1. Old brother Bunyaburra and me was out on the red rock plains
Hunting the old-man kangaroo back when time began
We had tracked him for seven days or more and our tough old feet was torn and tore
Till we run him down to a dead-end gully none of us had ever seen before
2. Well this gully was long and the sides was high and it was open at one end
And that old roo was all the way in before he saw that steep dead-end
With a flick of his tail he turned about and Bunyaburra he give a shout
We better cut him off at the open end or he'll be off and running again
3. Old Bunyaburra was a tough galah and mad as an old cut snake
When that roo come busting and breaking through he jumped on the beggar's back
That gully was the world's first rodeo chute and away went Bunya in his birthday suit
I found meself getting left behind but I just hanged onto his tail in time
CHORUS: He was hopping and snorting we was hanging on tight and you shoulda seen us go
Down through the gullies and out on the plains where the wild willy-willies blow
We had no spurs but we stuck like burrs with our faces tucked in low
Good old brother Bunyaburra and me at the dreamtime rodeo
4. Well he bucked and he jumped and hopped and turned, trying to shake us clear
In twenty seconds flat I was out on my back with bells ringing in my ears
But Bunyaburra was a fighting man and he'd never say die till he got his man
And he clung to that old kangaroo like his tough old skin was made of glue
5. But Bunyaburra was getting tired and then he made a slip
The old roo propped then dropped his head and pretended that he tripped
And Bunya was tossed up in the air and like fly on fly-paper he stuck up there
Where all the other old legends are, he became the world's first rodeo star
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