How Will I Go With Him Mate? (Live)-Slim Dusty

[ti:HOW WILL I GO WITH HIM MATE?] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:91 OVER 50] [by:] [offset:0] [00:08.26]Now this is the tale of a mate I had [00:11.07]Back in those other days [00:13.51]Thin as wire and just as tough [00:15.82]And woolly and wide and his ways [00:19.44]When the going was rugged and really rough [00:21.76]He would always cheerfully state [00:24.44]Things are bad but they could be worse [00:26.63]So we'll see how we go with it mate [00:32.76]Now there was a time when we busted our cheques [00:35.20]In a town on the long ago now [00:37.51]When a big gun shearer got on the tear [00:39.88]And started to kick up a row [00:43.57]And he picked on the smallest one of our lot [00:46.07]And slaughter was plain to see [00:48.51]Till our mate said Listen you son of a gun [00:50.76]Come and fire a charge at me [00:53.20]Ha things really began to happen then because [00:55.82]As he picked himself out of the dust an the dirt [01:01.38]Both eyes were the colour of slate [01:03.95]And he squinted a bit as he said to me [01:06.51]How did I go with him mate [01:09.13]Ha That was the way our mate used to be [01:17.57]Another time in the sunny state [01:19.32]With both of us was badly bent [01:22.26]With saddle bags empty and nothing to smoke [01:23.88]And between us we hadn't a cent [01:28.13]When we saw on a poster stuck on a wall [01:30.63]News of a rodeo [01:32.76]Well here's our chance he said to me [01:34.95]We'll be kings of the wild west show [01:40.95]But he drew the worse horse there was in the draw [01:43.38]Mean eyed and short in the neck [01:45.57]As he climbed up the chute he whispered to me [01:48.01]Find more similar lyrics on [01:49.01]Be ready to collar the cheque [01:51.51]Collar the cheque this is what really happened [01:53.26]As he picked himself out of the red Queensland dust [01:58.89]Just a few yards away from the gate [02:02.82]He looked up at me with a lop sided grin and said [02:05.51]How did I go with him mate [02:07.89]Ha That was our mate [02:13.01] [02:13.57]Now this mate of mine has gone to rest [02:16.20]The way he was destined to go [02:18.57]Wheeling the lead of the scrubbers that broke [02:20.82]From a camp on the overflow [02:22.71] [02:24.27]As I stood by his grave on that drear winters day [02:26.39]With the rest of the crew and the boss [02:29.02]I thought of his happy go lucky ways [02:30.52]And I knew just how great was our loss [02:34.33] [02:34.96]And I thought of him climbing those long golden stairs [02:38.14] [02:38.77]With St Peter in charge of the gate [02:41.33]And I'm certain I heard his voice at my side saying [02:44.08]How will I go with him mate [02:47.02]Not to good i reckon [02:49.19] [02:52.07]Well it's all over now and I'm settled down [02:54.69]Away from those rovin days [02:55.76]And the mates that I had well they've all drifted on [02:59.69]Like by gone yesterdays [03:01.32] [03:03.01]But I'll always remember that certain mate [03:05.26]And the way he could cheerfully state [03:07.76]Things are bad but they could be woroe [03:09.88]So we'll see how we go with it mate [03:12.44]Oh yeah we'll see how we go with it mate