ONLY A DOG
greg champion

CH.
Well she's only a dog, only a dog
First in to work and last on the job
But she's only a common old dog

V1.
Now Joyce had a Red Cloud Kelpie called Toots
Who was pregnant, but working the sheep
She was pushin' a mob, when she hopped in the Jeep
Had a pup right there on the seat
She went back to the sheep
Then came back to the Jeep
Had two more pups then back on the job
When the work was all done, she had two more at home
You might say that's a good workin' dog, but…

V2.
Now Patch worked with Arthur to bring up the cows
They would rise in the wee frosty hours
And one day the Boss saw a cow patch had missed
In the haze of the cold morning mist
He scolded old Patch, he said "go get that cow!"
Patch looked puzzled, but went anyhow
It was the draughthorse he'd seen, and that's what Patch brought back
With a look that said try and milk that!  but…

V3.
They were two days from Cloncurry drivin' a mob
Just old Don and Whisky the dog
Don was thrown from his horse, got knocked out, and came to
Called for Whisky, but she had shot through
Now the only two blokes within fifty square miles
Were six miles off, and that's where she ran
She forced two total strangers to follow her back
Whisky saved the stricken stockman, but…

CH2.
Well she's only a dog, only a dog
Not much to look at and well past her prime
But as good as two men every time

V4.
A plain ordinary desert dingo was she
Never one was a sheepdog before
But that was till Geoffrey taught Annie to work
Though to own one was barred by the law
On the day he was going to town she got out
And refused to return when he called
He pursued her across road and paddock and such
Even chased in the ute with no luck

To the edge of the property she led him on
Till she stopped at the end of the road
A hogget was jammed in the fork of two trees
And she wanted the farmer to know

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