[Intro]
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[Verse]
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shes my mother, she's my aunty,
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she is many that i've known
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the backbone of the bush, where country kids have grown
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she's raised and she's nurtured those children of her own
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while her man does his battles on the land
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and he comes on from the shearing, still aching in the back
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the kids are finally tucked away, her days are never slack
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but she makes it look so easy, as she cooks him up a storm
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that unselfish, unsung hero of the land
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C
she's keeping books, she's nursing
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raising money for the town
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she's the last one standing, when all is falling down
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ferocious as a tiger to defend her little clan
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my hero the woman on the land
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so i propose a toast, to the mothers that we know
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proud to be the better half, who really run the show
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and if you shed a tear boys, i will understand
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to our hero the woman on the land
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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and he comes in from the harvest, a dissapointing yield
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he's tired and he's dusty, twelve hours in the field
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and although her day's been difficult, she greets him with a smile
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that unselfish, unsung hero of the land
[Outro]
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to our hero, the woman on the land