Lyrics:

'Neath the gum trees by the roadway
As the sun went down outback
I lay at rest in peaceful reverie
Then I thought of all the songs I'd sung
About the outside track
And that is how this vision came to me
As I dozed there in the shadows
'Neath the gum trees by the road
I heard an angel singing there on high
Just welcomed into heaven
Was a soldier and his dog
Never more would he and Rusty say goodbye
Then along the road came Farmer Gray
With his dancing Jersey cow
But you'd never know this famous pair
They've gone all high-brown now
But their harvest days are over
Sad it is to say
But they're making much more money
Since the boogie came their way

And the swaggie who liked good backy
Was smoking a big cigar
And bragging about the fights he'd had in town
Then the ghost of old King Bundawal
With a wild old tribal yell
Hit him on the head with a killer boomerang
Frankie and Johnny next came by
Fighting the way they do
She said "Johnny man, you've been making eyes
At that little girl dressed in blue"
He said "I know I've done you wrong
Been doing so for years
And the road I travel now
Is down that lonesome road of tears"
Then along came Farmer Wilson
Dressed in a bathing suit
A lifebelt hanging 'round his neck
And a flipper on each boot
He says "Well things ain't been the same
Since a distant day gone by
When a certain character wrote a song
About the wet month of July"
So I says to Farmer Wilson
"Do you reckon I'm to blame?"
His eyes went wild and his whiskers shook
And his face went red as flame
"Yes, you're the bloke that wrote the song
That's made my farmer see
And they're catching fish with spinners now
Where my cowyard used to be"
'Neath the gum trees by the roadway
As the sun goes down outback
I lay at rest in peaceful reverie
Then I thought of all the songs I'd sung
About the outside track
And that is how this vision came to me