The Strong Chimbu man looks straight ahead And he hears his masta's voice, yes he's lost his nerve again And the kiap shouts, the big buffoon He yells his orders through the coffee trees Yeah, well that's the way it's done up here Yeah, well that's the way it's done up here Yeah, the boss, the boys, the fight up here That's the way it's done up here And the hot nights roll on endlessly And his face it is crushed from twenty years of drink And the Townsville men all own plantations here They drink at the club with their Philipino brides Yeah, well that's the life they have up here Yeah, well that's the way it's done up here Yeah, well that's the life they have up here That's the way it's done up here And the coffee bean stench fills the air And the heat falls off his brow And they've worked the fire since morning time For a lousy three kina a day, well that's all Yeah well that's the way they're paid up here Yeah the boss, the boys, the fight up here Yeah, well that's the way it's done up here That's the way it's done up here That's the way it's done up here Yeah the boss, the boys, the fight up here Yeah, that's the way it's done up here Yeah, that's the way it's done up here That's the way That's the way That's the way