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Four Little Johnny Cakes 
Four Little Johnny Cakes 
Hurrah for the Lachlan, boys, and join me in a cheer That's the place to go to make an easy cheque each year With a toad-skin in my pocket I borrowed from a friend Oh, isn't it nice and cosy to be camping in the bend? 
cho: With my little round flour-bag sitting on a stump My little tea-and-sugar bag looking nice and plump A little fat cod-fish just off the hook And four little johnny-cakes, a credit to the cook 
I've a loaf or two of bread and some "murphies" that I shook
 Perhaps a loaf of brownie that I snaffled from a cook A nice leg of mutton ... just a bit cut off the end Oh, isn't it nice and jolly to be whaling in the bend? 
I have a little book and some papers for to read Plenty of matches and a good supply of weed I wouldn't be a squatter as beside my fire I sit With a paper in my hand and my old clay lit 
When shearing-time comes, I'm in all my glory then I saddle up my moke and I soon secure a pen I canter through the valley and gallop o'er the plain I shoot a turkey, stick a pig, and off to camp again 
Last Chorus With my little round flour-bag sitting on a stump My little tea-and-sugar bag looking nice and plump A little fat cod-fish just off the hook And four little johnny-cakes, I'm proud to be the cook! 
Printed in Paterson's Old Bush Songs 
Johnny Cakes are small dampers or scones cooked in a pan rather than in the ashes of a camp fire 
Recipe Mix 250 g of flour with 1 tablespoon of baking powder and a little salt. 
Slowly mix enough water to make a dough. Divide the dough into small cakes and fry for about 10 minutes each side. Serve cold with jam, honey or cockies' joy (golden syrup) 
MG apr96