The Old Time Drover's Lament (1967 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:The Old Time Drover's Lament (1967 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Old Time Drover's Lament(Digital Remaster)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Time Drover's Lament (1967 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:03.98]Well you asked me if I'd ever been a-drovin' [00:08.68]You wouldn't know the meaning of that word [00:13.08]With the gravel road beside you and the fence along to guide you [00:17.46]And a brand new caravan behind the herd [00:21.69]Oh a truck and caravan behind the herd [00:26.59]I'd like to have seen you young'uns in the old days [00:30.85]With a wagonette and horses for your plant [00:35.11]Where the desert land commences and there isn't any fences [00:39.60]Barren country wouldn't feed an ant [00:43.74]Barren country wouldn't feed an ant [00:48.45]Did you ever take your turn at riding nightwatch [00:52.82]'Round the cattle on a dark and rainy camp [00:57.08]Did you ride around them singin' with your moleskins wet and clingin' [01:01.52]And your body ached all over with the cramp [01:06.12]Your body ached all over with the cramp [01:10.41]Did you ever plod along behind the tailers [01:14.88]And you couldn't see your horses head for dust [01:19.06]And the cattle that you followed they were very weak and hollow [01:23.31]And you wondered if you'd get'em there or bust [01:27.86]You were doubtful if you'd get'em there or bust [01:32.46]Did you ever take your turn at tailin' horses [01:36.75]When there wasn't any grass within your sight [01:39.39]Did you ever use the pliers did you cut the squatters wires [01:45.55]And you fed them on the squatters grass all night [01:50.01]And moved them out before the east was bright [01:54.36]Did you ever have to shoe a mob of cattle [01:58.72]With horse shoes cut in halves to make them fit [02:03.01]Did you shoe them by the hour with your temper getting sour [02:07.27]From break of dawn until the lamps were lit [02:11.63]Yes you worked all day until the lamps were lit [02:16.07]So you asked me if I'd ever been a-drovin' [02:21.46]You wouldn't know the meaning of that word [02:26.01]With the gravel road beside you and the fence along to guide you [02:30.38]And a brand new caravan behind the herd [02:34.80]A truck and caravan behind the herd [02:39.34]Oh Steak and ice cream served behind the herd [02:43.87]Oh they watch TV each night behind the herd [02:48.18]Oh they really get served behind the herd