The Ballad Of Big Bill Smith (1992 - Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:The Ballad Of Big Bill Smith (1992 - Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:The Man Who Steadies The Lead] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad Of Big Bill Smith (1992 - Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:00.53]The ballad of big bill smith [00:02.23] [00:04.95]Big bill smith was rough and tough as a mining man could be [00:08.83] [00:10.94]And he said I'll blaze a trail right down those ranges to the sea' [00:14.82] [00:17.39]And big bill smith he did just that when he found the barron river [00:20.96] [00:23.31]Where the myall blacks and crocodiles would send your bones a shiver [00:28.39] [00:30.71]Then he said I've dug too long for gold I'll find it the easy way' [00:34.47] [00:36.88]And he built a pub there in the scrub where smithfield is today [00:40.63] [00:43.15]The thornborough miners dug their gold and the packers brought it down [00:46.84] [00:49.03]And they quenched their thirst in big bill's bar right there in big bill's town [00:54.97] [00:59.62]Well the traders came and built a town and they named it after bill [01:03.33] [01:05.55]Then the gamblers and the women came their pockets for to fill [01:09.59] [01:11.93]The gold came down and smithfield boomed and a roaring town it was [01:16.06] [01:17.85]And it's even said that big bill's horse with golden shoes were shod [01:23.76] [01:25.86]Big bill was king of smithfield town and palmer kate was queen [01:29.55] [01:31.87]And the only god they knew came down the range in a golden stream [01:35.74] [01:38.15]The wickedest town in australia was its dubious claim to fame [01:41.84] [01:44.13]And the things they did for a bag of gold [01:46.93] [01:48.11]Would put the devil himself to shame [01:49.98] [01:54.52]And the myall blacks looked on with awe as the white men died in fights [01:58.43] [02:00.64]For a bag of gold or the favours of a woman for the night [02:04.86] [02:06.96]And big bill met his death that way out in that muddy street [02:10.27] [02:13.12]He traded lead for a bag of gold and big bill smith was beat [02:18.66] [02:20.83]Oh they buried bill there in the scrub and they drank his hotel dry [02:24.74] [02:27.10]Was the grandest wake they'd ever had the day that big bill died [02:30.85] [02:33.03]Yes big bill died and his town [02:34.92]Did too in the face of old man flood [02:37.44] [02:39.25]For the barron river it took the lot and buried it deep in mud [02:44.59] [02:49.51]Oh there's nought to see of the old town now for they never rebuilt it there [02:53.44] [02:55.62]But I'll bet the ghost of big bill smith is still around somewhere [02:59.89] [03:01.77]And if you see that sign on that northern road and you're thinking about this tale [03:06.08] [03:07.62]Well spare a thought for big bill smith and the men who blazed the trail