
Date of issue: 20.06.2013
Record label: Emusic
Song language: English
Cracker Night |
Teary eyes at the window, |
Where did Mum and Dad go? |
I wish someone would hurry up and come and get me, |
Gee I’m scared |
The cat shot through, She saw the light and fled. |
Cracker night was a real big deal, when I was a little kid |
They started lettin’them off after tea I ran inside and hid |
And all the dogs from everywhere were underneath me bed. |
We all went down in our dressing gowns to see the big bonfire |
Wide eyes watched the straw man burn on a mile-high pile of tyres |
Hot as hell, big black smell and red hot rings of wire. |
Sky rockets zinging, |
Catherine wheels spinning, |
What a flamin’evening, |
Fire trucks were screaming |
Smoky haze hangin’round for days |
And Grandma’s ears were ringing. |
Everynight after school draggin’bits of wood, |
Boxes and branches and rotten old fences, |
And mattresses were good. |
We even scrounged a vinyl lounge |
And anything we could |
Little Guy Fawkes’s and letter boxes |
Blown all out of shape |
Light the wick and back off quick, |
And make the big escape |
Cackin’ourselves and rippin’my shirt |
Scrambling through the gate |
Sky rockets zinging |
Catherine wheels spinning |
What a flamin’evening |
Fire trucks were screaming |
Smoky haze hangin’round for days |
And Grandma’s ears were ringing. |
A house burnt down on the edge of town |
We all took off with Pa This thing whizzed across the road |
And nearly hit our car |
A bang and spark lit up the park |
And everyone went Ah! |
Ah! |
Ah! |
Cracker night was a real big deal, |
When I was a little kid, |
It seems like only yesterday |
Tucked away in bed |
Dreams of schemes and double bunger |
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Sir Don | 2013 |
Bush Telegraph | 2013 |
Advance Australia Fair | 2013 |
Prettiest Girl In The Kimberley | 2016 |
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The Girl I Met | 2013 |
Diamantina Drover | 2013 |
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True Blue | 2013 |
The Blues Sometimes | 2013 |
Wrinkles | 1982 |