Answer To The Old Rusty Bell-Slim Dusty

[ti:Answer To The Old Rusty Bell] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:The Men From Nulla Nulla - "reunited And Revisited"] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Answer To The Old Rusty Bell - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:07.21]You've heard about the rusty bell [00:09.54]That Boomer used to ring [00:11.76]You've heard about old Johnny [00:13.72]And the loads he used to bring [00:16.17]But they tell me now [00:17.65]That Boomer's bell was a Condamine he wore [00:21.00]And not the one we painted up [00:23.46]And wrote about before [00:26.01] [00:26.61]And someone said the brand was wrong [00:29.64]And the bell belonged to bright [00:31.53]If I live to be a hundred [00:33.40]I would still say I was right [00:35.51] [00:36.23]The rusty bell keeps ringing [00:37.78]You can hear it every day [00:40.90]It echos round the ranges [00:42.61]And it's grand the people say [00:46.63] [00:52.41]Old Sango keeps on joggin' [00:54.57]While Old Smoke is by his side [00:57.22]The old man riding homeward [00:59.33]They were his joy and pride [01:01.57]Old Smoker was half dingo [01:03.95]Sango had racing blood [01:06.31]They were faithful to Old Johnny [01:08.07]Through the heat and rain and mud [01:10.62] [01:12.07]But now they're just a memory [01:14.31]So very dear to me [01:16.80]And the rusty bell is Boomer's [01:19.05]And forever it will be [01:20.71] [01:21.34]We've watched old Johnny ride away [01:23.72]Through misty fading years [01:25.91]While Boomer's bell is ringing [01:27.92]Just like music to our ears [01:30.44] [01:37.64]But now they're just a memory [01:39.67]So very dear to me [01:42.09]And the rusty bell is Boomer's [01:44.21]And forever it will be [01:46.15] [01:46.87]The gentle clip of Sango's hooves [01:49.33]And Smoker jogs along [01:51.29]And the tinkle [01:52.10]Of the bullock bell rings finish to my song [01:57.05]And the tinkle [01:57.90]Of the bullock bell rings finish to my song