Slim Dusty

Now the weary week has ended, it's pay day on the job Let's go down to the local and mingle with the mob You'll meet the dinkum Aussies, rough and ready as they are With hard faces brown as leather, ... [leggi tutto]

There's a bustle in the city, there's excitement in the scrubs There's a drone of rowdy voices in every Aussie pub For a year we've all been waiting and we've put our money up And we're out to back th... [leggi tutto]

It won't happen again at the pub way out back Since they air freight the beer and are done with the track They've gone all real modern as you soon will hear Now it's all ancient history, the pub with ... [leggi tutto]

'Neath the trees out there, 'neath the trees out there Out there, ooh-ooh-ooh In the early days (in the early days), in the search for gold (in search for gold) When the fever seeks (when the fever se... [leggi tutto]

We're on the Overlander, Overlander trail Where only sheer determination will prevail Men of hussy with a job to do So they'll stick and drive the cattle through And 'though they sweat and curse The... [leggi tutto]

In the wild New England ranges came the word one fateful day To every town and village that a boy had lost his way All the townsfolk quickly gathered and the wild bush horses tossed As they went to se... [leggi tutto]

I'm seated in the grandstand at a big-time rodeo With my walking stick beside me as I watch the scene below There are youngon's ridin' outlaws as I did when young and free And I wonder are there many ... [leggi tutto]

In an old Australian homestead with the roses 'round the door A girl received a letter, 'twas a message from the war With her mother's arms around her she gave way to sobs and sighs And as she read th... [leggi tutto]

Well I love 'em and I leave 'em, I guess in every town 'Cause I don't want no woman (woman) Or other hangin' around (hangin' around) No harm in handin' the line and a lot or little wine For I's havin... [leggi tutto]

I'd like to do a lively piece now. We've had a few serious ballads to start off with and once again this is a fairly new one. I picked this story up in the Kimberley's a few years back and for the fi... [leggi tutto]

Well I've walked a mile or two-oo in my lifetime And I've travelled down some muddy tracks and dry 'Cause if I wanted to get where I was go-oin' I knew I'd just have to walk that country mile Now a c... [leggi tutto]

Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lee-do-lay-ee-oh, do-lee-do-lay-ee-ee Oh you've done me wrong but it won't be long 'Ere my blues are out of si-ight And this old green ra-attler's ready to go Rollin' out of tow-... [leggi tutto]

You've been around a-playin', now do I hear you sayin' That you still love me the most My love you now desire, but there's a bad misfire Don't take me for your leanin' post When you were in the lime... [leggi tutto]

In her eyes there was moonlight, and a rose in her hair In my arms there was no one, so I just put her there On her lips was a promise, in my heart was a prayer When I finally went, I went home with t... [leggi tutto]

My clothes may be old and look ragged As I lie 'neath the stars by the bend As I dream there is one consolation I have a King for a friend But He's just the one who made the mountains He's just the o... [leggi tutto]

You can never do wrong in a mother's eyes No matter what you may do She will always forgive any wrong you've done And she'll open her warm heart to you Though you've been the cause of her tears she's... [leggi tutto]

There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around that the colt from Old Regret had got away And had joined the wild bush horses, he was worth a thousand pounds, so all the cracks had ... [leggi tutto]

G'day g'day, how ya goin', what d'ya know, well strike a light G'day g'day, and how ya go-o-o-in' Just say g'day g'day g'day and you'll be right Isn't great to be an Aussie Takin' a walk along the st... [leggi tutto]

Let me wander north to the ho-omestead Way out further on there to roam By a gully in flood, let me linger When the summery sunshine has flown Where the logs tangle up on the creek beds And clouds fi... [leggi tutto]

They had my future wrapped up in a parcel And no one even thought of asking me The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train To find what else might be in life for me I rode on trucks and trains a... [leggi tutto]

My legs are kind of bowed from horses that I've rode Through the salt bush and the sand I've got that rock'n'rollin' beat from this rollin' saddle seat Because I live in the Never Never Land I've neve... [leggi tutto]

Somewhere between me and you I love you so much I can't let you go And sometimes I believe you love me But somewhere between your heart and mine There's a door without any key Somewhere between your ... [leggi tutto]

It was somewhere in September and the sun was goin' down When I came in search of coffee, to a Darling River town Come-And-Have-A-Drink we'll call it, 'tis a fitting name I think And 'twas raining, fo... [leggi tutto]

And you can bet I'll be set when I get back to that old bush shanty of mine There I'll be, where I'll see folks so dear to me and everything will be fine There'll be bro-other and sister, old mum and ... [leggi tutto]

I love to have a beer with Duncan I love to have a beer with Dunc. We drink in moderation And we never ever ever get rollin' drunk We drink at the Town and Country Where the atmosphere is great I love... [leggi tutto]

There's an old fashioned country way of livin' There's an old country way to greet a friend I'm shakin' off the shackles of this bi-ig town And I'm headin' for the country ways again There's an old f... [leggi tutto]

By a warm electric heater and a softly padded chair In a loungeroom brightly lighted by a glowing chandelier Since my early days of drovin' the years have taken toll But I somehow miss my swag wrap by... [leggi tutto]

You have all read the wonderful stories Of the countries far over the sea From whence came our ancestors To establish this land of the free There are some folk who still like to travel To see what the... [leggi tutto]

There's a track winding back to an o-old fashioned shack Along the road to Gundagai Where the blue gums are growin' and the Murrumbidgee's flowin' Beneath the sunny sky There my mother and daddy are w... [leggi tutto]

Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no... [leggi tutto]

I'm going back again to Yarrawonga In Yarrawonga I'll linger longer I'm goin' back again to Yarrawonga Where the skies are always blue And when I'm back again in Yarrawonga I'll soon be stronger, then... [leggi tutto]

From coast to coast by night and day, hear the clickin' of the wheels The hummin' of the diesel, of her ribbons of steel Carryin' the memories of a nation built by hand See the Indian Pacific span the... [leggi tutto]

He stood in a beautiful mansion surrounded by riches untold And gazed at a beautiful picture that hung in a frame of gold Was a picture of a lady, so beautiful, young and fair To the beautiful life-li... [leggi tutto]

From Townsville to Greenvale we're building a line Through the ranges and gorges to the great nickel mine The long days are dusty and hotter than hell And that's why we all worship Three Rivers Hotel ... [leggi tutto]

I'd like to do a song this time that we - Well, we generally have a song for the girls and boys in the audience beause lots of the songs are for the adult members of the audience. Anyway this a very o... [leggi tutto]

Tonight here by the roadside I've been drivin' hard all day Dreamin' of the old folks And a homestead o'er the way In dreams I see the old place I'll be there within a week Where there's gum trees b... [leggi tutto]

As I pick up my guitar to sing another song I hear the walls of this old hall - you've done this thing too long You know you've been around for years, I guess you've shown us all I talk like this when... [leggi tutto]

Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-yeah It's a long straight road and the engine is deep I can't help thinkin' of a good night's sleep And the long long roads of my li-ife were a callin' me These rough old hands are a-... [leggi tutto]

Now Casey was a racing man, he delved in thoroughbreds Wherever there's a meeting on, oh that's where Casey heads With little Joe, his travelling mate and a horse called Holy Dan He'll dine on lobster... [leggi tutto]

Heed the sign that reads danger! road train! You'll see the big rigs runnin' where there's freight and stuff to load, you'll see the drivers pushin' time, a river there's a road. We're kings of the... [leggi tutto]