Fact'ry Jack - The Rumjacks

Old Jack Drury worked at the brewery

Luggin' them bottles and cans

'Til the steam age came crushed six mens jobs

And Jackies two good hands

So they killed the lights and chained the doors

They were fresh back from a bloody war

So for three whole days kept the coppers at bay

Raidin' the company store

Our Jack he were a hell of a clown

Even the march o' years couldn’t run him down

He were a real human, rough-cut diamond

They’re never many around

He said, 'Angers wasted on the youth

And wisdom on the old it’s the truth

I put the kids through hell but I taught 'em well

How to tip it all on its roof.'

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Seven young men they were locked in a factory

They were there from Thursday to Saturday

Oh what a horrid affair

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Seven young men they were locked in a factory

They were there from Thursday to Saturday

Oh what a sorry affair

He sad, 'The black people and the white

Should be out hookin' up tonight

Makin' pretty little brown skinned babies

With one less reason to fight

Don’t set your watch by Sydney trains

And don’t ever try to build

On them sacred lands, on tidal sands

Or the hearts of foolish girls.'

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Seven young men they were locked in a factory

They were there from Thursday to Saturday

Oh what a horrid affair

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Seven young men they were locked in a factory

They were there from Thursday to Saturday

Oh what a sorry affair

'They say Saturdays child works a long hard day

And I’ve given it all I can give

So you can stop tryin' to sell me a funeral plan

I’ve only just learned how to live

So pass the dutchie, wreck the halls

Leave public art on public walls

And get crackin' on a way to keep evil at bay

Don’t say you weren’t told…'

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Seven young men they were locked in a factory

They were there from Thursday to Saturday

Oh what a horrid affair

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Seven young men they were locked in a factory

They were there from Thursday to Saturday

Oh what a sorry affair