Written by
Slim Dusty/Stan Coster
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Now I'm a scrubber runner and a breaker too
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I live on damper and wallaby stew
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I've got a big cattle dog with a staghound cross
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Never saw a scrubber we couldn't toss
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'Cause I'm the fella from Cunnamulla
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Yes I'm the Cunnamulla fella
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Now once when I was droving on the cattle trails
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I met a little girl her name was Ada Vales
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Said marry me Ada I'll be the fella
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We'll settle down in Augathella
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I'll be the fella at Augathella
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Yes I'll be the Augathella fella
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Oh she said her daddy's name was Charlie Ville
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She had a lot of kiddies and a lot of bills
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So I grabbed my horse that was nice and handy
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And I never stopped 'til I reached Dirranbandi
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I was the dandy at Dirranbandi
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I was the Dirranbandi dandy
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D-d-d dandy at Dirranbandi
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Yeah I'm the Dirranbandi dandy
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Now in my moleskin trousers and my William's boots
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I board me an outlaw as he leaves the chutes
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In my goose neck spurs I rake his fiery hide
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The girls all shouting 'round the ringside
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He's the fella from Cunnamulla
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He's the Cunnamulla fella
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He's just the fella from Cunnamulla
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He's the Cunnamulla fella
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Now I've done a little fightin' in the western bars
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Done a little lovin' 'neath the moon and stars
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I wear bright clothes and shirts full of colour
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And the girls know me as that certain fella
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I'm the fella from Cunnamulla
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I'm the Cunnamulla fella
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I'm just the fella from Cunnamulla
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Yeah I'm the Cunnamulla fella
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Oh I'm the Cunnamulla fella
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Yeah I'm the Cunnamulla fella