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Batemans Bay

Tune: Botany Bay

Farewell to the workforce forever,
Farewell to my clients as well,
Farewell to the well-known procedures,
That once made our lives such a hell.

Chorus:    Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
                   Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay,
                   Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
                   For I’m bound for Batemans Bay.

I’m surplus, redundant, not wanted,
Excess to their ongoing need,
They’ve lost all their corporate memory
But that’s not a factor they heed.

Chorus

They looked at my deepening wrinkles,
They said that I’m getting too old,
They offered me their favourite option,
A package that hadn’t much gold.

Chorus

I’d bought a bush block many years ago,
I’d built me a house on the cheap,
I drove up and down Clyde Mountain,
Until I could do it asleep.

Chorus

So if you’re all still public servants,
Take heart from what I’ve to say,
They think that I’m just an old fogey,

But I’m laughing right down to the Bay.

Chorus

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