The Overlander

There's a trade you all know well

It's bringing the cattle over

On every track to the gulf and back

Men know the Queensland drover

Pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander

I come from the Northern plains

Where the girls and the grass are scanty

Where the creeks run dry or ten foot high

And it's either drought or plenty

Pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander

There are men from every land

From Spain and France and Flanders

They're a well-mixed pack both white and black

The Queensland overlanders

Pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander

When we've earned a spree in town

We live like pigs in clover

And the whole year's cheque pours down the neck

Of many a Queensland drover

Pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander

As I pass along the roads

The children raise my dander

Crying "Mother dear, take in the clothes

Here comes the overlander!"

Pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander

Now I'm bound from home once more

On a net that's quite a goer

I can find a job with a crawling mob

On the banks of the Maranoa

So pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander

Pass the billy 'round boys

Don't let the pint-pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every overlander