The Overlanders

The Overlanders - The Irish Rovers

There's a trade you all know well

And it's bringing cattle over

On every track to the gulf and back

Men know the Queensland drover

So 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 grass are scanty

Where the creeks run dry or ten feet high

And it's either drought or plenty

So 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

So 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 dam cheque pours down the neck

Of many a Queensland drover

So 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 road

The children raise my dander

Shouting Mother dear take in the clothes

Here comes an Overlander

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander

So pass the billy round boys

Don't let the pint pot stand there

For tonight we'll drink the health

Of every Overlander