Slim Dusty

Surnommé le père de la country en Australie, David Gordon "Slim Dusty" était un peu le Johnny Cash ou le George Jones australien, le patriarche, la référence. Et il pousse la coincidence loin en décédant ... 7 jours après l'homme en noir, le 19 septembre 2003, à l'âge de 76 ans.



SLIM DUSTY - Things I see Around me ( )



Cette chanson est un hymne à l'Australie :

I sing about the things I see around me
The beauty of Australia that surrounds me
I sing you songs about this sunburnt land
Specially for the ones who understand
I sing about the people that I know
And a song about the places where I go
When I sing about the beauty that astounds me
Oh I'm just singing 'bout the things I see around me.

I sing about a ringer they call Trumby
How a man from Snowy River wheeled the brumby
I sing of towns a thousand miles from here
And the poor old pub that ran right out of beer.
I sing about the folk who battle drought,
In that hard dry country further out;
When I sing about their courage that astounds me
Oh I'm just singing 'bout the things I see around me.

[Instrumental]

I sing about the old retired drover
And the transport men whose trucking days are over.
I sing about folk of the golden mile
And the people who are living anthill style
Oh, I sing about the hardships and the strife
The battling men must suffer in this life.
When I tell you all the stories that astound you,
I'm just singing 'bout the things I see around you.

I sing about the things I see around me
The beauty of Australia that surrounds me
I sing you songs about this sunburnt land.
Specially for the ones who understand.
I sing about the people that I know,
And a song about the places where i go,
When I sing about the beauty that astounds me,
Oh I'm just singing 'bout the things I see around me.

Oh I'm singing 'bout the things I see around me.