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Diamantina Drover

By:  Hugh McDonald(approve sites) 1982 [1]
Performed: Redgum, John Williamson
(as sung by John Williamson(approve sites) on Mallee Boy) [2](approve sites)

A few years ago I took a train ride up to Brisbane. On the train there was on old man of about eighty, he was a drover on the Diamantina River for about fifty years.

Capo 3
G D Em G D Em
G D Em
The faces in the photograph have faded
G D Em
And I can't believe he looks so much like me
Em Bm Am Em
For it's been ten years today, since I left for old Cork Station
Am C D Em
Saying "I won't be back till the drovings done"
 
C G D Em
For the rain never falls on the Dusty Diamantina
Em G C C D
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind
Em Bm Am Em
For the years have surely gone, like the drays from Old Cork Station
Am C D Em
And I won't be back till the drovings done
 
G D Em
Well it seems like the sun comes up each morning,
G D Em
Sets me up then takes it all away
Em Bm Am Em
For the dreaming by the light, of the campfire at night
Am C D Em
Ends with the burning by the day
 
 
G D Em
Sometimes I think I'll settle back in Sydney
G D Em
But it's been so long it's hard to change my mind
Em Bm Am Em
For the cattle trail goes on and on, and the fences roll forever
Am C D Em
And I won't be back till the drovings done
 
Am C D Em
No I won't be back till the drovings done

Created 2009 Aug 18 22:02

This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.

tahi Page last modified on 2023 Jun 30 20:16

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