Four Little Johnny Cakes
Hurrah for the Lachlan, boys, and join me in a cheer
That's the place to go to make an easy cheque each year
With a toad-skin in
my pocket I borrowed from a friend
Oh, isn't it nice and cosy to be camping
in the bend?
Chorus
With my little round flour-bag sitting on a stump
My little tea-and-sugar bag looking nice and plump
A little fat cod-fish just
off the hook
And four little johnny-cakes, a credit to the cook
I've
a loaf or two of bread and some "murphies" that I shook
Perhaps a loaf of
brownie that I snaffled from a cook
A nice leg of mutton ... just a bit cut
off the end
Oh, isn't it nice and jolly to be whaling in the bend?
I have a little book and some papers for to read
Plenty of matches and a good
supply of weed
I wouldn't be a squatter as beside my fire I sit
With a
paper in my hand and my old clay lit
When shearing-time comes, I'm in
all my glory then
I saddle up my moke and I soon secure a pen
I canter
through the valley and gallop o'er the plain
I shoot a turkey, stick a pig,
and off to camp again
Last Chorus
With my little round flour-bag
sitting on a stump
My little tea-and-sugar bag looking nice and plump
A little fat cod-fish just off the hook
And four little johnny-cakes, I'm
proud to be the cook!
Notes
Printed in Paterson's Old Bush Songs Johnny Cakes are small dampers or scones cooked in a pan rather than in the ashes of a camp fire Recipe Mix 250 g of flour with 1 tablespoon of baking powder and a little salt Slowly mix enough water to make a dough Divide the dough into small cakes and fry for about 10 minutes each side Serve cold with jam, honey or cockies' joy (golden syrup)