Joe Maguire's Pub - Slim Dusty

Oh I wandered into Tamworth from a station in the scrub

And settled on a bar-stool down in Joe Maguire’s pub

From the moment that I walked in there and bought myself a beer

I felt at ease and welcome in a friendly atmosphere

Oh the bar is plain and simple there’s no tiles or polished brass

And the customers are mostly of the solid working class

The old pub gets over-crowded every sale day in the town

When the auctioneers and squatters and the stockmen gather round

The arrangement of the bottles on the shelf behind the bar

May not be in order like some fancy hotels are

And his way of keeping bank notes in a sack of calico

Would be scoffed at by accountants but it seems all right with Joe

Now Joseph has arranged it to the audience’s delight

Country music playin' in the lounge on Friday night

Oh the entertainers may not get a hearing in a club

But the drinkers sure applaud them

Down at Joe Maguire’s pub

Now young Patrick on the bar staff serves you with a pleasant smile

And Joe afronts the old place in a free and easy style

And if you’re in town try their tucker old mate its first class grub

And you know the beers one cent cheaper

Down at Joe Maguire’s pub

Oh he’s been around a long time he’ll be round a long time yet

And he runs the kind of pub I like an' so will you I bet

So I tell you fellow bushmen when you’re in town from the scrub

Oh you’ll really find a welcome down in Joe Maguire’s pub

Yes I wandered into Tamworth from a station in the scrub

And settled on a bar-stool down at Joe Maguire’s pub

From the moment that I walked in there and bought myself a beer