Lyric by yours truly, music by Mark Ellis...a pop ballad with a hint of blues in there too.

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Originally, I fancied doing something in the style of House of The Rising Sun....but saying that is easier than accomplishing it...still this ended up, with Mark's treatment, as a really pleasing song for me.

Two Bettys
lyric by Dawn Sinclair
music by Mark Ellis


In a place called Two Bettys
at a fork on the bend
been drinkin since sundown
I can’t see no end
my troubles are pressing
got no will an’ no idea
so I’m drownin’ the hurtin’
in whiskey and beer


I remember how it used to be
when we were young and the pace easy-going
The sun was round, the women too
the grapes were fat and wine was always flowing

Our laughter filled the taverns
from the Sydney harbour wharves
to the back streets of old Perth, down by the jetties
And I remember finding love and losing it again
in a tavern on a bend known as Two Bettys

The barman was a friend of mine
and I’d pick-up all the empties before leaving
We’d spin a yarn, like Kublai Khan
the girls drew close, lust made them so believing

Our laughter filled the taverns
from the Sydney harbour wharves
to the back streets of old Perth, down by the jetties
And I remember finding love and losing it again
in a tavern on a bend
at that tavern on the bend
known as Two Bettys

In a place called Two Bettys
at a fork on the bend
been drinkin since sundown
I can’t see no end
my troubles are pressing
got no will an’ no idea
so I’m drownin’ the hurtin’
in whiskey and beer