[Verse 1]
Bloke at the bar starts bragging
Says
"Mate
I know the truth"
"Down in the land of the long white cloud
They wrapped it up first
Who knew?"

Kiwi boys out in the paddock
Thinking they’d reinvent love
Engineers in gumboots laughing
Said
"That’ll do
Sort of"

[Chorus]
Oh
Kiwis had the first great plan
(Ay, you reckon?)
But Aussies had a better view
We took that bright idea
My friend
Then moved the bloody thing off the ewe
Raise your glass
You know it’s true
Classic Trans-Tasman move
You make it weird
We make it crude
And still end up laughing with you

[Verse 2]
Rugby on the screen
We’re yelling
But we’re sharing the same cold jug
Trading jokes like throwing punches
Then pulling each other in for a hug

You tease my thongs
I mock your jandals
Call your mountain just a hill
But between the laughs and tall tales
We both know it’s all good skill

[Chorus]
Oh
Kiwis had the first great plan
(Ay, you reckon?)
But Aussies had a better view
We took that bright idea
My friend
Then moved the bloody thing off the ewe
Raise your glass
You know it’s true
Classic Trans-Tasman move
You make it weird
We make it crude
And still end up laughing with you