Billy Of Tea

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:31:40 +1000From: Kevin Woodgate Subject: m/misc_folk/*Transcribed by K WoodgateEasy melody VersionThe song can be found on records by the Bushwackers, Cobbers, William Clausonand many other Australian Folk records.                D                   G           De|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|B|----------------|-------------3---|-2--0---------------|------------------|G|-----0---2----2-|-2---2----2------|--------2-----0-----|-----------------2|D|-4--------------|-----------------|--------------------|-4----4-----4-----|A|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|E|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|1  You can talk of your whis-ky talk of your beer, There's some-thing muchni-2  So fill up your tum - bler as high as you can   And    don't you dare  tell3  I rise in the morning as soon as it's light  And go     to  the    nosebag4  And while it is boiling the horses I seek     And     foll - ow  themdown5  And at night when I camp if the days has been warm     I    give  to    my6  Then the fire I make and the wa - ter I get   And corned beef and              E7          A7       D                    G              De|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----|B|-------------------|---------------|-------------|----3-----2---0--|-----|G|-0-----------------|-------------2-|--2--2---2---|-2---------------|-2---|D|-----4------2----2-|-2--2-----4----|-----------4-|-----------------|-----|A|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----|E|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----|1  cer that's wait-ing us here, It sits on the fire  be-neath the gum tree,2  me it's not the best plan, You can let all your beer and your spirits gofree3  to see  it's   al- right     That the ants on the sugar no mortgage havegot4  as far   as   the  creek     I take off their hobbles and let them run free5  horses their tucker of corn   From the two in the pole to the one in thelead6  Damper in order,   I set    But I don't touch the grub though so hungryI be-                        G              A7        De|----------------|----------------|----------------||B|----------------|----------------|----------------||G|-2--0------2----|-----0--0-------|----------------||D|--------4-------|-0----------4---|-4-2---0-----0--||A|----------------|----------------|----------------||E|----------------|----------------|----------------||1 There's no-thing much ni-cer than  a bil-ly of tea2 I'll   stick to  my   darl-ing   old bil-ly of tea3 And straight away sling my old black bil-ly pot4 Then haste   to    tuck in - to  my  bil-ly of tea5 A billy for each holds a com - for - ta - ble feed