A5          G5  D5       A5          G5  D5

D5                                        A5               G5
Mama, mama, come and listen now and I?ll tell you what I saw
G5                                 D5
I was down by the railway gates ? I was feeling bored
       G5                     D5   
Then a goods train rolled up clickety-clack
G5                      D5
You say there ain?t no special in that
           A5                    G5      D5
But it was crowded down, it was loaded down
     A5               G5        D5
With men all wearing rags and frowns
       A5                       G5         D5
And if you want to listen what I?ve been told
   A5                G5         D5      G5                    D5
Tonight it?s on for young and old in our town, tonight in our town.

          G5       D5               G5       D5
Won?t you spare a smile, can?t you shed a tear
         A5                   G5                  D5
In these sad times, in these bad times in these hungry years

     D5                              A5             G5
Some say they are pickers, they are up for honest work
G5                  D5              A5
Some they are just hard time men, a little bit down on their luck
   G5                 D5            G5                   D5
So why is it you are frowning dad, when I say they?re not that bad?
            A5                     G5    D5
Oh they are tired men, they?re unhired men
     A5                       G5        D5
They ain?t slept warm since who knows when
       A5                      G5           D5
And if you want to listen, if you want to know,
     A5              G5            D5        G5                    D5
It?s caution to the wind they?ll throw in our town, tonight in our town

          G5       D5               G5       D5
Won?t you spare a smile, can?t you shed a tear
         A5                   G5                  D5
In these sad times, in these bad times in these hungry years

D5                     A5            G5
We are very many, and you are very few
    G5             D5                         A5
And if we want to steal your girls ? that?s just what we will do
            G5                 D5               G5                  D5
?Cause you drove us from your cities, and you drove us from your trains
           A5               G5     D5             A5               G5   D5
And we are down and out in Ouyen town, and you know we are Mildura-bound
       A5                   G5        D5
And if you want to listen, use your brains,
A5                   G5         D5         G5                   D5
You?d better let us join your train and leave this town ? I hate your town

          G5       D5               G5       D5
Won?t you spare a smile, can?t you shed a tear
         A5                   G5                  D5
In these sad times, in these bad times in these hungry years
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