《The Man Who Steadies The Lead(1992 - Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Man Who Steadies The Lead (1992 - Remaster) - Slim Dusty

[00:00:08] He was born in the light of red oaths

[00:00:12] And nursed by the drought and the flood

[00:00:16] And swaddled in sweat lined saddlecloths and christened in spur drawn blood

[00:00:23] Oh he never was burdened with learnin' and many would think him a fool

[00:00:31] But he's mastered a method of turnin' that never was taught in a school

[00:00:38] His manners are rugged and vulgar but he's nuggets of gold in our need

[00:00:46] And a lightning flash in the mulga is the man who steadies the lead

[00:00:53] Now when the stockwhips are ringing behind him and the brumbies are racing abreast

[00:01:00] Oh it's 50 to 1 you will find him

[00:01:04] A furlong to two from the rest

[00:01:08] With the coils of his whip hanging idle

[00:01:12] His eyes on the mob at his side

[00:01:15] And the daintiest touch on the bridle for this is the man who can ride

[00:01:23] And the stallions that break from the mallee will find he has courage and speed

[00:01:30] For he rides the best horse in the valley this stockman who steadies the lead

[00:01:37] When they're fetching in stores to the station through tangles of broken belahs

[00:01:45] And the road is a rough calculation that's based on the blaze of a star

[00:01:52] When they're quickening through sand ridge and hollow and rowels are splattered with red

[00:02:00] And sometimes you've only to follow the sound of the hoof beats ahead

[00:02:07] Then we know that he's holding them northward

[00:02:11] Oh we trust in the man and his steed

[00:02:14] And we hear the old brown crashing fall of

[00:02:18] And his rider's wild yell to the lead

[00:02:24] But when from a bend in the river the cattle break camp in the night

[00:02:31] Oh then is the season if ever we value his services right

[00:02:39] For we know that if some should be tardy

[00:02:42] And some should be left in the race

[00:02:46] Yet the spurs will be red on coolgardie as someone swings out to his place

[00:02:53] And the mulga boughs hark to them breaking in front of the maddened stampede

[00:03:01] And a horse and rider are taking their time honoured place in the lead

[00:03:08] Now as an honest and impartial recorder I'd think have you all recollect

[00:03:15] There are other brave men on the border entitled to every respect

[00:03:23] There's the man who thinks buckin's a tame thing

[00:03:27] And he rides them with lighted cigars

[00:03:31] And the man who will drive any damn thing

[00:03:34] That's ever been hooked to the bars

[00:03:38] Oh their pluck and their powers are granted but all said and done we've agreed

[00:03:45] That the king of 'em all when he's wanted is the man

[00:03:50] Who steadies the lead

[00:03:53] He was born in the light of red oaths

[00:03:56] And nursed by the drought and the flood

[00:04:00] And swaddled in sweat lined saddlecloths and christened in spur drawn blood

[00:04:07] Oh he never was burdened with learnin' and many would think him a fool