Lyrics:

When shearing comes lay down your drums
Step to the boards you brand new chums
With a ra-dum roo and a rub-a-dub-dub
We'll send you home in a lime juice tub

Since you have crossed the briny deep
You fancy you can shear a sheep
With a ra-dum roo and a rub-a-dub-dub
We'll send you home in a lime juice tub (Send you home in a lime juice tub!)
Hey
Here we are in New South Wales
Shearing sheep as big as whales
With leather necks and daggy tails
Fleece as tough as rusty nails

There's cocky sons and brand new chums
Fancy that they're all great guns
Fancy they can shear the wool
The buggers can only tear and pull (buggers can only tear and pull!)

They tar the sheep till they're nearly black
Roll up roll up and get the sack
Once more we're away on the Wallaby Track
More to look for work out back (more to look for work out back!)
Hey
Here we are in New South Wales
Shearing sheep as big as whales
With leather necks and daggy tails
Fleece as tough as rusty nails

And when they're out upon the road
From off their backs they throw their load
And at the sun they take a look
And reckon that it's time to breast the cook (reckon it's time to breast the cook!)

They sleep in huts without any door
And camp upon the dirty floor
With a pannikin of flour and a sheet of bark
To wallop up a damper in the dark (wallop up a damper in the dark!)
Hey
Here we are in New South Wales
Shearing sheep as big as whales
With leather necks and daggy tails
Fleece as tough as rusty nails

You cockies too, you never need fret
For I'm the man who's willing to bet
You're up to your eyes, heels first in debt
You're up to your eyes, your sons as well
Your daughters wear no crinolines
Nor are they covered by boots and shoes;
They're wild in the bush with the kangaroos (wild in the bush with the kangaroos!)
Hey
Here we are in New South Wales
Shearing sheep as big as whales
With leather necks and daggy tails
Fleece as tough as rusty nails

Its home its home I'd like to be
Not humping my drum in this sheep country
Over a thousand miles I've come
To march along with a blanket drum (march along with a blanket drum!)
But shear and tear, boys, give a cheer
Step to the boards and grab your gear
With a ra-dum roo and a rub-a-dub-dub
We'll send you home in a lime juice tub
Hey
Here we are in New South Wales
Shearing sheep as big as whales
With leather necks and daggy tails
Fleece as tough as rusty nails (Hey!)