Slim Dusty – Ringers Stomp (Guitar)

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Been out there in the scrub and workin' hard mate

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The musterin' camps have shutdown one more time

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And I'm perched up on this bar stool here in Darwin

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With big mobs of evil on my mind

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As the drinks go down the barmaids seem more friendly

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'Specially the cute one down the end

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She said I've never been down south of Alice

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And I'd like to go if I could find a friend

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So this long haired bowlegged crazy northern ringer

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Said I'm just the man for you dear baby girl.

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Let's catch that flyin' jet bird and head southward

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And we'll give ole Sydney town a rowdy whirl. Ah yeah, Jeffery.

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Oh but sydney town was larger than I dreamed of

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Like kangaroos, the big mob jumped about

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Fascinated by the crowds and one giant sail ship

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Till someone said, mate, that's the Opera House.

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And my crazy little barmaid, she went wand'rin

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And my ringer instincts told me, she had gone.

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So I roll my swag in a few days I was ready

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And this northern ringer boy, was headin' home

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Oh what a sight as we fly over Darwin

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With a wild up country yell, I'm gazin' down

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Oh I'll never stray, dear fanny bay, I love ya

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Its fencin' now, till the must'rin time comes round

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I've got myself a job to see me over

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And we're pullin' out at midnight that's for sure

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Let's have another round for the lovely barmaids

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But to hell with the one, I'll never see no more

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Can't wait to get myself back in the open

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Lie back at night and gaze at Heaven's door

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And when that cranky cook calls us at daybreak

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This northern ringer boy will be home sweet home

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           Ah home sweet home. Yeah.