Big Yabbies From The Creek - Slim Dusty, The Travelling Country Band

I’ve eaten goat and rabbit in the bush at times when stuck

And grilled a sand goanna flock pigeons and wild duck

I’ve also filled my tummy with black swan for a week

But I’ve always got a craving for big yabbies from the creek

I’ve tried the snake and plover boiled galah and cockatoo

Had my share of emu eggs and steak from the kangaroo

I’ve even tackled saddle flaps with hunger at its peak

But my mouth just goes to water with big yabbies from the creek

When the wife puts on a barbie and invites the neighbours in

They dive on steak and onions nearly bursting at the bin

I also rub my bingie though I’m not some kind of freak

After eating 15 dozen big yabbies from the creek.

Hey!

Yodel

After boiling up the yabbies with salt to flavour right

I call in my old cobber and we chew on half the night

Wash them down with stubbies and into to bed I sneak

And dream of my great weakness big yabbies from the creek

Oh ho ho

Oh, I’ve dined at Chinese restaurants and high brow clubs and taverns

To the humble city pie cart at times when I’ve been down

Shuffle them together in preference I would seek

The tantalizing flavour of big yabbies from the creek

Hey!

When the wife puts on a barbie and invites the neighbours in

They dive on steak and onions nearly bursting at the bin

I also rub my bingie though I’m not some kind of freak

After eating 15 dozen big yabbies from the creek

Hey!

Yodel

When the wife puts on a barbie and invites the neighbours in

They dive on steak and onions nearly bursting at the bin

I also rub my bingie though I’m not some kind of freak

After eating 15 dozen big yabbies from the creek

Oh yeah!

Yeah, after eating 15 dozen big yabbies from the creek.