Stan Rogers – The Rawdon Hills (Guitar)

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Worn down shacks of labour past, on a hill of broken stone

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Once brought by men to the stamping mills to crush away the gold

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But before it could pass to their sons, the glory left the hole

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The Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold

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Grandsons of the mining men, scratch the fields among the trees

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When the gold played out, they were all turned out with

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granite dusted knees

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But at night around the stoves, sometimes the stories still unfold

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The Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold

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Grandsons of the mining men, you'll see it in your dreams

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Beneath your father's bones still lies the undiscovered seam

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Of Quartzite, in a serpentine vein that marks the greatest yield

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And along the Midland railway, it's still told

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How the Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold

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Eighty years has been and gone since there was color in the hole

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And the careworn shades of the hard-rock men surround the old Cope lode

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And through the tiny hillside farms, the miner's tales grow old

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The Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold

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The Rawdon Hills once were touched by gold