Down Under - written by Colin James Hay and Ron Strykert
Upper-intermediate exercise designed by Viv Quarry. (www.vivquarry.com)

Match a number to a line to complete the song, then write out the chorus in the correct order.

  1. Travelling in 				_____ a land down under?'
  2. On a hippie trail, 				_____ gave me breakfast
  3. I met a strange lady, 			_____ and men plunder?
  4. She took me in and 			_____ head full of zombie
And she said... 
  1. īDo you come from 			_____ you better take coverī
  2. Where women glow 			_____ canīt you hear the thunder?
  3. Canīt you hear, 				_____ a fried-out combie
  4. You better run, 				_____ she made me nervous
  1. Buying bread from 			_____ down under
  2. He was six-foot-four 			_____ speak-a my language?ī
  3. I said, īDo you 				_____ and full of muscles
  4. He just smiled and gave me 		_____ the thunder?
And he said... 
  1. īI come from a land 			_____ take coverī
  2. Where beer does flow and 		_____ a vegemite sandwich
  3. Canīt you hear, canīt you hear 		_____ a man in Brussels
  4. You better run, you better 		_____ men chunder
  5. Yeah 
  1. Lyinī 					_____ women glow and men plunder?
  2. With a 					_____ a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
  3. I said to 					_____ the man, īAre you trying to tempt me
  4. Because I 				_____ better take cover.'
  5. And he said... 
  6. īOh! Do you come from 			_____ slack jaw, and not much to say
  7. Where 					_____ in a den in Bombay
  8. Canīt you 				_____ come from the land of plenty?ī
  9. You better run, you 			_____ hear, canīt you hear the thunder?
Chorus (X3):
in under land a Living down 
Where men and women plunder glow
Canīt the thunder hear you, canīt you hear? 
You take better cover, you run better 

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