DOWN THE HALL ON SATURDAY NIGHT         Peter Cape

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I got me a new brown sports-coat,
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I got me a new pair of grey strides,
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I got me a real Kiwi haircut,
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A bit off the top, short back and sides.


Soon as I've tied up me Kuri,
Soon as I've swept out the yard,
Soon as I've hosed down me gumboots,
I'll be living it high and hitting it hard.


I'm gonna climb onto me tractor,
Gonna belt 'er out of the gate,
'Cause there's a hop on down at the woolshed,
And she starts sharp somewhere 'bout 1/2 past 8.


Look at the shielas, cutting the supper,
Look at the kids sliding over the floor.
Look at the great big bunch of jokers
Hanging 'round the door.


We had the teacher to bash the pianna,
We had Joe from the Store on the drums.
We're as slick as the Orange in Auckland
For whooping things up and making them hum.


I had a Waltz with the girl from the Dairy,
I had a Schottische with the Constable's wife.
I had a beer from the keg on the cream-truck,
And the Cop had one too, you can bet your life.


Yes, it's great being out with the jokers
When the jokers are sparking and bright,
And it's great giving cheek to the shielas
Down the hall on Saturday Night.