![]() Misc Traditional - Billy Of Tea First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Misc Traditional. Other chords and tabs for the "Billy Of Tea" can find at the bottom of the page. Billy Of Tea Australian Folk Song Easy melody Version The song can be found on records by the Bushwackers, Cobbers, William Clauson and many other Australian Folk records. D G D e|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------| B|----------------|-------------3---|-2--0---------------|------------------| G|-----0---2----2-|-2---2----2------|--------2-----0-----|-----------------2| D|-4--------------|-----------------|--------------------|-4----4-----4-----| A|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------| E|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------| 1 You can talk of your whis-ky talk of your beer, There's some-thing much ni- 2 So fill up your tum - bler as high as you can And don't you dare tell 3 I rise in the morning as soon as it's light And go to the nose bag 4 And while it is boiling the horses I seek And foll - ow them down 5 And at night when I camp if the days has been warm I give to my 6 Then the fire I make and the wa - ter I get And corned beef and E7 A7 D G D e|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----| B|-------------------|---------------|-------------|----3-----2---0--|-----| G|-0-----------------|-------------2-|--2--2---2---|-2---------------|-2---| D|-----4------2----2-|-2--2-----4----|-----------4-|-----------------|-----| A|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----| E|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------|-----| 1 cer that's wait-ing us here, It sits on the fire be-neath the gum tree, 2 me it's not the best plan, You can let all your beer and your spirits go free 3 to see it's al- right That the ants on the sugar no mortgage have got 4 as far as the creek I take off their hobbles and let them run free 5 horses their tucker of corn From the two in the pole to the one in the lead 6 Damper in order, I set But I don't touch the grub though so hungry I be- G A7 D e|----------------|----------------|----------------|| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|| G|-2--0------2----|-----0--0-------|----------------|| D|--------4-------|-0----------4---|-4-2---0-----0--|| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|| 1 There's no-thing much ni-cer than a bil-ly of tea 2 I'll stick to my darl-ing old bil-ly of tea 3 And straight away sling my old black bil-ly pot 4 Then haste to tuck in - to my bil-ly of tea 5 A billy for each holds a com - for - ta - ble feed 6 I wait till it's read - y - the bil-ly of tea |