The Man From Snowy River-Slim Dusty

[ti:The Man From Snowy River] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:No. 50 - The Golden Anniversary Album] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Man From Snowy River - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:05.65]There was movement at the station [00:07.76]For the word had passed around that [00:10.40]The colt from Old Regret had got away [00:13.43] [00:14.33]And had joined the wild bush horses [00:16.25]He was worth a thousand pounds [00:18.29] [00:18.91]So all the cracks had gathered to the fray [00:21.86] [00:22.95]All the tried and noted riders from [00:25.18]The stations near and far had mustered [00:28.01]At the homestead overnight [00:30.64] [00:31.55]For the bushmen love hard riding where [00:33.88]The wild bush horses are and the stock horse [00:36.94]Snuffs the battle with delight [00:38.94] [00:40.11]There was Harrison [00:41.38]Who made his pile when Pardon won the cup [00:44.09] [00:44.67]And the old man with his hair as white as snow [00:47.52] [00:48.97]But few could ride beside him when his blood was fairly up [00:52.52] [00:53.24]He would go wherever horse or man could go [00:56.15] [00:57.68]And Clancy of the Overflow came down to lend a hand [01:02.06]No better horseman ever held the reins [01:05.05] [01:06.29]For never horse could throw him while [01:08.39]The saddle-girths would stand and he [01:10.95]Learnt to ride while droving on the plains [01:13.60] [01:14.96]And one was there [01:16.04]A stripling on a small and weedy beast [01:18.54] [01:19.07]He was something like a racehorse undersized [01:22.08] [01:23.30]With a touch of Timor pony [01:25.27]Three parts thoroughbred at least [01:27.64]And such as are by mountain horsemen prized [01:30.63] [01:31.62]He was hard and tough and wiry [01:33.44]Just the sort that won't say die [01:36.13]There was courage in his quick impatient tread [01:39.13] [01:40.24]And he bore the badge of gameness [01:42.22]In his bright and fiery eye and [01:44.72]The proud and lofty carriage of his head [01:47.60] [01:48.75]But still so slight and weedy [01:50.79]One would doubt his power to stay [01:52.66] [01:53.17]And the old man said that horse will never do [01:55.83] [01:57.46]For a long and tiring gallop lad [01:59.58]You'd better stop away [02:01.03] [02:01.60]Those hills are far too rough for such as you [02:04.53] [02:05.65]So he waited sad and wistful [02:07.86]Only Clancy stood his friend [02:10.20]Oh I think we ought to let him come he said [02:13.19] [02:14.34]And I warrant he'll be with us [02:16.40]When he's wanted at the end [02:18.24] [02:18.80]For both his horse and he are mountain bred [02:21.65] [02:22.88]Oh he hails from Snowy River [02:25.12]Up by Kosciusko's side [02:26.84] [02:27.37]Where the hills