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Fannie Bay
(David Charles and Douglas Tainsh )
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[ V.1 ]
Tell her I'm droving down Camooweal way
Or signed with pearlers for seas far away
You can tell her I've gone, I'll be back some day
Please don't tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay.
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[ CHORUS 1 ]
And on Thursday Island the sun warms
The air as the breeze from the sea blows
Her hair and she sits by her window and calls me.
Yes, she calls me
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[ V.2 ]
You can say I've gone on the old 'River Queen'
Its whistle a-haunting the bullockies' dream,
Down the Murray I've gone, I'll be back some day
Please don't tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay.
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[ CHORUS 2 ]
And they came to the door and they dragged me
Away from all that I love
And I pray that it won't reach her ear
'Cause I love her. And she'd die for sure.
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[ V.3 ]
You can say the bush has called me away
And I'm riding the fences for ten bob a day,
Yes, I needed a job, I needed the pay
Please don't tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay
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[ CHORUS 1 ]
And on Thursday Island the sun warms
The air as the breeze from the sea blows
Her hair and she sits by her window and calls me.
Yes, she calls me
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[ V.4 ]
Just say the gold has taken me down
To the places where fortunes are easily found Yes, I've gone but tell her I'll be back some day Just don't tell her they hanged me in old Fannie Bay
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[ CHORUS 2 ]
And they came to the door and they dragged me
Away from all that I love
And I pray that it won't reach her ear
'Cause I love her. And she'd die for sure.
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