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Tune: "Ballyhooley"
Now ye gallant Sydney boys, who have left your household joys To march across the sea in search of glory, I am very much afraid that you do not love parade, But the rum parade is quite another story. For the influenza came and to spoil its little game, They ordered we should drink a curious mixture; Though at first it frightened some, when they found it mostly rum, Parade became a very pleasant fixture.