The Free Selector's Daughter

FREE SELECTORS DAUGHTER
lyrics Henry Lawsaon
music W R Furlong
National Library of AUSTRALIA N 395
I met her on the Lachlan side
a darling girl I thought her
and ere I left I swore I'd win
the free selectors daughter
I milked her fathers cows a month
I bought the wood and water
I mended all the broken fence
before I won the daughter
I listened to her father's yarns
I did just what I oughta
and what you'll have to do
to win a free selectors daughter
I broke my pipe and burnt my twist
and washed my mouth with water
I had a shave before I kissed
the free selectors daughter
then rising in the frosty morn
I bought the cows for mary
and when I'd milked a bucketful
I took it to the dairy
I poured the milk into a dish
and mary held the strainer
I summoned heart to speak my wish
and Oh! her blush grew plainer
I told her I must leave the place
I said that I would miss her
at frist she turned away her face
and then she let me kiss her
I put the bucket on the ground
and in my arms I caught her
I'd give the world again to hold
the free selectors daughter