Redgum Spirit of the Land Lyrics:
The rivers are dry across the land and the farmers
fields have turned to sand 'Cause the rain hasn't
come for two years going on three The topsoil's
gone with the hot north wind, the crops won't grow
and rust set in And the cruel south wind of winter
brought no relief

And the old men in the public bar talk of floods
and droughts before And as the night goes on the
conversations die But the battlers don't give up,
it's written on their hands And in their
eye-eye-eye-eye-eyes, and the spirit of the land
survives

And on Saturday night in the Royal Hotel, Hank the
Dutchman plays guitar He sings country and western
favourites and requests It used to be his second
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job, a bit of a laugh for a couple of bob Now it's
all he's got 'cause his crops all died from thirst

Then he spent his savings on cattle and sheep, he
got some credit, got in too deep But stock won't
graze on pastures turned to salt And then he tried
to get work as a travelling man selling Rawleighs
products from the back of his van But the cockies
all shop in town where things are cheap

And the old men in the public bar talk of floods
and droughts before And as the night goes on the
conversations die But the battlers don't give up,
it's written on their hands And in their
eye-eye-eye-eye-eyes, and the spirit of the land
survives

The school's all rundown, the roofs rusted and the
paint's peelin' The playground's just a dustbowl,
not a spot of green The kids still kick their
footballs sending dust clouds to the sun And it's
good to know the drought can't spoil the fun
Lyrics: Spirit of the Land, Redgum [end]