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Mrs Susan Colley Bathurst Home for the Aged Recorded 1973
WoolloomoolooNow then, I happened to be born on a very frosty morn Quite contagious in the town of Woolloomooloo And it was in old Riley street, where folks first heard me bleat For at the time I'd nothing else to do When I grew up a lad I went straight into the bad And I soon became a most accomplished thief But the government was kind, they didn't seem to mind For in Darlinghurst they granted me relief (Comments: that was the big goal) I was watched with constant care and they used to cut my hair And for six months I wasn't allowed to roam But my visits I'll renew twixt there and Woolloomooloo And in either place I'll find a welcome home For my name it is McCarty, I came from the Old Darty My father drives a carty when 'e's nothing else to do But he is very lazy, always drunk and nearly crazy Gone wrong along with the boozing throng That loaf's in Woolloomooloo Father he'd get tight and then mother and he would fight And 'alf the time they used to spend in goal They were known to the police for they always broke the peace And not a soul would ever go their bail So when I grew up a lad, I went straight into the bad Etc. |