Gum Tree Canoe From: Tom, Brad and Alice 
On the Tom Big Bee River so bright I was born In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn It was there that I first met my Julah so true And I rowed her around in the gum tree canoe 
chorus Sing row away row o’er the waters so blue Like a feather we’ll float in my gum tree canoe Sing row away row o’er the waters so blue Like a feather we’ll float in my gum tree canoe 
All day in the fields of soft cotton I’d hoe And think of my Julah and sing as I go I’d catch her a bird with a wing of true blue And at night row her around in the gum tree canoe 
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With my hand on my banjo and my toe on the oar I would sing her a song to the river’s soft roar While the bright stars shone down on my Julah so true And they danced in her eyes in the gum tree canoe 
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One day the old river took us so far away That we couldn’t get back so we thought we’d just stay We spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue And she took us in tow in the gum tree canoe 
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