[Verse 1]
A little bawly calf was born on a station way out west
His mother couldn't feed him and he didn't look the best
The family took him in, fed and loved him, I am told
Especially little Jamie who was only two years old
But as they played together, roaming plains so wild and free
They didn't see the years passing by relentlessly
Till Jamie had to go to school and Bawly to the sale
But when they had him in the yard, they all heard Jamie wail
[Chorus]
"Don't sell Ol' Bawly, please let him out the gate
You wouldn't sell Ol' Bawly, please, Daddy, he's my mate
One day I'll be grown up, and then you can be sure
Ol' Bawly and I will roam these plains for evermore"
[Verse 2]
Now, Jamie wasn't very well, something was awfully wrong
Leukaemia was diagnosed, he hadn't very long
He spent each precious moment down by the stockyard gate
Lying 'neath the shady tree, and beside him was his mate
When he went to hospital, he asked about his friend
And Ol' Bawly was with him in spirit to the end
For as his parents sat so silent by his bed
They let the tears run freely when the last thing Jamie said
[Chorus]
Was, "Don't sell Ol' Bawly, please let him out the gate
You wouldn't sell Ol' Bawly, please, Daddy, he's my mate
One day I'll be grown up, and then you can be sure
Ol' Bawly and I will roam these plains for evermore"
[Verse 3]
Now, they never sold Ol' Bawly, he roamed the plains so wide
And sometimes they were sure they saw Jamie by his side
But other times he looked so lonesome, standing all forlorn
As if he couldn't understand where Jamie had gone
Then one day, Ol' Bawly didn't come home to be fed
And searching, they found him out in the paddock, dead
He looked so peaceful lying there, the old man stood and sighed
"At last Ol' Bawly's up in Heaven right by Jamie's side"
[Chorus]
They didn't sell Ol' Bawly, they let him out the gate
They couldn't sell Ol' Bawly, 'cause he was Jamie's mate
Now, Jamie never grew up, but of one thing they are sure
He and Bawly roamed those plains on high for evermore