WE WANT the man who will lead the van,
The man who will pioneer.
We have no use for the gentleman,
Or the cheating Cheap-Jack here;
We have no room for the men who shirk
The sweat of the brow. Condemn
The men who are frightened to look for work
And funk when it looks for them.
Well honour the man who cant afford
To wait for a job that suits,
But sticks a swag on his shoulders broad
And his feet in blucher boots,
And tramps away oer the ridges far
And over the burning sand
To look for work where the stations are
In the lonely Western land.
Hell brave the drouth and hell brave the rain,
And fight his sorrows down,
And help to garden the inland plain
And build the inland town;
And hell be found in the coming years
With a heart as firm and stout,
An honoured man with the pioneers
Who lead the people out.
