Mazlin's Mill
Now I'm a bullock driver and I work for Mazlin's Mill
And pulling
timber from Vine Creek I've nearly had my fill
And when the rain it comes
at last, the roads they are like glue
It's dig her out, or double-bank to
find the balance due
The cutters are no better off, at us they cannot
grin
For when they get their timber cut they cannot get it in
And my advice
to you my boys, please do not take it ill
Far better turn your bullocks out
than work for Mazlin's Mill
Notes
In his Big Book of Australian Folk Song Ron Edwards writes "Mazlin's Mill was collected by John Meredith. According to Meredith's correspondent this particular Vine Creek is near Ravenshoe, N.Q., and the song dates from the thirties. The tune is given as 'Freedom on the Wallaby,' (better known as 'Australia's on the Wallaby'). The four Mazlin brothers were pioneer timbermen in the Atherton area of North Queensland, and the creek that runs through the town of Atherton is named after one of them. Will Mazlin's timber mill was on Creek, Ravenshoe".