[Verse 1] Old Patrick OShaughnessy sits at the bar Cradling a tall glass of stout His white flowing beard covers most of his face And his wild Irish eyes gaze about He was born of an age now forgotten Somewhere in the long distant past Now his days mostly spent With his old elbow bent In the bar of the old Northern Star [Verse 2] I walked to him and I said Gday, mate. Can I refill your glass there old mate? His eyes slowly lifted until they met mine And a smile creased his weathered old face I said Mate, do you miss the old country? Does your heart ever yearn for the green? His eyes misted over as he drew a breath He said Ill tell you how I really fell This country and I, weve been mates far too long For me to walk out on her now When times werent real good Or I was short of a quid There was always someone to help out Im as dinkum an Aussie as youll ever meet And my accent dont matter nohow I was born of the green, and this world I have seen But my hearts in Australia now. [Verse 3] I lost track of the time as we yarned there alone At the very far end of the bar And by closing time we were fairly well primed That night in the old Northern Star I bid him good day and I said Im away And I wandered off into the night But I couldnt forget the words that he said They kept coming back time after time [Chorus] This country and I, weve been mates far too long For me to walk out on her now When times werent real good Or I was short of a quid There was always someone to help out Im as dinkum an Aussie as youll ever meet And my accent dont matter nohow I was born of the green, and this world I have seen But my hearts in Australia now I was born of the green, and this world I have seen But my hearts in Australia now
mate, australia, quid, dinkum, nohow