Tune: Sweet Little Blue-eyed Nell
NELL AT THE AUSTRALIA HOTELAltho' I'm not a tip-top swell,I'm very well to do, And when I love a pretty girl, To her I will prove true. I'm boss of a hatter's shop, And ties and collars sell, And soon she'll soon assist me now, My charming blue-eyed Nell. Oh, sweet little blue-eyed Nell, Belle of the Australia Hotel; No wonder I am gay. I'll married be some day To sweet little blue-eyed Nell. Mv Nell at the Australia Hotel Was in the counting house, I never knew a Sydney girl Who equalled her for 'nouse.' She made the bills out, and she made Them as stiff as stiff could be, But on the other hand she made Them very light for me. She charged the toffs two bob for beds, She only charged me two ; I paid a bill for turtle soup (The price of Irish Stew), In fact she let me off so much, No wonder that I fell In love with lodgings on the cheap At the Australia Hotel. She won't be there very long, We'll soon now married be, And then we'll dwell together In a cottage by th sea. She is my only treasure, and with me she'll dwell; We'll have a dear little home That will beat the big hotel. Oh, sweet little blue-eyed Nell, Belle of the Australia Hotel; No wonder I am gay. I'll married be some day To sweet little blue-eyed Nell. Mv Nell at the Australia Hotel Was in the counting house, I never knew a Sydney girl Who equalled her for 'nouse.' She made the bills out, and she made Them as stiff as stiff could be, But on the other hand she made Them very light for me. SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 14: CITY LIFE |