Like my brother before me Im a tent boxing man Like our daddy before us Travelling all around Gippsland I woke up one cold morning Many miles from Fitzroy And slowly It came dawning By Billy Leach I was employed Rally round the drum boys Rally round the drum Every day every night boys Rally round the drum Hoisting tent-pole and tarpaulin Billy says now beat the drum Rings out across the showground And all the country people come Then Billy starts a-calling Step right up Step right up one and all Is there anybody game here To take on kid snowball Sometimes i fight a gee-man Yeah we put on a show Soemtimes I fight a hard man Who wants to lay me low Sometimes I get tired But I don't ever grouse I've gopt to keep on fighting Five dollars every house Like my daddy before me I stand up and knock em down Like my brother before me I'm weaving in your town Yeah Rally round the drum boys Rally round the drum Got to keep on fighting Rally round the drum