Old Bush Mates Of Mine (1997 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty
There's a far off distant valley where the nulla moon
Shines bright
I can see it all so clearly for in dreams
I'm there tonight
I go wanderin' through my memories and my restless heart
Beats time
To dwell a while and sadly smile for these old
Bush mates of mine
I recall the summer evenin's away out on the farm
And the dances that we went to in a neighbours
Old slab barn
I can see the sawdust risin' as we pranced around
The room
The old violin and accordion pumpin' out an old bush
Tune
Happy days with schoolboy cobbers there was shorty ron and
Jim
We'd swim beneath the willows chasin' turtles down the stream
Oh the bushland was just a playground beneath the friendly
Sky
My thoughts still go to the land I know where
The big blue mountains rise
Saddlin' up for the springtime muster down at the old
Stock yards
When the brandin' fires were smokin' and the day was
Long and hard
I can still hear the old man swearin' get a
Move on you blokes don't crawl
The sun is high and the dust clouds fly as
We grab a steer and call
I'm so sad for dear old homeward I've been
Away so long
I hope the folks are listenin' and I hope they
Hear this song
For I'll soon be back out yonder and you can
Bet your boots I'll shine
And sing at night by the lantern light with those
Old bush mates of mine