"Along the Road to Gundagai" is an Australian folk song written by Jack O'Hagan in 1922 and was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1924, O'Hagan performed his own version later that year. It is well-known among Australians, and one of a small number of pieces which are considered to be Australian folk tunes.

Gundagai is a rural town of New South Wales.

Lyrics:

There's a track winding back
To an old-fashioned shack
Along the road to Gundagai!

Where the blue gums are growing
And the Murrumbidgee's flowing
Beneath the sunny sky,

Where my daddy and mother are waiting for me
And the pals of my childhood once more I will see.
Then no more will I roam when I'm heading right for home
Along the road to Gundagai!

This version has some additional lyrics:

Hello old timer, how's things?
They're pretty crook!
Things must be pretty crook 'round these parts mate!
What with no rain for your stock and them all dyin'
You must be havin' a pretty crook trot
But you ain't got it all on your own, blimey no!
The other day I asked a bloke if he had any old clothes he didn't want
Strewth, he took a look at me and said
Yes, things is pretty crook alright!
I knocked on a blokes door the other day
And when the missus comes out
I gets down on me hands and knees and started eating the grass
I said "Missus, I'm that hungry, I'll eat grass!"
She said "You poor man, go 'round the back, it's much longer!"
Yes, things is crook alright!
Well, I suppose I better be joggin' along
Hooray mate, Hooray! I'll see you again


Coo-ee!

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