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Lyrics to A Drovers Life
by Slim Dusty

[edit]Song title: A Drovers Life
[edit]Artist name: Slim Dusty
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[edit]Lyrics language: English
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As I write this little story, I may be feelin' blue,
For the swag is wet and sodden and the fly has blown in too,
The rain is comin' heavy and the wind is very chill,
And I sometimes feel like howling, with the dingo's on the hill.

There's a joke that comes from memory, it was written long ago,
"The drovers life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know"
When you're sitting on a night horse, on a dark and stormy night,
You see the white horns glis'n in the lightning's silvery light. (oh yeah)

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The thunder clashes 'round you and you're soakin' to the skin,
Tonguing for some nicotine for you've done y'ur tobacco in,
You sit out there and wonder, if they jump which way they'll go.
Yeah the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know.

Oh they say it must be thrilling, out beneath the desert stars,
When your only sole companions just a mob of mad galahs.
And when you eat the babblers browning, oh, it's best to close your eyes,
For it's hard to tell the diff'rence between the currants and the flies.
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Instrumental

When the feed is very scanty and the water hole is dry,
The squatter's sittin' on ya back, it's enough to make you cry,
When you battle down a dusty stake to a bore that's broken down,
Or a tank shot full of bullet holes by yokels from the town.

Oh they wonder why you hit the grog and curse their lousy station,
Why many a man has cut his throat, in sheer desperation,
So you reckon that you'll chuck it in an' give something else a go,
Yeah the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know.

Oh I sometimes rather doubt it, but then I wouldn't know,
They say this life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know.
(oh yeah)

From his album: "The Man Who Is Australia" Disc 3
Transcribed: Marten Busstra & Del Wright 2009

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Slim Dusty biography

Slim Dusty is known as the ‘Father of Australian Country Music’ and was born on 13 June 1927 as David Gordon Kirkpatrick at Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. He grew up on his father’s dairy farm at nearby Nulla Nulla Creek and at the young age of 10 he wrote his first song, ‘The Way the Cowboy Dies’

While still working on the family property, Slim sang during intervals at cinemas, at rodeos and community concerts and even did some busking on the streets.. In fact he sang whenever and wherever he could.

In 1942 he gatecrashed radio station 2KM Kempsey to record at his own expense, his first record, “Song for the Aussies” and “My Final Song.” In 1946 he signed a recording contract with Columbia for their Regal Zonophone label and recorded six titles including his first country classic “When the Rain Tumbles down in July”., which he had written the year before. Then in 1948 he began a part time career.....MORE.....(full Slim Dusty biography)

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