Story Behind The Song

actual event, see Lyrics

Song Description

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Lyrics

Jack Hore's a man you?d love to meet,
He?s strong and tall, and dresses neat,
an Aussie outback stockman, through and through.
He'll tell you ?bout the things he?s done,
You'll take it in, save maybe one;
the day he fought the old grey kangaro.

Kangaroo, kangaroo,
the day Jack fought the old grey kangaroo,
He?ll stop and look you in the eye,
he'll tell you that it ain?t no lie,
The day he fought the old grey kangaroo.

Now Buster was his closest mate,
if work was on, he couldn't wait,
this kelpie was the reason for his blue.
The way he took off, down the creek,
he'd got a scent, it weren't no sheep,
the day Jack fought the old grey kangaroo.
Those roo's are smart, they're hard to beat,
They'll stand in water, six foot deep,
and drown a dog in no time, this, Jack knew.
So when the barking turned to yelps,
Jack knew his mate was needn' help,
the day he fought the old grey kangaroo.

Kangaroo, kangaroo
the day he fought the old grey kangaroo,
When Busters barking turned to yelps,
Jack knew his good mate needed help
The day he fought the old grey kangaroo.

When Jack arrived the scene was grim,
huge 'roo, in water to his chin,
and Buster, in his grips, was looking dead.
Jack had no gun, or time to think,
straight in he jumps , and in a blink,
he had that big grey monster 'round the head.
The roo let Buster float away,
but Jack still had a job that day,
with 80 K of roo meat to subdue...
What happened next, I don't quite know,
when Jack decided he'd let go,
the day he fought the old grey kangaroo

.Kangaroo, kangaroo,
the day he fought the old grey kangaroo,
I don't know how Jack got away,
but Buster lived, and he's OK, (hooray!)
The day Jack fought the old grey kangaroo.