Keeping On

Headers on the Mallee plain

Iron on the Newman train

Lincoln Harbour trawler lights

Chippers out at Narrabri

He's cutting cane round Ellerbeck

Cyclone breathing' down their necks

A million miles across this land

With bending backs and willing hands

They keep on keeping on

Workin' round the clock

Certain as a sunrise

Solid like a rock

It's the, spirit of the battler

Makes the country strong

They keep on keeping on

They keep on keeping on

Workin' hands will take the wheel

Welding sparks on shipping steel

A young coal miner dreams of home

Two weeks down and two to go

Southern Cross and shearing shed

Barclay Highway 2am

From the Tasman to the Coral Sea

And Melbourne to the Kimberley,

They keep on keeping on

Workin' round the clock

Certain as a sunrise

Solid like a rock

It's the, spirit of the battler

Makes the country strong

They keep on keeping on

They keep on keeping on

At Charleville the levee cracks

The night is long but they hold it back

They keep on keeping on

Workin' round the clock

Certain as a sunrise

Solid like a rock

It's the, spirit of the battler

Makes the country strong

They keep on keeping on

They keep on keeping on