@thefootyalmanac And if you want to listen, if you want to know
It's caution to the wind they'll throw in our town
(Tonight in our town)
SO won't you spare a smile
Can't you shed a tear?
In these sad times
In these bad times
In these hungry years
@thefootyalmanac Mama Mama come listen now
I'll tell you what I saw
When I was down by the railway gates
I was feeling bored
Then a goods train rolled up clickety clack
You say there ain't naught special in that
O but it was crowded down it was loaded down
With men all wearing rags and frowns
K N Dole has come up with his selection for best Aussie song, and it's one for the times, WPA's 'Hungry Years'. https://t.co/vhreYFlhYp @thefootyalmanac@weddingsparty
He hums a tune I've learnt to hate so well.
But oh oh, won't you meet me
Under the clocks, we'll go walking by the river
Through the mud and through the slime
Are you so surprised,
That I am here, full of cheer
In this fair city, in the Winter time.
Hey, hey, I see a Melbourne girl on a rusty Malvern Star,
Through the spastic Northcote streets at dawn
See the way her hair's tied back,
Her cheeks so red, a grey coat ragged and worn.
Picture this, a paper boy,
He stands outside a Collingwood hotel
On his back black and white,
Fun fact: @torontomike played a live version of Rosy & Grey by @weddingsparty from 1999 featuring Donna Simpson of The Waifs on lead vocals. We met The Waifs in 2001 and toured with them and @theweakerthans in Western Canada. It was a great trip!