Standard (EADGBE)

 Intro

Like my brother be-fore me I'm a tent boxing man...

Like our daddy be- fore us... travelling all around Gippsland

 I woke up one cold morning Many miles from Fitzroy

And slowly It came dawning... by Billy Leach I was employed

Chorus

So rally around the drum boys Rally around the drum

Every day, every night boys

  Rally around the drum

Hoisting tent-pole and tar paulin... Billy says now beat the drum

Rings out across the showground and all the people come

 Then Billy starts a- calling- step right up, step right up one and all

Is there anybody game here... to take on kid snowball

[repeat Chorus]

Sometimes I fight a gee-man... yeah we put on a show

Sometimes I fight a hard man... who wants to lay me low

 Sometimes I get tired... but I don't ever grouse

I've got to keep on fighting... Five dollars every house

[repeat Chorus]

[Fiddle Interlude]

Like my daddy before me... I stand up and knock em down

Like my brother before me... I'm weaving in your town

So rally around the drum boys Rally around the drum

So rally around the drum boys Rally around the drum

Rally around the drum

[Fiddle] [Fade]