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Out on the wastes of the Never Never— That’s where the dead men lie! There where the heat-waves dance for ever— That’s where the dead men lie! That’s where the Earth’s loved sons are keeping Endless tryst: not the west wind sweeping Feverish pinions can wake their sleeping— Out where the dead men lie!

Where brown Summer and Death have mated— That’s where the dead men lie! Loving with fiery lust unsated— That’s where the dead men lie! Out where the grinning skulls bleach whitely Under the saltbush sparkling brightly; Out where the wild dogs chorus nightly— That’s where the dead men lie!

Deep in the yellow, flowing river— That’s where the dead men lie! Under the banks where the shadows quiver— That’s where the dead men lie!