"Click Go the Shears” is one of the most famous traditional folk songs in Australia.
It was created in the 1890s during the golden age of the Australian wool industry, when sheep shearing was one of the country’s most important rural activities.
The song vividly describes the atmosphere in a shearing shed—busy, rhythmic, and full of camaraderie. The “click” in the lyrics mimics the sound of the shears as workers trim the wool from the sheep.
