Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:31:40 +1000 From: Kevin Woodgate <kwoodg10@scu.edu.au> Subject: m/misc_folk/billy_of_tea.tab Billy Of Tea Australian Folk Song Transcribed by K Woodgate Easy melody Version The song can be found on records by the Bushwackers, Cobbers, William Clauson and many other Australian Folk records. D G D e|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------| B|----------------|-------------3---|-2--0---------------|------------------| G|-----0---2----2-|-2---2----2------|--------2-----0-----|-----------------2| D|-4--------------|-----------------|--------------------|-4----4-----4-----| A|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------| E|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------| 1 You can talk of your whis-ky talk of your beer, There's some-thing much ni- 2 So fill up your tum - bler as high as you can And don't you dare tell 3 I rise in the morning as soon as it's light And go to the nose bag 4 And while it is boiling the horses I seek And foll - ow them down 5 And at night when I camp if the days has been warm I give to my 6 Then the fire I make and the wa - ter I get And corned beef and E7 A7 D G D e|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----| B|-------------------|---------------|-------------|----3-----2---0--|-----| G|-0-----------------|-------------2-|--2--2---2---|-2---------------|-2---| D|-----4------2----2-|-2--2-----4----|-----------4-|-----------------|-----| A|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----| E|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----| 1 cer that's wait-ing us here, It sits on the fire be-neath the gum tree, 2 me it's not the best plan, You can let all your beer and your spirits go free 3 to see it's al- right That the ants on the sugar no mortgage have got 4 as far as the creek I take off their hobbles and let them run free 5 horses their tucker of corn From the two in the pole to the one in the lead 6 Damper in order, I set But I don't touch the grub though so hungry I be- G A7 D e|----------------|----------------|----------------|| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|| G|-2--0------2----|-----0--0-------|----------------|| D|--------4-------|-0----------4---|-4-2---0-----0--|| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|| 1 There's no-thing much ni-cer than a bil-ly of tea 2 I'll stick to my darl-ing old bil-ly of tea 3 And straight away sling my old black bil-ly pot 4 Then haste to tuck in - to my bil-ly of tea 5 A billy for each holds a com - for - ta - ble feed 6 I wait till it's read - y - the bil-ly of tea