Gum Tree Canoe

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{Verse]

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On the Tom big bee river so bright I was born
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In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn
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An there I first meet with my Julia so true
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An I row'd her about In my Gum Tree Canoe


[Chorus]

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Singing row away row, O'er the waters so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
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Singing row away row, O'er the water so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe


[Verse]

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All day in the field the soft cotton I hoe
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I think of my Julia and sing as I go
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Oh I catch her a bird, with a wing of true blue
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An at night sail her round in my Gum Tree Canoe


[Chorus]

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Singing row away row, O'er the waters so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
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Singing row away row, O'er the water so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe


[Verse]

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With my hands on the banjo and toe on the oar
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I sing to the sound of the rivers soft roar;
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While the stars they look down at my Julia so true
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An' dance in her eye in our Gum Tree Canoe


[Chorus]

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Singing row away row, O'er the waters so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
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Singing row away row, O'er the water so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe


[Verse]

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One night the stream bore us so far away
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That we couldn't come back so we thought we'd just stay,
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Oh, we spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue,
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And it took us in tow with our gum-tree canoe.


[Chorus]

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Singing row away row, O'er the waters so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe
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Singing row away row, O'er the water so blue
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Like a feather we'll float, In our Gum Tree Canoe