The Man Who Steadies The Lead (1992 - Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:The Man Who Steadies The Lead (1992 - Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:The Man Who Steadies The Lead] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Man Who Steadies The Lead (1992 - Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:08.92]He was born in the light of red oaths [00:11.38] [00:12.84]And nursed by the drought and the flood [00:15.20] [00:16.54]And swaddled in sweat lined saddlecloths and christened in spur drawn blood [00:22.57] [00:23.83]Oh he never was burdened with learnin' and many would think him a fool [00:29.71] [00:31.32]But he's mastered a method of turnin' that never was taught in a school [00:37.72] [00:38.91]His manners are rugged and vulgar but he's nuggets of gold in our need [00:44.78] [00:46.09]And a lightning flash in the mulga is the man who steadies the lead [00:52.34] [00:53.30]Now when the stockwhips are ringing behind him and the brumbies are racing abreast [00:59.41] [01:00.95]Oh it's 50 to 1 you will find him [01:03.55] [01:04.88]A furlong to two from the rest [01:07.11] [01:08.41]With the coils of his whip hanging idle [01:10.58] [01:12.41]His eyes on the mob at his side [01:14.46] [01:15.66]And the daintiest touch on the bridle for this is the man who can ride [01:22.09] [01:23.21]And the stallions that break from the mallee will find he has courage and speed [01:29.31] [01:30.63]For he rides the best horse in the valley this stockman who steadies the lead [01:36.16] [01:37.93]When they're fetching in stores to the station through tangles of broken belahs [01:43.62] [01:45.36]And the road is a rough calculation that's based on the blaze of a star [01:51.73] [01:52.79]When they're quickening through sand ridge and hollow and rowels are splattered with red [01:58.94] [02:00.40]And sometimes you've only to follow the sound of the hoof beats ahead [02:06.14] [02:07.61]Then we know that he's holding them northward [02:10.18] [02:11.29]Oh we trust in the man and his steed [02:13.70] [02:14.93]And we hear the old brown crashing fall of [02:17.65] [02:18.55]And his rider's wild yell to the lead [02:20.62] [02:24.46]But when from a bend in the river the cattle break camp in the night [02:29.92] [02:31.90]Oh then is the season if ever we value his services right [02:36.89] [02:39.23]For we know that if some should be tardy [02:41.67] [02:42.99]And some should be left in the race [02:44.98] [02:46.60]Yet the spurs will be red on coolgardie as someone swings out to his place [02:52.51] [02:53.90]And the mulga boughs hark to them breaking in front of the maddened stampede [03:00.00] [03:01.28]And a horse and rider are taking their time honoured place in the lead [03:07.30] [03:08.39]Now as an honest and impartial recorder I'd think have you all recollect [03:14.45] [03:15.99]There are other brave men on the border entitled to every respect [03:21.73] [03:23.41]There's the man who thinks buckin's a tame thing [03:26.29] [03:27.32]And he rides them with lighted cigars [03:29.14] [03:31.00]And the man who will drive any damn thing [03:33.23] [03:34.69]That's ever been hooked to the bars [03:36.89] [03:38.15]Oh their pluck and their powers are granted but all said and done we've agreed [03:44.04] [03:45.57]That the king of 'em all when he's wanted is the man [03:50.09]Who steadies the lead [03:51.32] [03:53.04]He was born in the light of red oaths [03:55.35] [03:56.61]And nursed by the drought and the flood [03:59.07] [04:00.36]And swaddled in sweat lined saddlecloths and christened in spur drawn blood [04:06.22] [04:07.66]Oh he never was burdened with learnin' and many would think him a fool