Big Barney Fitch, he got soddenly rich   He got a big fancy house in Melbourne   With buckets of loot and big black leather boots   Acting so haughty and well-born      But we of Australia, we're children of convicts   And some of us wear it quite proudly   So as he rides by in his carriage so fine   I wave and I call to him loudly      Refrain:   Was your grandma a whore, was your grandpa a thief   Were they forgers and grafters who fell to their grief   If you're born of Australia, I know who ya be   You're the son of a son of a scoundrel like me      Maggie McKay's got a sweet-lovin' way   And I know that she does adore me   But her parents, they feel it would be a bad deal   They say that she's much too good for me      So as we said goodbye, with a tear in her eye   They were smiling and glad of the breakin'   But they didn't look so proud when I shouted out loud   'Til the whole floggin' town was awakened      Refrain      Madam Marie loves the men from the sea   She says that they're good for business   Her daughters are found in a section of town   Known for a certain rudeness      Then the cops paid a call, and the judge says, "That's all   It's time for a new profession"   Marie laughed out loud, and in front of the crowd   Says, "Judge, will you answer this question"      Refrain