《King Of Kalgoorlie》歌词

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King Of Kalgoorlie - Slim Dusty[00:00:00]

Written by：Slim Dusty/Tex Morton[00:00:01]

One night I was strollin' the time seemed to drag[00:00:08]

I paused for a drink from the bronze water bag[00:00:11]

That old Paddy Hannan holds out all the while[00:00:15]

And I'll swear that he slipped me a wink and a smile[00:00:19]

Born on the breeze came the throb of the mines[00:00:24]

And up in the city the mid nightly chimes[00:00:28]

And the ghosts of the past and Paddy and I[00:00:31]

Delved in the realms of the days long gone by[00:00:35]

From all the world over adventurers came[00:00:42]

To gamble their lives on the Nullarbor plain[00:00:46]

They'd fight and they'd laugh they'd love and they'd live[00:00:50]

And they'd die as they saw what the earth had to give[00:00:54]

For how many times has the story been told[00:01:07]

On the fields they all knew there are two kinds of gold[00:01:10]

There's the gold that men die for and struggle and strive[00:01:14]

And the gold we call water that keeps men alive[00:01:18]

We can only imagine their perils and fears[00:01:23]

The hardships the heartaches their triumphs and tears[00:01:27]

Dame fortune was fickle while many she spurned[00:01:30]

She smiled upon others some never returned[00:01:34]

Today there are younger strong hands at the reins[00:01:41]

But the gallant old prospector always remains[00:01:44]

He's there in the sunset the trees and the dust[00:01:49]

His spirit is ours in his land our trust[00:01:53]

Oh he's there sure enough in the big school of mines[00:02:05]

In the books in the children those brave little vines[00:02:09]

For the soul does not die as it passes the years[00:02:13]

And what braver men than the old pioneers[00:02:16]

So old Paddy Hannan sits there on his throne[00:02:21]

And dreams of the past and the days he had known[00:02:25]

The clothes that he wears are not much for style[00:02:29]

But who cares for that on the old golden mile[00:02:33]

Yes old Paddy Hannan in sunshine or rain[00:02:39]

Dwells in the street which carries his name[00:02:43]

His majesty watches out there all alone[00:02:47]

The King of Kalgoorlie on his street corner throne[00:02:51]

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