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Dinki Di Aussie

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‘Dinki Di’ is Australian slang for something that is true, honest, or genuine.

Slim Dusty sang Dinki Di Aussie Aussie in 1966 on his Australian album Dinki Di Aussies.

Danny Spooner’s Dinki Di on his 2004 album of “Australian songs of toil and reward”, ’Ard Tack is quite another song from World War I with just a similar title.

Lyrics

Slim Dusty sings Dinki Di Aussie

I was born in a broken down wagonette
On a far distant Queensland stock route,
My shawl was a dusty old saddle cloth,
I’m a dinki-di Aussie no doubt!

I was raised on the milk of a kangaroo,
My dummy was a rum bottle cork,
My diet was damper and bully beef,
I’m a dinki-di Aussie for sure.

I went to the class of a two up school,
Where a cockatoo watched for the law,
My teacher was a bare knuckle pugilist,
I’m a dinki-di Aussie for sure.

I work in the country for many months
And some people say that I’m queer,
With a fat cheque I head for the nearest town
And I bust it on horses and beer.

I’m allergic to red tape and relations,
No inlaws can yap down my ear,
I’m rough and I’m rowdy and I drink a bit,
I’m the cause of that pub with no beer.

When finally I go to that other land,
A preacher man told me you see,
He said, the reception will be very warm,
For dinki-di Aussies like me.

But I was born in the broken down wagonette
On a far distant Queensland stock route,
My diet was damper and bully beef,
I’m a dinki-di Aussie no doubt,
I’m a dinki-di Aussie no doubt.