There's rumour of a gold strike to the south of Ballarat
And someone stole some cattle at the back of Kylie's flat
And there's been a fight in Dinny Ryan's bar at Ararat
You heard it on the bush telegraph
Fat lamb's brought a record price last week in Bendigo
Tommy Burke has been to mass three Sundays in a row
It used to take a family death or drought to make him go
You heard it on the bush telegraph
We don't need no fancy wires to get the message through
Satellites or thingamajigs whizzing round the moon
Oh, twenty feet of binder twine with a jam tin cut in half
It's pure Australian magic, the bush telegraph
Now Nora Riley's daughter went to Melbourne for a spell
After going out with Nicky Doyle it's probably just as well
Home's no place for a girl when her belly starts to swell
You heard it on the bush telegraph
Now Andy Regan's famous temper went off like a bomb
When he heard his only daughter Kate got married to a pom
His Siamese cat had kittens to a one-eyed ginger tom
You heard it on the bush telegraph
We don't need no fancy wires to get the message through
Satellites or thingamajigs whizzing round the moon
Oh, twenty feet of binder twine with a jam tin cut in half
It's pure Australian magic, the bush telegraph
Now Henry Hand, God bless his soul, his chooks are off the lay
He always reckoned they were good for fifteen eggs a day
And mostly double yokers, then he'd give 'em all away
You heard it on the bush telegraph
Who fronted up to court today? The judge won't let him drive
For clocking in at point two three instead of point oh five
Twenty beers in two hours flat won't keep a man alive
You'll hear it on the bush telegraph
We don't need no fancy wires to get the message through
Satellites or thingamajigs whizzing round the moon
Oh, twenty feet of binder twine with a jam tin cut in half
It's pure Australian magic, the bush telegraph
You heard it on the bush telegraph
Yes, you'll hear it on the bush telegraph
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