Trumby (1994 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:Trumby (1994 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Old Time Drover's Lament(Digital Remaster)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Trumby (1994 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:07.58]Trumby was a ringer [00:09.16] [00:10.10]A good one too at that [00:13.07]He could rake and ride a twister [00:15.00]Throw a rope and fancy plait [00:17.07] [00:17.80]He could counterline a saddle [00:19.40] [00:19.97]Track a man lost in the night [00:22.11] [00:22.75]Trumby was a good boy but he couldn't read or write [00:27.14] [00:29.83]Trumby was dependable [00:30.90] [00:32.25]He never took to beer [00:33.86] [00:34.94]The boss admired him so much [00:37.19]One day made him overseer [00:38.84] [00:40.17]It never went to Trumby's head [00:42.53]He didn't boast or skite [00:44.10] [00:45.39]Trumby was a good boy [00:47.09] [00:47.70]But he couldn't read or write [00:49.20] [00:54.64]The drought was on the country the grass in short supply [00:58.53] [00:59.62]The tanks were getting lower [01:01.03] [01:01.75]And the water holes near dry [01:03.67] [01:05.01]Cattle started dying and releif was not insight [01:08.54] [01:09.77]To estimate the losses Trumby couldn't read or write [01:14.16] [01:16.71]He rode around the station pulling cattle from the bog [01:20.68] [01:21.83]To save them being torn apart by eagles [01:24.28]Crows and dogs [01:25.90] [01:27.05]He saw a notice on a tree [01:29.53]It wasn't there last night [01:31.01] [01:32.38]Trumby tried to understand [01:34.02] [01:34.60]But he couldn't read or write [01:36.41] [01:41.35]On bended knee down in the mud [01:43.94]Trumby had a drink [01:45.34] [01:46.64]Swung the reigns and to his horse said [01:49.36]"We go home I think" [01:50.95] [01:52.10]"Tell 'im boss about the sign [01:54.23]'Im read 'im good alright" [01:55.86] [01:57.40]"One day boss's missus teach [01:58.92] [01:59.45]'Im Trumby read and write " [02:01.21] [02:03.72]Well concern was felt for Trumby [02:05.62] [02:06.39]He hadn't used his bed [02:07.88] [02:08.72]Next day beside that muddy hole [02:10.84] [02:11.53]They found the ringer dead [02:12.93] [02:13.98]And a piece of tin tied to a tree [02:16.75]Then caught the boss's eye [02:18.08] [02:18.99]He read the words of 'Poison [02:20.79] [02:21.31]Here' and signed by Dogger Bry [02:23.53] [02:28.32]Now the stock had never used [02:30.40]That hole along that stoney creek [02:32.36] [02:33.62]And Trumby's bag was empty [02:35.38]It has freyed and sprung a leak [02:37.90] [02:39.00]The dogs were there in hundreds [02:40.71] [02:41.42]And the dogger in his plight [02:42.96] [02:43.93]Told the boss he never knew poor [02:46.30]Trumby couldn't read or write [02:48.27] [02:53.40]Now Trumby was a ringer as solid as a post [02:57.50] [02:58.59]His skin was black but his heart was white [03:01.09]And that's what mattered most [03:02.70] [03:03.71]Sometimes I think how sad [03:05.67]It is in this world with all its might [03:08.11] [03:08.79]That a man like Trumby met his death [03:11.33]Because he couldn't read or write [03:13.28] [03:14.45]Couldn't read or write [03:15.89] [03:16.77]Couldn't read or write