This is a blast from the past. Below is our original page from circa 1997. We archive it here for our own history and as web history. We have grown as a family and as 'net users since then. To the right here are some links to our current projects. If its not what you expected then please use the Google search here:
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Drabwell.com Home Page.
Amy's newest project as a Millionaire WAHM.
Eric's project as an online entrepreneur at www.3rdRockShop.com
Family Geneaology
Wonderful Photogifts at one of our online stores
Baby Gifts at Buy.com
Below here is the orginal page as I created it in 1997. This is what a BLOG was like back then. I didn't realise then that I was a fore-runner of the Blog.... a true visionary! ;)
Random ravings from a guy in Australia who had fallen in love with a lady in Louisiana USA.
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Here's Some Classic Aussie Songs........


Especially for

Amy

 and her friends in Ruston, Louisiana.......
Tony, Bryan, Mike, Harv, Shawn, Chip and Nicole.........

Hi Y'all!!!

Waltzing Matilda

1
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.

Chorus Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda ,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.

2
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag,
'You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.'

Chorus: Waltzing Matilda . . .

3
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two three,
'Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.'

Chorus: Waltzing Matilda . . .

4
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
'You'll never catch me alive', said he.
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
`You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.'

Chorus: Waltzing Matilda . . .

Click Go the Shears

1
Out on the board the old shearer stands,
Grasping his shears in his thin bony hands,
Fixed is his eyes on a bare bellied joe
Glory if he gets her won't he make the ringer go.

Chorus:
Click go the shears boys..CLICK CLICK CLICK
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick.
The ringer looks around and is beaten by a blow,
And curses the old snagger with the bare bellied joe

2
In the middle of the floor in his cane-bottomed chair,
Is the boss of the board with his eyes everywhere.
Notes well each fleece as it comes to the screen,
Paying strict attention that it's taken off clean.

Chorus: Click go the shears . . .

3
The tar boy is there and waiting in demand,
With his blackened tar pot in his tarry hand,
Sees one old sheep with a cut upon his back,
Here is what he's waiting for, `Tar here Jack!'

Chorus: Click go the shears . . .

4
Shearing is all over and we've all got our cheques,
Roll up your swag boys, we're off on the tracks.
The First pub we come to we'll all have a spree,
And everyone that comes along it's 'Come and drink with me.'

Chorus: Click go the shears . . .

Glossary

This Glossary has some words which are from other Aussie songs and NOT from the ones above...they will be appearing soon...

beaver a kind of tall hat
billabong a river branch that Forms a stagnant pool
billy a tin can for boiling water over a camp fire
bittern a bird which lives in swamps, is active at night and utters mournful cries
blued spent, squandered; perhaps from 'blow'
blues a mood of depression, also a type of slow jazz music, begun by American blacks
BMX Bicycle Moto Cross, a popular type of bicycle
board the floor of the woolshed
bombardier a non-commissioned officer in an artillery regiment
bones pieces of bone held between the Fingers and clicked or rattled for percussion, particularly in bush bands
brolga a large silvery-grey crane; a bird which performs an elaborate dance, perhaps as part of a courting display. Found in northern and eastern Australia
brown a copper coin, probably a penny
bunnyhopping a way of cycling fast over bumps and rough ground
bunyip a monster in Aboriginal legends, said to haunt swamps and Billabongs
bush Australian wild uncleared country
coolibah (gum) a kind of eucalyptus tree
curlew a long-legged bird with a loud shrill cry
dado an ornamental border on a wall, here the outline of the horizon
didgeridoo a wooden pipe, sometimes up to two metres long and ten centimetres wide, used as a wind instrument by Australian Aboriginals
dingo an Australian wild dog, often tawny yellow, which howls or yelps but does not bark
dreamtime the Aboriginals' mythical time of the past, when the earth received its present Form
drongo a songbird, usually with glossy black plumage
fly leap for the ball in football games
galah a small grey and pink cockatoo found in open areas in most parts Of Australia
Gallipoli a peninsula in north-west Turkey where the Anzacs Fought in World War 1
Gemini a small Australian car
goanna a large type of lizard
government bands prisoners' chains
Henry Ford referring to Ford tractors, trucks, and so on used in construction works
jackass a kookaburra
joe a ewe or female sheep, probably from a dialect pronunciation Of yeo
jumbuck a sheep
koala a furry pouched animal that lives in trees and feeds on gum-leaves
kookaburra an Australian kingfisher with a call like human laughter
Lancers an old dance for four couples performed in a square pattern
swagman a man who carries his belongings in a roll or pack on his back while tramping through the countryside looking for work
swell a fashionably dressed person
tar boy the boy who puts medicinal tar on any cuts the sheep may receive while being shorn
Van Diemen's Land a former name for Tasmania
wallaby a grass-eating animal like a small kangaroo
Waltzing Matilda tramping through the countryside with a swag on one's back
Wild Colonial Boy a popular old song
wombat a pouched animal with heavy body and short legs which burrows into the ground

An Aussie greeting!164k Sound File.

Waltzing MatildaThe first verse and chorus of a great Aussie song. 314kb Sound File. .au Type

Tie Me Kangaroo Down SportDespite what some people say...we DON'T have kangaroos roaming the streets...although they do graze on the lawns of Government House in Canberra. I don't know what Josephine would do if she ever met a 'roo in the backyard! 214k Sound File.

Stairway to Heaven One of my favourite bands..Led Zeppelin...and my version of the intro to this classic song.....apologies to Jimmy Page! :) 168k Sound File.

I made these all as small as possible...but they will still take you a little while to download...sorry about this!! :) No criticism on the singing please! ;)...but do you like the sound of the 20+ year old Ibanez 12 string.....

This page is dedicated to my dear fiance Amy in Ruston, Louisiana.love you babe!