Tonalità: E major
Verse 1
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It was somewhere in September
D
and the sun was goin' down
When I came in search of copy,
G
to a Darling River town
Come- And- Have- A- Drink we'll call it,
D
'tis a fitting name I think
And 'twas raining, for a wonder,
up at Come- And- Have- A- Drink
G
Verse 2
C
Underneath the pub verandah
G
I was resting on a bunk
A
When a stranger rose before me,
D
and he said that he was drunk
G
He apologised for speaking,
D
there was no offence he swore
But he somehow seemed to fancy
G
that he'd seen my face before
He agreed you can't remember all
D
the chaps you chance to meet
And he said his name was Sweeney,
people lived in Sussex Street
G
Verse 3
He was camping in a stable,
D
that he swore that he was right
Only for the blanky horses
G
walkin' over him all night
C
He'd apparently been fighting,
G
for his face was black and blue
A
And it looked as though the horses
had been treading on him too
D
Verse 4
G
But an honest genial twinkle in the
D
eye that wasn't hurt
Seemed to hint of something better,
G
D
G
spite of drink and rags and dirt
He was born in Parramatta and
D
he said with humour grim
That he'd like to see the city,
G
'ere the liquor finished him
But he couldn't raise the money,
D
he was damned if he could think
What the Government was doing here,
he offered me a drink
G
Verse 5
I declined, 'twas self- denial and
D
I lectured him on booze
Using all the hackneyed arguments
G
that preachers mostly use
Things I'd heard in temperance lectures,
D
I was young and rather green
And I ended by referring to
the man he might have been
G
Verse 6
C
But he couldn't stay to argue,
G
for his beer was nearly gone
A
He was glad, he said, to meet me,
D
and he'd see me later on
G
But he guessed he'd have to go
D
and get his bottle filled again
And he gave a lurch and vanished
G
in the darkness and the rain
Verse 7
G
Now of afternoons in cities,
D
when the rain is on the land
Visions come to me of Sweeney,
G
C
with his bottle in his hand.
G
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