Tenterfield Saddler

The late George Wallno

Worked on high street and lived on manners

Fifty two years he sat on his verandah, made his saddles

And if you had questions about sheep or flowers or doves

You just asked the saddler, he lived without sin

They're building a library for him

Time is a traveller

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Turn your head

Right again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead

The son of George Wallno went off and got married and had a war baby

But something was wrong and it's easier to drink than go crazy

And if there were questions about why the end was so sad

Well George had no answers about why her son ever has need of a gun

Time is a traveller

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Turn your head

Right again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead

The grandson of George has been all around the world and lives no special place

Changed his last name and he married a girl with an interesting face

He'd almost forgotten them both because of the life that he leads

There's nowhere for George and his library or the son with his gun to belong

Except in this song

Time is a traveller

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Turn your head

Right again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead

Time is a meddler

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Make a bet

Fly away cockatoo

Down on the ground

Emu up ahead

Time is a traveler

Tenterfield saddler

Turn your head

Right again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead

Time is a medler

Tenterfield saddler

Make your bet

Fly away cockatoo

Down on the ground

Emu up ahead oh

Time is a traveler

Tenterfield saddler

Turn your head

Right again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead, oh