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Refrain click go the shears boys, click, click, click, wide is his blow and his hands move quick. The song details a days work for a sheep shearer in the days before machine shears. Click go the shears traditional australian song, 1890s. Mar 27, 20 having learnt about features of folk songs in class, students are encouraged to listen to a variety of other australian folk songs, then choose one with which to compare click go the shears. Click go the shears out on the board the old shearer stands, grasping his shears in his long, honey hands, fixed is his gaze on a barebellied joe, glory if he gets her, wont he make the ringer go.
Click go the shears is a traditional australian folk song. Click go the shears uses the tune of the american song ring the bell, watchman, written by henry clay work 18321884 in 1865 to celebrate the end of the american civil war also known as the war between the states, depending on your viewpoint. Print and download click go the shears sheet music composed by henry clay work. Click go the shears sheet music fake book pdfinteractive. Download click go the shears as pdf file for printing etc. It was still frequently to be heard in the sheds of the western line of nsw in the last half of the twentieth century. Check out click go the shears by lionel long on amazon music.
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