The Rise And The Rise Of The Reverend Bobby's Buskers Lyrics - Ganggajang

Up in the cross you could see them 

Bathed in the food lights of the hot takeaways 

The MC was an old soldier, 

Yeah you would laugh but you couldn't understand a word that he said 

They had a legless harmonica player 

With his pillow and his bottle and his saucepan in hand 

He would grin at the confident preacher 

And they would wait for his word to strike up the band 

Crowds would gather round 

Some would take the high ground 

To see the show 

They would stop them in their tracks 

Big coins and little notes 

Would they throw 

This was the start of the rise of the Reverend Bobby's Buskers 

And boy that band could really play 

They had the rhythm of the street 

The way the Charlie tapped his foot 

Was guaranteed to make the venture pay 

Betty bomb was screamer 

She learned to sing to keep her daddy at bay 

She saw The Buskers on a hot summer night 

And followed them to St. Kilda in the rain 

Well now, Betty knew all the old songs 

And she would get up and sing with them now and again 

Then, one night at a party for a millionaires son 

A naked man said that he would manage them 

Well he gave them all he had 

Pretty soon they were glad 

He came along 

Yes he took them to the top 

Strumming pop and blues and rock 

And their own songs 

This was the rise and the rise 

Of the Reverend Bobby's Buskers 

And boy that band could really play 

They were unique, they had the beat 

To make old ladies tap their feet 

And Bernie's tricks could just amaze 

It seemed to them that the world was theirs to take 

They worked for seven years without a break 

Fortunes were made and lost and made again 

And the chatter on the city street echoed their fame 

Well now, some say it never changed them 

The fact that they became a world phenomenon 

Bernie still laughed at the unknown 

And Bobby's sermon's seemed to go on and on 

Well now, Betty soon got her own show 

She was the toast of the town 

And the late night TV set 

And while the boys still laughed to remember 

Oh poor Betty, She still laughed to forget 

Well Charlie took a wife 

Soon three became five 

Then one again 

And fame had its price 

But none of the bills 

Were paid by them 

This was the rise and the rise 

Of the Reverend Bobby's Buskers 

And boy that band could really play 

They were unique, they had the beat 

To make old ladies tap their feet 

And Bernie's tricks could just amaze 

This was the rise and the rise 

Of the Reverend Bobby's Buskers 

And boy that band could really play 

They were unique, they had the beat 

To make old ladies tap their feet 

And Bernie's tricks could just amaze 

This was the rise and the rise 

Of the Reverend Bobby's Buskers