By The Big Blue Billabong 1916 'Jack and Jill'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 04 Feb 2004

I have only got to close my eyes
then a vision sweet will surely rise;
memories will throng.
Once again I long
to go back to my home beside the Billabong

I want to go back, back,
on the old bush track
to hear the Kookaburra's
merry laugh once more
to see my mother standing by the open door;
she is waiting and yearning,
as the moments pass along
and I long to hear the magpies call
from gum trees tall
when shadows fall;
Take me back to that old homestead,
by the Big Blue Billabong.

I am weary of the city life;
weary of the struggle and the strife;
dust is in the air.
Clamour ev'rywhere.
I want the scent of gums
and wattle blossom fair.

I want to go back, back,
on the old bush track
to hear the Kookaburra's
merry laugh once more
to see my mother standing by the open door;
she is waiting and yearning,
as the moments pass along
and I long to hear the magpies call
from gum trees tall
when shadows fall;
Take me back to that old homestead,
by the Big Blue Billabong.

I want to go back, back,
on the old bush track
to hear the Kookaburra's
merry laugh once more
to see my mother standing by the open door;
she is waiting and yearning,
as the moments pass along
and I long to hear the magpies call
from gum trees tall
when shadows fall;
Take me back to that old homestead,
by the Big Blue Billabong.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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By The Big Blue Billabong 1916
Lyrics by P. C. Cole
Music by Fred Hall
copyright 1916 by Allan & Co. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 04 February 2004 at 16.44
in association with Doug Grierson
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J. & N. Tait & Bailey & Grant's Pantomime
"Jack and Jill" - Song Successes
described on the score as "An Australian Rag"
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