《Old Scobie》歌词

歌曲： Old Scobie

所属专辑：West Of Winton

歌手： Slim Dusty

时长： 03:41

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Old Scobie - Slim Dusty[00:00:00]

For a starter of description just to get the picture right[00:00:07]

Bowlegged bold and lively 5 foot 8 or 9 in height[00:00:11]

Of stocky build complexion dark his age slow on the rise[00:00:16]

A smiling face and light grey hair and pale blue western eyes[00:00:22]

A tough old stag he rolled his swag when itchy feet took over[00:00:28]

His place of birth[00:00:32]

Well I don't know wether Mitchell grass or clover[00:00:33]

But I kinda get the notion as I carry on this ride[00:00:37]

It was somewhere in the sand hills near the channel country side[00:00:42]

Oh he'll make your bloody hair stand up with something that occurred[00:00:49]

And so unrealistic that at first you doubt his word[00:00:53]

Every story is a boomer full of action laughs and strength[00:00:58]

Why hed stretch the Diamantina or the Cooper twice their length[00:01:03]

For years he was a drover in the days of bells and packs[00:01:09]

From the Canning to the Murranji and down the Birdsville track[00:01:13]

He was reared on ribs and brisket don't go in for fancy stuff[00:01:18]

And I guess that's just the reason he's so rugged hard and rough[00:01:23]

When he rides around the cattle restless nights as black as ink[00:01:37]

Summer nights or freezing winter Scobie loves a rum to drink[00:01:41]

Oh I'd like to have the money that he's spent on booze and games[00:01:45]

I could buy a cattle station and a brewery with the change[00:01:50]

Half Australias coloured stockmen that's including women too[00:01:58]

Will remember this codger when their boomerangs were new[00:02:01]

They rode through scrub and lignum where a dog could never bark[00:02:07]

Flushing out defiant mickies missing none though it was dark[00:02:11]

Yeah for years he was a drover in the days of bells and packs[00:02:16]

From the Canning to the Murranji and down the Birdsville track[00:02:21]

He was reared on ribs and brisket don't go in for fancy stuff[00:02:25]

And I guess that's just the reason he's so rugged hard and rough[00:02:30]

When he's drinking in the city townies grip the bar and laugh[00:02:44]

He's a drover just delivered sand goannas all in calf[00:02:48]

And when he tells a tall one it's Kosciusko high[00:02:53]

Then quickly change direction and almost make you cry[00:02:58]

When the Southern Cross and diamond tail at night illuminate[00:03:07]

I often think of Scobie waitin' outside heavens gate[00:03:11]

With his saddlebag and quartpot and branding iron worn thin[00:03:16]

Oh I'll bet he'll con St. Peter and the old man let's him in[00:03:21]