He was a bloke from the Strezlecki Ranges of sturdy build and quite a rugged man
And he did not wish to grow old and feeble and to die of old age not in his life plan
In his nineteenth year he left the Gippsland highlands and to the Queensland outback made his way
And he worked in shearing sheds as a gun shearer where honest sweat is shed for every pay.
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