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A man hits the bottle and belts his son
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So I ran away to the Cattle Run
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Where I learned to fight and swallow rum
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And I learned to go barefoot you see
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Just like an Aborigine
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For one of their tribe belonged to me
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The Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley

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But I could not marry the girl I adore
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Black and white was against the law
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They chain you up to a Boab Tree
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For kissing an Aborigine

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But a ringer's heart is immune to pain
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A bull rips your leg and you carry on
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You clench your teeth and you cry alone
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And ride for a week till the poison's gone

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But me and my dog we're not alone
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The Pension provides us with beef and a bone
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I've given up drifting and drinking rum
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We're up and about before the sun

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And I can still quarter a beast in a dash
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Have your freezer full of spare ribs in a flash
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And I still dream of the one for me
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The Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley
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Yes I still dream of the one for me
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The Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley