rally round the drum

like my brother before me

i'm a tent boxing man

like our daddy before us

travelling all around gippsland

i woke up one cold morning

many miles from fitzroy

and slowly it came dawning

by billy leach i was employed

rally round the drum boys

rally round the drum

every day

every night boys

rally round the drum

hoisting tent pole and tarpaulin

billy says 'now beat the drum'

rings out across the showgrounds

and all the people come

then billy starts a-calling

'step right up

step right up

one and all

is there anybody game here

to take on kid snowball?'

rally round the drum boys

rally round the drum

every day

every night boys

rally round the drum

sometimes i fight a gee-man

yeah we put on a show

sometimes i fight a hard man

who wants to lay me low

sometimes i get tired

but i don't ever grouse

i've got to keep on fighting

five dollars every house

rally round the drum boys

rally round the drum

every day

every night boys

rally round the drum

like my daddy before me

i stand up and knock 'em down

like my brother before me

i'm weaving in your town

yeah

rally round the drum boys

rally round the drum

got to keep on fighting

rally round the drum