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BALLAD OF MARIO
01:50
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Oh little Mario
He plays for Rabbitohs
Along with Davo
He forms a tough combo
He runs from dummy half
Mario is really tough
Don't confuse with boxer bloke
Though Mario can really poke
Mario wears headband
To show he's a Pat Cash fan
He's true Australian
Though his family started alien
Now he owns a restaurant
A model for young ethnic punks
When they are feeling low
They follow Mario
But there was a contract out
And Mario he was in doubt
If he wear green and red
Could wind up with horse’s head in bed
That’s one scenario
Don’t appeal to Mario
To end up like Brando
Godfather Rabbitoh.
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GAVIN MILLER'S SHORTS
02:35
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Eileen my girlfriend died last May
A semi-trailer runaway
But I know, know that she’s still here
She came back as Gavin Miller’s shorts
She was a fan of the Cronulla Sharks
Now she’s back as Gavin Miller’s shorts
And I cry to see her split as he trips
I ache when Gavin scrapes his hips
And I snap when Gavin takes a catch
She believed in reincarnation
She had a Miller fascination
Now I feel her twitch with every stitch
She came back as Gavin Miller’s shorts
She was a fan of the Cronulla Sharks
Now she’s back as Gavin Miller’s shorts
And I cry to see her split as he trips
I ache when Gavin scrapes his hips
And I snap when Gavin takes a catch
She believed in reincarnation
She had a Miller fascination
Now I feel her twitch with every stitch
Sometimes she looks like she’s in pain
Stretched out like that over Gavin’s skin
But I know that’s just what she wanted
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LITTLE PISSED ROOSTERS
01:43
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All of us guys meet down at the Coogee Bay
We don’t believe in taking footy seriously
We’ve got natural talent pace and verve and balance
We’re Eastern Suburbs Roosters we’re doing okay
We want to score some tries kick some goals
Treat football like rock and roll
Have some scoobs sink some tubes
We don’t give a damn about defensive moves
Hugh McGann tries to spur us on
But down the pub with chicks is much more fun
We don’t tell Russ the facts because he’d say we’re slack
We’re Eastern Suburbs Roosters we’re doing okay
We want to score some tries kick some goals
Treat football like rock and roll
Have some scoobs sink some tubes
We don’t give a damn about defensive moves
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STERLO ROCK
02:42
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I got the Peter Sterling rock the Peter Sterling rock
The Peter Sterling rock from my nose down to my sock
I got the Peee-Peter Sterling rock I got the Peee-Peter Stirling roll
I got the Peter Sterling rock the Peter Sterling style
Everybody here knows that I am a Peter-phile
I got the Peee-Peter Sterling rock I got the Peee-Peter Stirling roll
Do the the Sterlo do the Sterlo do the Sterlo with me
On your pillow thrill to the skill that our Peter Sterling gives free
You do the Sterling rock You do the Sterling roll
You do the Peter Sterling, Peter Sterling stroll.
I got the Peter Sterling rock the Peter Sterling rock
The Peter Sterling rock from my nose down to my sock
I got the Peee-Peter Sterling rock I got the Peee-Peter Stirling roll
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THE LAST BEARS FAN
02:31
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Out on the wing the old Bears fan stands
Grasping his thermos in his thin bony hands
He’s been waiting patiently for more than sixty years
To see the premiership won by his beloved Bears
Cheers for the Bears fans they’re so true
They’ve been waiting for a flag since 1922
Hitler’s come and gone and man’s walked on the moon
But nothing’s changed down Miller Street since 1922
Lips are all a tremble could this be the year
The Bears have signed two Kiwi props and a full-back from Noumea
They finished last year strongly they nearly made the grade
But when it looked as though they might they had their famous fade
Cheers for the Bears fans they’re so true
They’ve been waiting for a flag since 1922
Hitler’s come and gone and man’s walked on the moon
But nothing’s changed down Miller Street since 1922
Every year the old boy loses one more mate
There used to be a score of them back in 38
At Christmas old Horry went on the bowling green
Now there’s just this one old bloke and his beloved team
Cheers for the Bears fans they’re so true
They’ve been waiting for a flag since 1922
Hitler’s come and gone and man’s walked on the moon
But nothing’s changed down Miller Street since 1922
Out on the wing an old Bears’ fan stands
He feels a sharp pain in his chest a shaking in his hands
His knees are all a quiver he knows he soon will die
But there’s a smile on his lips cause Bella scored a try
Cheers for the Bears fans they’re so true
They’ve been waiting for a flag since 1922
Hitler’s come and gone and man’s walked on the moon
But nothing’s changed down Miller Street since 1922
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THE LOVE THUG
02:23
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Yonder he’s walking
He comes my way
Big thick thighs
Walking tough
Baulking tough
He comes to me
And Balmain they love him so
His name is Pearce
But not his ears
He is the skip
Evil child
He’s pretty tough and that’s how he plays the game
He can score tries
And Balmain says that’s alright, that’s alright
Now he’s gone he’s walking away
He’s scored the try
Now he’ll grimly defend
He’s so understated but not underrated
Every time he plays he gives his all
And Balmain they love him so
His name is Pearce
But not his ears
He is the skip
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THE RAIDERS TRAIN ON
02:30
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Parliament’s quiet, the pollies are out
In small bars in wee hours
