Darby’s Ram Lyrics

Old Darby lived across the creek
And when he told a tale
Every minnow in that creek
Got bigger than Jonah′s whale

Wasn't he a big ′un, boys?
Wasn't he a big 'un, boys?
Wasn′t he a big ′un, boys?
Before they cut him down

We used to sit with open mouths
And listen to his yarns
About the things when he was young
Before us boys was born

Now wasn't he a big ′un, boys?
Wasn't he a big ′un, boys?
Wasn't he a big ′un, boys?
Before they cut him down

My grandad had an old buck sheep
I still can hear him say
One of the finest rams, sir
That ever fed on hay
The wool that grew up on his neck
It reached up to the sky
The eagles built their nests in it
'Cause I heard the little ones cry

Wasn't he a big ′un, boys?
Wasn′t he a big 'un, boys?
Wasn′t he a big 'un, boys?
Before they cut him down

The wool that grew on his old back
It reached down to the ground
And when they sheared him in the spring
It weighed ten thousand pounds
The butcher man that cut his throat
Was drownded in the blood
The little boy that held the pan
Was washed away in the flood

Wasn′t he a big 'un, boys?
Wasn′t he a big 'un, boys?
Wasn't he a big ′un, boys?
Before they cut him down