JEANNIE LEWIS - Headed For Melbourne (1972) - video Dailymotion

Jeannie Lewis - "Headed For Melbourne" (1972)

Transcript

00:00Come all you bold young women, with your fingernails so fine,

00:27Don't let the dirt get under them, down in some open mine.

00:37My darling and I, we took it on, to seek the fiery stone.

00:49Now all our luck's run out on us, we're headed for Melbourne.

01:06There's many hungry people, gonna travelin' down some road.

01:17There's Ben Hall and John Hardy, Ned Kelly and Tom Joad.

01:28But throw your picks away, my friends, vocals you would find.

01:39I'll push that overburden up, buy yourself a cat to deny.

01:57Come all you bold young women, with your fingernails so fine,

02:07Don't let the dirt get under them, down in some open mine.

02:18My darling and I, we took it on, to seek the fiery stone.

02:29Now all our luck's run out on us, we're headed for Melbourne.