They called him the bloke with the banjo ‘cause they'd 
never seen Spanish guitar
When he stood with his hat on the footpath this busker 
who would be a star
And the streetlights shone down as a spotlight and 
gleamed from the guitar that he played
As the depressions poor victims passed by him he sang 
for the coins which were paid

He came as a child through depression a swagman all 
cheeky and game
To make a mass fortune and spend it then do it all over 
again
The first to record our own folk songs to be played on 
the old gramophone
From cities and towns through the outback and in cosy 
old lantern lit homes

He rode and he sang and he acted for stage and the 
radio shows
Then took it all with him and travelled in his great 
tented rodeo show
showbusiness ascent
Great masses had all gone at showtime to pack out the 
Tex Morton tent

With roughriders riding for glory whip cracking rope 
spinning and clowns
Then in the sawdust roped in arena stood the man in 
gabardine brown
And the noisy crowd wildly applauding would then sit 
silent and mute
They were awed by his skill with the rifle for I tell 
you Tex Morton could shoot

Now I give you a piece of the legend of the man with 
the Spanish guitar
Who came from the street to the spotlight Australia's 
first superstar
In the history of the great showmen whoever performed 
on the stage
Oh you'd have to give credits to Morton as you write 
his name down on the page
Oh you'd have to give credits to Morton as you write 
his name down on the page.