So Long, Old Mates (1996 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:So Long, Old Mates (1996 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Dinki-Di Aussies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]So Long, Old Mates (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:10.89]Where are the mates I used to have [00:12.96] [00:13.63]I wonder where they are [00:15.47] [00:16.42]Some still wander and some made good [00:19.14]And others traveled far [00:21.61] [00:23.66]Some have gathered their gear and gone [00:25.95]To a better land or worse [00:28.26] [00:29.09]Their load was heavy the passing years [00:31.60]Is the weight that old sters curse [00:33.69] [00:35.84]When we were young and the world was wide [00:38.74]And the longest day not hard [00:41.39]We would joke our way from dawn to dark [00:44.37]Through the mob in the branding yard [00:46.62] [00:49.09]One I remember when I was there [00:51.51]Who helped me in early years [00:54.36]When I was the butt of the stockrail jokes [00:57.27]He taught me to take the jeers [00:59.68] [01:01.54]In life he didn't amount to much [01:04.33]He came from further out [01:06.03] [01:07.12]He was only a lanky coloured lad [01:10.03]A station rouse about [01:11.63] [01:14.19]Oh I've thanked him often in after life [01:17.00]For the things he taught me then [01:19.01] [01:19.95]He guided my youth through the stockman's life [01:22.56]In the hard tough world of men [01:24.69] [01:39.75]Although he didn't amount to much [01:42.43]All that he had he gave [01:44.53] [01:45.28]He was white enough and man enough [01:48.31]To rest in a soldier's grave [01:50.44] [01:52.33]Forgotten by most of the ones he knew [01:55.48]And those of his tribal tree [01:57.36] [01:58.22]The world forgetting the world forgot [02:01.00]Except by mates like me [02:03.12] [02:05.23]So long old mate from early days [02:08.26]Wherever you may be [02:10.09] [02:10.92]May the grass be green and the water good [02:13.70]From care may your days be free [02:16.20] [02:17.87]I've traveled a span of the road of life [02:20.80]And I've learned to understand [02:22.96] [02:23.78]Through mate ship the way it was meant to be [02:26.50]Has no colour creed nor land