Slim Dusty - Mitchell Grass текст песни

They used to say Australia rode upon a jumbucks back
And there used to be not long ago Drovers on the track
The country was a bushland, wildlife everywhere
But what used to be is not anymore, not many left to care.

On Gunbar Station years ago but not so long it seems
It took all hands 3 days to muster just one paddock clean
Gun shearers from all over came to take a pen
And still the shed ran seven weeks until they moved on again

I saw country out there we wona€™t see again
Out there where now ita€™s dusty plains
Out where, bush breezes blew
Out where, the Mitchell grass once grew

Some time ago somewhere out west I saw the paddocks bare
But the stock routes in between had Mitchell fodder everywhere
But no sign of a beast or sheep none travelled there for years
The old ringer sittina€™ next to me was very close to tears

He remembered droughts of old by nature never caused by man
And how theya€™ve let the outback go hea€™d never understand

Lignum, gidgee coolabah so few and far between
Seems Australia failed yesteryear just to dream

They saw country out there we wona€™t see again
Out there where now ita€™s dusty plains
Out where, bush breezes blew
Out where, the Mitchell grass once grew

In days gone by drought time came wea€™d take our axe in hand
And wea€™d lop the scrub at shoulder height not decimate the land
Stock fodder from the tree tops grew back in just a year
But when we saw the chainsaw cut the timber disappeared

I saw country out there we wona€™t see again
Out there where now ita€™s dusty plains
Out where, bush breezes blew
Out where, the Mitchell grass once grew

I saw country out there we wona€™t see again
Out there where now ita€™s dusty plains
Out where, bush breezes blew
Out where, the Mitchell grass once grew

From the CD a€?Ramblin' Shoes 1980 a€“ 2000a€ June 2000
Barcoo Bill