Banks Of The Reedy Lagoon Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[G] [D] [D7] [G]

[VERSE]
[G]The sweet scented wattle sheds perfume around
Delighting the bird and the [D7]bee
As I [G]lie and take rest in me fern covered nest
In the [A]shade of the currajong [D]tree[G] [D]

[VERSE]
High [G]up in the air I can hear the refrain
Of a butcherbird piping his [D7]tune
For the [G]spring in her glory has come back again
To the [D7]banks of the Reedy La[G]goon [D] [D7] [G]

[VERSE]
[G]I've carried me bluey for many a mile
Me boots are worn out at the [D7]toes
And I'm [G]dressing this season in different style
From [A]what I did last year, god [D]knows[G] [D]

[VERSE]
Me [G]cooking utensils, I'm sorry to say
Consist of a knife and a [D7]spoon
And I've [G]dry bread and tea in a battered Jack Shay
By the [D7]banks of the Reedy La[G]goon [D] [D7] [G]

[VERSE]
[G]Oh, where is young Frankie, how he could ride
And Johnnie the light-hearted [D7]boy?
They [G]tell me that lately he's taken a bride
A [A]benedict's life to en[D]joy[G] [D]

[VERSE]
And [G]Mac, the big Scotsman, I once heard him say
He'd wrestled the famous Mul[D7]doon
But they're [G]all gone away and it's lonely today
By the [D7]banks of the Reedy La[G]goon [D] [D7] [G]

[VERSE]
[G]And where is the lady I often caressed
The girl with the sad dreamy [D7]eyes?
She [G]pillows her head on another man's breast
He [A]tells her the very same [D]lies [G] [D]

[VERSE]
My [G]bed she would hardly be willing to share
Where I camp by the light of the [D7]moon
But it's [G]little I care, for I'd never keep square
By the [D7]banks of the Reedy La[G]goon [D] [D7] [G]

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[G] [D] [D7] [G]
[G] [A] [D] [G] [D]

[VERSE]
High [G]up in the air I can hear the refrain
Of a butcherbird piping his [D7]tune
For the [G]spring in her glory has come back again
To the [D7]banks of the Reedy La[G]goon [D] [D7] [G]