Chords for Hamish Imlach Castlereagh

[C] _ _ [G] Now I'd like to do an [D] Australian [G] song. _
_ _ _ This was written by a man called Banjo [Dm] Patterson,
_ who [E] also wrote [Dm] Waltzing Matilda, _ _
_ _ which is [C] _ [G] an [D] Australian song as well, he said.
_ This is a better song. _
It's a sort of shearer's trade union [Dm] song.
I hope all the sheep shearers and stockmen in the audience
will belt out the chorus with me, with feeling. _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] I'm riding down the [G] castle _ rail
[Dm] And I'm [C] a station [Dm] hand _
_ I'm handy with a rope and pole
I'm [G] handy [A] with a brand
Oh, I [F] can [G] ride a rowdy _ coast
Or swing an axe [Dm] all day
But there's no [F] demand for a station [D] hand
Along the castle rail
[Am] So it's shift, [D] boy, shift
There isn't the slightest doubt
[F] It's time that I was moving
To the [A] stations further out
So [F] I saddled up [G] me pony
[F] And I [Dm] whistled on me dog
We made [F] more of the country
[Am] At the _ old [Dm] gate yard
Well, [F] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ I went to a low [G] water well
[Dm] Me [G] brother [Dm] has a bath
He asked to [F] ask his landlord's leave
[D] Before he'd raise [A] an arm
The [F] landlord [G] owns the countryside
_ Man, woman, [Dm] dog and cat
They haven't the cheek to dare to speak
Without they touch their hat
So [G] it's shift, boy, shift
[Am] There isn't the [D] slightest doubt
[F] Their little landlord, God, and I
Would soon have [A] fallen out
_ [Dm] Was I to tip [C] me hat to him
[C] Was I his [Dm] bloody dog
No, I made more [F] of the country
[Am] At the _ old [D] gate yard
[F] I [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F] answered a [G] call for shearing once
_ Along the [Dm] marver guy
We shear [F] non-union here, [G] says he
I'd call that [A] scarf, says I
Well, [G] I [F] looked [G] along the shearing shed
Before I [Dm] turned to go
There were [C] four and twenty [G] scabbies
There to shear a day in a row
So it's shift, boy, [Dm] shift
There [Em] isn't the [Am] slightest [G] doubt
[F] It's time to make a move
When the [A] leprosy's about
_ [B] So I [Dm] saddled up me [Fm] pony
And I [C] whistled on [Dm] me dog
[Am] Made more of [F] the [Am] country
At the [C] old [D] jail job
_ [G] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ Yes, I'm riding [F] down the [G] castle rail
[D] And I [C] ain't the station [D] man
Well, I'm handy [F] with the rope and [Dm] pole
I'm handy [A] with the brand
_ [G] Oh, [F] I can [G] ride a rowdy coal _
Or swing an [Gm] axe all [Dm] day
There's no [F] demand for a station
[G] And along the [Dm] castle rail
[G] So it's shift, [D] boy, shift
[Am] There isn't the [D] slightest doubt
[F] It's time that I was moving
To the stations [A] further out
[G] So I [F] saddled up me pony
And I [C] whistled [Dm] on me dog
We made more of [F] the country
[Am] At the _ old [D] jail job _
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