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Heads of the People choose

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[Aus] ‘Squatter Done Brown’ in Heads of the People (Sydney) 🎵 My friend had seen that I was green, / And therefore did me ‘brown’.
at do brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
[Aus] ‘The Squatter Done Brown’ Heads of the People (Sydney) 🎵 Pray gents take warning by my fate, / Ne’er show off, nor be ‘flash’.
at flash, adj.
[Aus] ‘The Squatter Done Brown’ Heads of the People (Sydney) 🎵 And I was left, of means bereft, / A ‘tightish’ bill to pay.
at tight, adj.
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