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Hey Rain (The Innisfail Song)

Written by Bill Scott

a song about the wet season North Queensland 

LYRICS

00:00 / 01:04

CHORUS

Hey rain,

rain coming down,

On the cane,

On the roofs of the town.


Rain in my beer and rain in my face

Old Innisfail is a bloody wet place,

Hey rain, hey rain.


Rain in my beer and rain in my grub

And they’ve just fitted anchors to the Gurradunga pub,

Hey rain, hey rain.


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I’ve got a Johnson River crocodile livin’ in my ’fridge

And there’s a bloody great tree down on the Jubilee Bridge,

Hey rain, hey rain.


The monsoon sky’s so dark and big,

There’s an old flying fox in a Moreton Bay Fig,

Hey rain, hey rain.


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And a bloke from the west nigh died of fright

The river rose thirty five feet last night,

Hey rain, hey rain.


It’s the worst wet season we’ve ever had,

I’d swim down to Tully but it’s just as bloody bad,

Hey rain, hey rain.


CHORUS x 2

Tags:

Australia, Australian, Few Words/Easy to learn, Land Shanty, Slow Tempo

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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