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Goin' back to good old Gulgong,
Goin' back to good old Gulgong,
Got a pretty girl there, with a sunny smile,
Says she's gettin' tired of drinking "wait-a-while*",
So I'm goin' back today,
You can send along the mail.
Got to build a little home in Moonlight Street,
Never more to roam,
That's the life for me, in good old Gulgong town,
Do you mean Mudgee? No - Good old Gulgong town.
GULGONG, HERE I COME**
1st verse.
When the wintry winds are blowing,
And the loneliness of cities makes you blue,
Then my eyes turn westwards knowing
There's a place where folks will say "How do!"
Gulgong! Gulgong! I've been blue
Since I've been away from you.
I can't wait till I get going -
Even now I'm startin' back to you.
CHORUS.
Gulgong! Gulgong! Here I come,
Right back where I started from,
Where people are homely and friendly and fun,
And meet you, and greet you with "Hi ya kid", and "howdy, Son!"
A pretty miss said "Come back home."
That's why I check out at noon,
I'll be back on Mayne Street soon - Yippy!
Gulgong, here I come!
2nd verse.
Any one who likes to wander
Ought to keep this saying in his mind -
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Of the good old place we leave behind.
When you've been away awhile,
Seems you rarely see a smile -
That's why I must get to Gulgong,
Where a frown is mighty hard to find. Oh!
CHORUS. Gulgong! Gulgong! Here I come etc.
HOMETOWN***
Hometown - want to wander round your back streets,
See your tumble down old shack streets,
I'd love to walk in on those corny country cousins of mine.
Hometown - where the doves are softly cooing,
Where there's always nothing doing,
I'd get a welcome from those corny country cousins of mine.
There's an old school house door
We used to tumble thro' at four,
And a small candy store,
Where I could get a dozen lollipops and come for more.
Hometown - where the garden trees are shady,
Where our Eadie was a lady,
I'm going back to see those corny country cousins of mine.
* "Wait-a-while" was the name of one of the original gold leads.
** A modified version of Al Jolson's "California, Here I Come" (1924)
*** This appears to be a version of a song of the same name by 1930s singing and comedy duo Flanagan and Allan (Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen).
