Hugh McDonald - Andy's Gone With Cattle lyrics

Our Andy's gone with cattle now - Our hearts are out of order With drought he's gone to battle now Across the Queensland border He's left us in dejection now Our thoughts with him are roving It's dull on this selection now Since Andy went a-droving Who now shall wear the cheerful face In times when things are blackest And who shall whistle round the place When Fortune frowns her blackest Oh, who shall cheek the squatter now When he comes round us snarling His tongue is growing hotter now Since Andy crossed the Darling The gates are out of order now In storms the 'riders' rattle For far across the border now Our Andy's gone with cattle Poor Aunty's looking thin and white And Uncle's cross with worry And poor old Blucher howls all night Since Andy left Macquarie Oh may the showers in torrents fall And all the tanks run over And may the gra** grow green and tall In pathways of the drover And may good angels send the rain On desert stretches sandy And when the summer comes again God grant 'twill bring us Andy.