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at the top end of market near castlereagh street 
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there's a busker singing and playing the floop 
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with a piano accordian slung round his shoulders  
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and a hat at his feet to capture the coins  
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and a nod and a wink to the generous ones 
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and he's singing a song that's vaguely familiar  
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the words from a poem by Lawson i think 
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but whoever it's from it's surely Australian 
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the way the words flow and the spirit of place  
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and although i'm in a hurry i must stay  and listen to a 
 
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song from the homeland a song from the blood 
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a song to remind me of the country i love 
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well there's beauty no doubt beneath foreign skies 
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but a song from the homeland  
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songs from the homeland brings tears to my eyes