Only Keating is burning the oil
Counting the cash of the Treasury's spoils
Still the Raiders are training
Still the raiders train on
It's brutally cold, there's sleet on the road,
Hazel and Bob asleep in the Lodge,
The Journalists Club is finally closing
In Yass and Goulburn there's reports of snowing And still the Raiders are training
Still the Raiders train on
Ivan Henjak, Ferguson Jack,
Ricky Stuart are out on the track
While John Howard's rugged up warm as toast Seiffert Oval is hoary with frost
Still the Raiders are training
Still the Raiders train on
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AVERAGE DOWN KOGARAH WAY
01:59
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Farewell to the fifties forever
Farewell to those halcyon days
Farewell to Raper and Reg Gasnier
We're average down Kogarah way
Once upon a time our Dragons ruled
We won eleven straight
Then along came Cronulla and stuffed us up
Now we're average down Kogarah way
Oh we've lost that killer mentality
We stuff up our passes and plays
And we concede too many penalties
We're average down Kogarah way
Now with Albert we might just get better
We're youthful we've got Steve Linnane
But we're still a poor shadow of what we were
When we were the team of Clive James
Gone are the cheers of yesteryear
Gone are those halcyon days
Now all we've got is Jade Hurley
Murdering Frankie's My Way
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BROWNSLEEVES
02:10
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They play up in the mountain mists
Where Pajeros are more common than Commodores
Where clay pottery and quilting class
Go side by side with jam in jars
Brownsleeves the family team
With the irky Bondi Beach colour scheme
There’s not a city scrum can outheave
Those mountain men in their brownlseeves
Where Alexander and Mortimer
Morris dance their way to score
Where Simons and Simmons and McIndoe
And Graham Bradley have a go
Brownsleeves the family team
With the irky Bondi Beach colour scheme
There’s not a city scrum can outheave
Those mountain men in their brownlseeves
Their fans are hale and hearty serfs
Whose Magnas are crammed with Garfields and Smurfs
And dogs that nod and dashes of fur
And bumper stickers of Baby On Board
Brownsleeves the family team
With the irky Bondi Beach colour scheme
Beware you city knaves when you joust
With the men in brownsleeves.
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HOUSE OF MASTERTON
03:45
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There is a house in Campbelltown
Built by Masterton
That vibrates to calypso
And the sound of rastamen
The house belongs to Western Subs –
A team not very good
So far the only thing they've won's
A spoon that's made of wood
But now they've signed Ellery Hanley
Last year he was with Balmain
He looked great till his head attacked
The arm of Ba Ba Lamb
Can Ellery inspire Wests
So impressionable and so very young
Will he show them the Rocky video
In the house of Masterton
Well I can't wait to be there
When the Magpies play Balmain
I'm sure Roachy'll shake Ellery's hand
And they'll be mates again
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12. |
ILLAWARRA GUYS
01:33
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TUNSKY
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they wouldn’t win a flag
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they’d be like a child with no dad
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they would not be the best
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they’d just be like the rest
Tunksy is not a dirty dog
Tunsky is not a filthy creep
Tunksy is a comedian
He can tell jokes better than Woody Allen
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they wouldn’t be so droll
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they wouldn’t have no soul
If Canterbury had no Tunksy they simply wouldn’t be
The funniest bunch of jokers in the whole of rugby league
Tunksy is not some stupid beast
Tunksy is not some great galoot
Tunsky is a humourist, you’ll even laugh as he slips in the boot
Some people think of Tunksy as a mutton head
Well now it might surprise them
To learn Tunsky is extremely well-read
Wodehouse to Flann O’Brien
In terms of funny Tunksy is the king
Make way Rodney Rude – Tunksy’s coming in.
Tunsky is not a filthy creep
Tunksy is a comedian
He can tell jokes better than Woody Allen
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NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
02:29
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Before in Newcastle there wasn't much to do
`Cept vandalising trains and surfing waves and sniffin glue
We drove down Hunter Street in hotted Commodores
We surfed and swam a lot and we were always bored
But now we are transformed not socially deformed
We have a part to play
Every second Sun-day
When our Newcastle Knights take the field
They're hopeless true but then they never yield
Who cares if our boys never get it right
We st-ill love those new-castle knights
Once we had the Star Hotel Chisel, Castanets
When they went things were dull until we got the Knights
But now we are transformed not socially deformed
We have a part to play
Every second Sun-day
When our Newcastle Knights take the field
They're hopeless true but then they never yield
Who cares if our boys never get it right
We st-ill love those new-castle knights
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Dave Warner Sydney, Australia
Bob Dylan declared Dave Warner his favourite Australian artist. In 1973 Warner formed Pus, Australia’s first punk
band.
He travelled to London in 1975 and developed a concept of original Australian music, `suburban rock’. Warner returned to Perth in 1976 and formed Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs an instant success. Warner continues to write and record music and is author of 20 books.
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