Cedar-O

Cedar-o, oh Cedar-ho

We’ve got cedar down below

Sailing north to Sydney town

So blow you good winds blow-

Oh-o-oh-o-oh-o-oh

Sailing north to Sydney town

Blow you good winds blow


Down along the southern coast

Woodcutters they will raise a toast

To all the cedar growing there

It’s growing everywhere

Two men it takes to work that saw

Cutting ’til yer hands are raw

Working from the dawn ’til dusk

Fellin’ cedar trees


Cedar-o, oh Cedar-ho

We’ve got cedar down below

Sailing north to Sydney town

So blow you good winds blow-

Oh-o-oh-o-oh-o-oh

Sailing north to Sydney town

Blow you good winds blow


They clear the bush and cut the trees

Makin’ way for the bullocky

Drag the boughs down to the sea

They’re hardy company

Sailing out of Gerringong

Kiama harbour loading on

That precious cargo in the hold

They’re calling it ‘Red Gold’


Cedar-o, oh Cedar-ho

We’ve got cedar down below

Sailing north to Sydney town

So blow you good winds blow-

Oh-o-oh-o-oh-o-oh

Sailing north to Sydney town

Blow you good winds blow