Slim Dusty – Old Man Drought (Guitar)

[Intro]
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Hard hit by drought in Queensland and all the neighbouring states

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I learned how bad things really were from a couple of ringer mates

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And every word they told me I'd like you all to hear

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The following stories told to me will give you some idea

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In the western town of Boulia conditions are so grim

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The frogs are rising ten-year-old and haven't learned to swim

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While waiting for the drought to break they're not content to lie

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But climb and jump from the nearest tree in the hopes they'll learn to fly

[Interlude]
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There's a place called Heartbreak Corner so dry there are no tears

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Lived a boundary rider and his son, a lad of sixteen years

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A raindrop smacked him on the brow he cleared out just because

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And we caught him up at the ten mile bore, he didn't know what it was

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And the further out the worse it gets it's well beyond a joke

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So dry in fact they're smoking pipes they can't lick down a smoke

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And sticky tape holds down the stamps on letters outward bound

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The drought is on and men can't sweat in a dehydrated town

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A city chap come to the bush to analyse the drought

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At Bourke he asked a squatter how his stock were hanging out

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Six years of drought, how were his stock, he'd drive this pest away

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They were both alright when I seen 'em last and that was yesterday

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Old man drought and searing heat it goes from bad to worse

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What a fool I'll look with this here song if the seasons in reverse

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But the time will come when hungry stock can only chew their cud

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It's a well-known fact out in the west they see more drought and flood