Sweeney(Live) (1993 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:Sweeney (Live) (1993 Digital Remaster) (Live)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Live At Wagga Wagga] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sweeney (Live) (1993 Digital Remaster) (Live) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [01:08.40]It was somewhere in September [01:11.19]And the sun was goin' down [01:13.52]When I came in search of coffee [01:16.18]To a darling river town [01:19.31] [01:20.15]Come and have a drink we'll call it [01:22.72]'Tis a fitting name I think [01:25.22]And 'Twas raining for a wonder [01:27.58]Up at come and have a drink [01:30.04] [01:31.73]Underneath the pub verandah [01:34.28]I was resting on a bunk [01:36.79]When a stranger rose before me [01:39.36]And he said that he was drunk [01:41.70] [01:43.32]He apologised for speaking [01:45.86]There was no offence he swore [01:48.29]But he somehow seemed to fancy [01:50.62]That he'd seen my face before [01:54.10] [01:54.74]He agreed you can't remember [01:57.09]All the chaps you chance to meet [01:59.91]And he said his name was sweeney [02:02.51]People lived in Sussex street [02:04.84] [02:06.43]He was camping in a stable [02:08.89]That he swore that he was right [02:11.53]Only for the blanky horses walkin' [02:14.48]Over him all night [02:16.45] [02:17.94]He'd apparently been fighting [02:20.51]For his face was black and blue [02:23.11]And it looked as though the horses [02:25.48]Had been treading on him too [02:29.05] [02:29.59]But an honest genial twinkle [02:32.13]In the eye that wasn't hurt [02:34.60]Seemed to hint of something better [02:36.99]Spite of drink and rags and dirt [02:39.53] [02:46.20]He was born in Parramatta [02:48.80]And he said with humour grim [02:51.23]That he'd like to see the city [02:53.76]'Ere the liquor finished him [02:57.90]But he couldn't raise the money [03:00.45]He was d**ned if he could think [03:03.06]What the government was doing here [03:05.77]He offered me a drink [03:07.93] [03:09.56]I declined 'Twas self denial [03:12.04]And I lectured him on booze [03:14.68]Using all the hackneyed arguments [03:17.25]That preachers mostly use [03:20.30] [03:21.17]Things I'd heard in temperance lectures [03:23.69]I was young and rather green [03:26.20]And I ended by referring to the man [03:29.59]He might have been [03:32.69]But he couldn't stay to argue [03:35.24]For his beer was nearly gone [03:37.92]He was glad he said to meet me [03:40.48]And he'd see me later on [03:43.60] [03:44.36]But he guessed he'd have to go [03:46.39]And get his bottle filled again [03:49.48]And he gave a lurch and vanished [03:51.82]In the darkness and the rain [03:55.33] [03:57.15]And a afternoons in cities [03:59.77]When the rain is on the land [04:02.41]Visions come to me of Sweeney [04:05.01]With his bottle in his hand