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[Intro]
G
[Chorus]
GBare legged Kate with your natural grace
And your Ambig sad eyes and your DIrish face
A Gpoor bush girl when the summer is high
In the Ambitter Ddays of GundaGgai
[Verse]
GBare legged Kate why do you run
AmDown to the creek in the Dsetting sun?
Go aGway where the eyes of the world can't see
But you Amcan't run aDway from your poverGtyD  
[Verse]
GBare legged Kate, why do you weep
When the Ammen drove by with the Dtravelling sheep?
Does the Gsight of the drover make you sad
When you Amthink of the Dfather you never Ghad?D  
[Chorus]
GBare legged Kate with your natural grace
And your Ambig sad eyes and your DIrish face
A Gpoor bush girl when the summer is high
In the Ambitter Ddays of GundaGgai
[Verse]
GOh, it's well you know, there's gold in the hills
But you Amknow that the cyanide Dprocess kills
GStrangles the miners and cuts them down
In their Ammean little Dhomes in Timber GTown
[Verse]
GAnd it's well you know, when the floods come down
It's the Ampoor by the river are the Dfirst to drown
Where the Gwild Murrumbidgee goes roaring by
Through the Amhaunted Dhills of GundaGgai
[Chorus]
GBare legged Kate with your natural grace
And your Ambig sad eyes and your DIrish face
A Gpoor bush girl when the winter is nigh
In the Ambarren Dhills of GundaGgai

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Bare-Legged Kate

by Gordon Bok

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Intro]

[Chorus]

Bare legged Kate with your natural grace

Am D

And your big sad eyes and your Irish face

A poor bush girl when the summer is high

Am D G

In the bitter days of Gundagai

[Verse]

Bare legged Kate why do you run

Am D

Down to the creek in the setting sun?

Go away where the eyes of the world can't see

Am D G D

But you can't run away from your poverty

[Verse]

Bare legged Kate, why do you weep

Am D

When the men drove by with the travelling sheep?

Does the sight of the drover make you sad

Am D G D

When you think of the father you never had?

[Chorus]

Bare legged Kate with your natural grace

Am D

And your big sad eyes and your Irish face

A poor bush girl when the summer is high

Am D G

In the bitter days of Gundagai

[Verse]

Oh, it's well you know, there's gold in the hills

Am D

But you know that the cyanide process kills

Strangles the miners and cuts them down

Am D G

In their mean little homes in Timber Town

[Verse]

And it's well you know, when the floods come down

Am D

It's the poor by the river are the first to drown

Where the wild Murrumbidgee goes roaring by

Am D G

Through the haunted hills of Gundagai

[Chorus]

Bare legged Kate with your natural grace

Am D

And your big sad eyes and your Irish face

A poor bush girl when the winter is nigh

Am D G

In the barren hills of Gundagai

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