《How Will I Go With Him Mate?(Live from Studio 301， Sydney， Australia/1996)》歌词

歌曲： How Will I Go With Him Mate?(Live from Studio 301， Sydney， Australia/1996)

所属专辑：91 Over 50

歌手： Slim Dusty

时长： 03:25

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Now this is the tale of a mate I had[00:00:08]

Back in those other days[00:00:11]

Thin as wire and just as tough[00:00:13]

And woolly and wide and his ways[00:00:15]

When the going was rugged and really rough[00:00:19]

He would always cheerfully state[00:00:21]

Things are bad but they could be worse[00:00:24]

So we'll see how we go with it mate[00:00:26]

Now there was a time when we busted our cheques[00:00:32]

In a town on the long ago now[00:00:35]

When a big gun shearer got on the tear[00:00:37]

And started to kick up a row[00:00:39]

And he picked on the smallest one of our lot[00:00:43]

And slaughter was plain to see[00:00:46]

Till our mate said Listen you son of a gun[00:00:48]

Come and fire a charge at me[00:00:50]

Ha things really began to happen then because[00:00:53]

As he picked himself out of the dust an the dirt[00:00:55]

Both eyes were the colour of slate[00:01:01]

And he squinted a bit as he said to me[00:01:03]

How did I go with him mate[00:01:06]

Ha That was the way our mate used to be[00:01:09]

Another time in the sunny state[00:01:17]

With both of us was badly bent[00:01:19]

With saddle bags empty and nothing to smoke[00:01:22]

And between us we hadn't a cent[00:01:23]

When we saw on a poster stuck on a wall[00:01:28]

News of a rodeo[00:01:30]

Well here's our chance he said to me[00:01:32]

We'll be kings of the wild west show[00:01:34]

But he drew the worse horse there was in the draw[00:01:40]

Mean eyed and short in the neck[00:01:43]

As he climbed up the chute he whispered to me[00:01:45]

Find more similar lyrics on[00:01:48]

Be ready to collar the cheque[00:01:49]

Collar the cheque this is what really happened[00:01:51]

As he picked himself out of the red Queensland dust[00:01:53]

Just a few yards away from the gate[00:01:58]

He looked up at me with a lop sided grin and said[00:02:02]

How did I go with him mate[00:02:05]

Ha That was our mate[00:02:07]

Now this mate of mine has gone to rest[00:02:13]

The way he was destined to go[00:02:16]

Wheeling the lead of the scrubbers that broke[00:02:18]

From a camp on the overflow[00:02:20]

As I stood by his grave on that drear winters day[00:02:24]

With the rest of the crew and the boss[00:02:26]

I thought of his happy go lucky ways[00:02:29]

And I knew just how great was our loss[00:02:30]

And I thought of him climbing those long golden stairs[00:02:34]

With St Peter in charge of the gate[00:02:38]

And I'm certain I heard his voice at my side saying[00:02:41]

How will I go with him mate[00:02:44]

Not to good i reckon[00:02:47]

Well it's all over now and I'm settled down[00:02:52]

Away from those rovin days[00:02:54]

And the mates that I had well they've all drifted on[00:02:55]

Like by gone yesterdays[00:02:59]

But I'll always remember that certain mate[00:03:03]

And the way he could cheerfully state[00:03:05]

Things are bad but they could be woroe[00:03:07]

So we'll see how we go with it mate[00:03:09]

Oh yeah we'll see how we go with it mate[00:03:12]