歌曲名 Australian Bushmen (1996 Remaster)

歌手名 Slim Dusty

作曲：Stan Coster

I'm a plain Australian bushman

and I've drifted far and wide

I'm a jack of all trades in the bush

And I say that with pride

I'm only one of many

who are batt'ling in the scrub

Workin' for an honest wage

May be to splash in some old pub

We are ringers fencers shearers

We are drovers on the track

We are miners and road builders

Op'ning up the great outback

Hard drinkers and hard workers

and we give but never lend

And we wander

'cos we know our goal

Lies 'round the distant bend

Our wives are mostly stickers

so they sacrifice and save

In lonely isolation understanding true and brave

They rouse and scold and nurse us

When we're getting off the spree

And I wonder why such women stick to blokes

Like you and me

We are precious cooks and rousers thru

And brumby shooters too

Horse breakers

and truck drivers taking pride in all we do

Hard drinkers and hard fighters

and we give but never lend

And we wander

'cos we know our goal lies

'Round the distant bend

We take pride in our possessions

Which are mostly old and few

And we plan while we are workin'

How we'll start our life anew

But plans and cheques are slaughtered

When we hit the nearest pub

Then it's back out bush to work and plan

And rough it in the scrub

Oh we are ringers fencers shearers

We are drovers on the track

We are miners

and road builders op'ning up the great outback

Hard drinkers and hard workers

and we give but never lend

And we wander

'cos we know our goal

Lies 'round the distant bend

Yes we wander

'coswe know our goal

Lies 'round the distant bend