King Of Kalgoorlie-Slim Dusty

[ti:King Of Kalgoorlie] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:The Anniversary Album No. 2/1943-1993] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.13]King Of Kalgoorlie - Slim Dusty [00:01.53]Written by：Slim Dusty/Tex Morton [00:02.87] [00:08.22]One night I was strollin' the time seemed to drag [00:11.47] [00:11.98]I paused for a drink from the bronze water bag [00:15.28] [00:15.80]That old Paddy Hannan holds out all the while [00:19.52]And I'll swear that he slipped me a wink and a smile [00:23.21] [00:24.75]Born on the breeze came the throb of the mines [00:28.20]And up in the city the mid nightly chimes [00:31.80]And the ghosts of the past and Paddy and I [00:35.15] [00:35.69]Delved in the realms of the days long gone by [00:39.28] [00:42.31]From all the world over adventurers came [00:45.75] [00:46.30]To gamble their lives on the Nullarbor plain [00:49.73] [00:50.92]They'd fight and they'd laugh they'd love and they'd live [00:54.55]And they'd die as they saw what the earth had to give [00:58.14] [01:07.38]For how many times has the story been told [01:10.87]On the fields they all knew there are two kinds of gold [01:14.67]There's the gold that men die for and struggle and strive [01:18.43]And the gold we call water that keeps men alive [01:21.84] [01:23.23]We can only imagine their perils and fears [01:26.52] [01:27.04]The hardships the heartaches their triumphs and tears [01:30.58]Dame fortune was fickle while many she spurned [01:34.29]She smiled upon others some never returned [01:37.98] [01:41.10]Today there are younger strong hands at the reins [01:44.74]But the gallant old prospector always remains [01:48.47] [01:49.73]He's there in the sunset the trees and the dust [01:53.31]His spirit is ours in his land our trust [01:56.96] [02:05.79]Oh he's there sure enough in the big school of mines [02:09.39]In the books in the children those brave little vines [02:13.05]For the soul does not die as it passes the years [02:16.92]And what braver men than the old pioneers [02:20.54] [02:21.99]So old Paddy Hannan sits there on his throne [02:24.95] [02:25.76]And dreams of the past and the days he had known [02:29.00] [02:29.60]The clothes that he wears are not much for style [02:32.69] [02:33.44]But who cares for that on the old golden mile [02:37.00] [02:39.72]Yes old Paddy Hannan in sunshine or rain [02:43.61]Dwells in the street which carries his name [02:47.30]His majesty watches out there all alone [02:50.47] [02:51.04]The King of Kalgoorlie on his street corner throne