Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Music by Joe Paolacci, vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is an Australian song written by songwriter Joe Paolacci, who was of Italian descent. This song was inspired by the immigrant experiences of his parents who moved to Australia. Australian music show much of the same typological features as Canadian, New Zealand or American music due similar population origins found in the British Isles.
Lyrics:
He hasn't had a break you know for 27 years
Non-stop, in a barber shop, he owns near Station Pier
He came from sunny Naples, just after World War II
And with aching heart he played his part and bid his folks adieu
So goodbye sunny Naples, my loving family too
The Southern Cross is calling me to build a life that's new
I'm off to see Australia, the work is plenty there
My bag is packed I won't look back, I'll make a pile, I swear
He took a boat to Melbourne, employment was in plenty
And he got a job, with a yankee mob, in motor car assembly
He rented up in Carlton, and money carefully spent
And with families four and sometimes more he shared his every cent.
He met a girl from Williamstown and courted her at Mass
She stole his heart right from the start, a freckled Aussie Lass
They looked up Father Murphy, got married with great haste
And they honeymooned, in a tiny room they found in Elgin Place.
Music by Joe Paolacci, vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is an Australian song written by songwriter Joe Paolacci, who was of Italian descent. This song was inspired by the immigrant experiences of his parents who moved to Australia. Australian music show much of the same typological features as Canadian, New Zealand or American music due similar population origins found in the British Isles.
Lyrics:
He hasn't had a break you know for 27 years
Non-stop, in a barber shop, he owns near Station Pier
He came from sunny Naples, just after World War II
And with aching heart he played his part and bid his folks adieu
So goodbye sunny Naples, my loving family too
The Southern Cross is calling me to build a life that's new
I'm off to see Australia, the work is plenty there
My bag is packed I won't look back, I'll make a pile, I swear
He took a boat to Melbourne, employment was in plenty
And he got a job, with a yankee mob, in motor car assembly
He rented up in Carlton, and money carefully spent
And with families four and sometimes more he shared his every cent.
He met a girl from Williamstown and courted her at Mass
She stole his heart right from the start, a freckled Aussie Lass
They looked up Father Murphy, got married with great haste
And they honeymooned, in a tiny room they found in Elgin Place.
