A daily posting of Australian folk songs - 26 January, 2011 to 26 January, 2012.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
The Road to Gundagai (Parody)
Words: Unknown Tune: Jack O'Hagan (The Road to Gundagai)
There's a clapped-out old Ford Made of rubber, tin and board Along the road to Gundagai. The radiator's hissing And half the engine's missing The oil-tank's running dry There's water in the petrol There's sand in the gears She hasn't seen a garage for more than thirty years But you should hear her roar When the pedal hits the floor Along the road to Gundagai.
One of many parodies of the famous Australian song. I learnt this one in the 1980s in the Brisbane sessions.
Oh my lord Henry Ford
ReplyDeleteHow she rattled and she roared
Along the road to Gundagai
With the radiator hissing
And half the engine missing
The fuel tank running dry
There was water in the petrol
And sand in the gears
She hadn't seen a garage in over thirty years
Oh my lord Henry Ford
How she rattled and she roared
Along the road to Gundagai.