《How Will I Go With Him Mate? (1996 Digital Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] Now this is the tale of a mate I had

[00:00:10] Back in those other days

[00:00:13] Thin as wire and just as tough

[00:00:15] And woolly and wide and his ways

[00:00:19] When the going was rugged and really rough

[00:00:21] He would always cheerfully state

[00:00:24] Things are bad but they could be worse

[00:00:26] So we'll see how we go with it mate

[00:00:33] Now there was a time when we busted our cheques

[00:00:35] In a town on the long ago now

[00:00:38] When a big gun shearer got on the tear

[00:00:40] And started to kick up a row

[00:00:44] And he picked on the smallest one of our lot

[00:00:46] And slaughter was plain to see

[00:00:49] Till our mate said Listen you son of a gun

[00:00:51] Come and fire a charge at me

[00:00:54] Ha things really began to happen then because

[00:00:58] As he picked himself out of the dust an the dirt

[00:01:00] Both eyes were the colour of slate

[00:01:02] And he squinted a bit as he said to me

[00:01:05] How did I go with him mate

[00:01:08] Ha That was the way our mate used to be

[00:01:14] Another time in the sunny state

[00:01:16] With both of us was badly bent

[00:01:18] With saddle bags empty and nothing to smoke

[00:01:21] And between us we hadn't a cent

[00:01:25] When we saw on a poster stuck on a wall

[00:01:28] News of a rodeo

[00:01:30] Well here's our chance he said to me

[00:01:32] We'll be kings of the wild west show

[00:01:37] But he drew the worse horse there was in the draw

[00:01:39] Mean eyed and short in the neck

[00:01:42] As he climbed up the chute he whispered to me

[00:01:44] Be ready to collar the cheque

[00:01:47] Collar the cheque this is what really happened

[00:01:51] As he picked himself out of the red Queensland dust

[00:01:54] Just a few yards away from the gate

[00:01:57] He looked up at me with a lop sided grin and said

[00:01:59] How did I go with him mate

[00:02:03] Ha That was our mate

[00:02:06] Now this mate of mine has gone to rest

[00:02:09] The way he was destined to go

[00:02:12] Wheeling the lead of the scrubbers that broke

[00:02:14] From a camp on the overflow

[00:02:17] As I stood by his grave on that drear winters day

[00:02:20] With the rest of the crew and the boss

[00:02:23] I thought of his happy go lucky ways

[00:02:25] And I knew just how great was our loss

[00:02:29] And I thought of him climbing those long golden stairs

[00:02:31] With St Peter in charge of the gate

[00:02:34] And I'm certain I heard his voice at my side saying

[00:02:37] How will I go with him mate

[00:02:39] Not to good I reckon

[00:02:40] Well it's all over now and I'm settled down

[00:02:44] Away from those rovin' days

[00:02:47] And the mates that I had well they've all drifted on

[00:02:50] Like by gone yesterdays

[00:02:52] But I'll always remember that certain mate

[00:02:55] And the way he could cheerfully state

[00:02:58] Things are bad but they could be worse

[00:03:00] So we'll see how we go with it mate

[00:03:02] Oh yeah we'll see how we go with it mate