Dirran-bandi Paddy
Paddy Stewart from the Dirran,
drove them cattle in the truck,
up and down ole Balonne, the river,
where the Yellow Bellys suck, …..fish
narrow bridge a coming down,
bloody car will sideswipe me,
looking swerving dodging past,
need a bloody. Wee. Wee, We, …..piddle
bloody flat tyre on the truck,
Ninga Ning Josephs, plurry luck,
bleedin from the nose a lot ,
struggling with the wheel he got,
ole Sherriff arrives with bloody help,
ripped up Nellys petticoat,
driving it up his snozza a bit, ….nose
wedged screwdriver bulging it,
till blood from brain, the blood forgot.
So he didn’t bleed to death…
Don Johnson
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