When first we left old England's shores    Such yarns as we were told   As how folks in Australia    could pick up lumps of gold      So when we got to Melbourne Town    We were ready soon to slip   And get even with the captain    We scuttled from the ship      With my swag all on my shoulder    Black billy in my hand   I travelled the bush of Australia    Like a true born native man      We steered our course for Portland Town   Then north west of Ballarat    Where some of us got mighty thin    And some got sleek and fat       Some tried their luck at Bindigo    And some at Fiery Creek    I made a fortune in a day   And spent it in a week       With my swag all on my shoulder    Black billy in my hand   I travelled the bush of Australia    Like a true born native man      So round the tucker tracks I tramp   Nor leave them out of sight    My swag's on my left shoulder    And then upon my right      And then I take it on my back   And oft upon it lie    These are the best of tucker tracks   So I'll stay here till I die       With my swag all on my shoulder    Black billy in my hand   I travelled the bush of Australia    Like a true born native man      I travelled the bush of Australia like a true born native man