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buddy williams (australian) - spirit of progress lyrics

i’ve jumped the northern mail train, jumped freight trains everywhere
from alice springs to melbourne, never paid a penny fare
in dreams i see the rattler roll, hear that old familiar cry
when i hear the hoboes yell, take her on the fly

throw aboard your blanket roll, clamber up the side
get well under cover or the cops will get your hide

the governmеnt was kind to me: accommodation free
sausages and gravy and a pannikin of tea
(cold and grеasy)

three days’ free board in gympie jail, three weeks in old long bay
corinda[?] i was a month or more, and thirty days in hay

they tell me things have altered now in many different ways
to when i jumped the rattler in the dark depression days
yeah

they’ve got a streamlined loco with air+conditioned cars
she never travels slow enough to let you grab the bars
she’s lined with fancy trimmings, looks like a shooting star
she’s called the spirit of progress, renowned for speed and class
she’s a beauty

so i bought a first+class ticket, the first one in my life
from melbourne up to aubrey with bob menzies and his wife
who would ever think a hobo would travel with the toffs?
if i hadn’t bought a ticket, i’m sure they’d call the cops
if they ever fill the rattlers like the spirit of progress train
what’ll happen to the hobo if he ever rides again?
here’s advice to all you hoboes: never try to jump the through
unless you want to do a stretch in long bay or pentridge boul

- buddy williams australian lyrics

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