Woolloomooloo

On the day that I was born, on a cold and frosty morn

Quite contagious to the place of Wollomaloo

It was down in Riley Street, my folks heard me bleat

'Cause at the time I'd nothing else to do

Now me mother died of fright when she saw me in the light

Me father thought he'd send me to the zoo

But I owe a lot to him for he taught me how to swim

When he heaved me off the pier that day way down in Wollomaloo

Oh, me name it is McCarty and I'm a rorty party

I'm rough and tough as an old man kangaroo

Now some people say I'm crazy, I won't work because I'm lazy

And hang around with the booze and mob the bush from Wollomaloo

Now when I was just a lad, I went straightway to the bad

And larrikin so hard you'd strike me blue

But the government was kind, they didn't seem to mind

For in Darlinghurst I spent a night or two

Now the judge give me a stare and he said, "You're just a lair!"

Into Darlinghurst I went, you understand

Issued clothes and cropped me hair, I didn't seem to care

And every night you'd find me in the van

Oh, me name it is McCarty and I'm a rorty party

I'm rough and tough as an old man kangaroo

Now some people say I'm crazy, I won't work because I'm lazy

And hang around with the booze and mob the bush from Wollomaloo

Now I spent some years in jail till I began to quail

I resolved to live upon a different lane

So I enlisted in the ranks of Salvation Army cranks

You can bet I made the bloody business pay

Hallelujah, I'm a lout and I knows me way about

I kids the mugs that I'm converted to

All the sheilas there I mash and I'm never short of cash

'Cause I beats the flaming drum all over Wollomaloo

Oh, me name it is McCarty and I'm a rorty party

I'm rough and tough as an old man kangaroo

Now some people say I'm crazy, I won't work because I'm lazy

And hang around with the booze and mob the bush from Wollomaloo

Oh, me name it is McCarty and I'm a rorty party

I'm rough and tough as an old man kangaroo