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Verse 1
Out on the board the old shearer stands
Grasping his shears in his thin bony hands
Fixed is his gaze on a bare bellied yoe
Glory if he gets her, won't he make the ringer go
Chorus
Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied yoe
Verse 2
In the middle of the floor in his cane bottomed chair
Sits the boss of the boards with his eyes everywhere
Notes well each fleece as it comes to the screen
Paying strict attention that its taken off clean
Chorus
Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied yoe
Verse 3
The tar-boy is there waiting on demand
With his blackened tar pot in his tarry hand
Spies one old sheep with a cut upon its back
Hears what he's waiting for - its 'Tar here Jack!
Chorus
Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied yoe
Verse 4
The colonial experience man, he is there of course
With his shiny leggings on, just got off his horse
Gazes all around him like a real connoisseur
Scented soap, and brilliantine and smelling like a sewer
Chorus
Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied yoe
Verse 5
Now the shearing is over, we've all got our cheques
So roll up your swags and its off down the track
The first pub we come to, its there we'll have a spree
And everyone that comes along its "Have a drink with me!"
Chorus
Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied yoe
Verse 6
There we leave him standing, shouting for hands
Whilsat all around him every shouter stands
His eye is on the keg which now is lowering fast,
He works hard, he drinks hard, and goes to hell at last
Chorus
Click go the shears boys, click, click, click
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied yoe
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