《The Ballad Of Big Bill Smith (1992 - Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Ballad Of Big Bill Smith (1992 - Remaster) - Slim Dusty

[00:00:00] The ballad of big bill smith

[00:00:04] Big bill smith was rough and tough as a mining man could be

[00:00:10] And he said I'll blaze a trail right down those ranges to the sea'

[00:00:17] And big bill smith he did just that when he found the barron river

[00:00:23] Where the myall blacks and crocodiles would send your bones a shiver

[00:00:30] Then he said I've dug too long for gold I'll find it the easy way'

[00:00:36] And he built a pub there in the scrub where smithfield is today

[00:00:43] The thornborough miners dug their gold and the packers brought it down

[00:00:49] And they quenched their thirst in big bill's bar right there in big bill's town

[00:00:59] Well the traders came and built a town and they named it after bill

[00:01:05] Then the gamblers and the women came their pockets for to fill

[00:01:11] The gold came down and smithfield boomed and a roaring town it was

[00:01:17] And it's even said that big bill's horse with golden shoes were shod

[00:01:25] Big bill was king of smithfield town and palmer kate was queen

[00:01:31] And the only god they knew came down the range in a golden stream

[00:01:38] The wickedest town in australia was its dubious claim to fame

[00:01:44] And the things they did for a bag of gold

[00:01:48] Would put the devil himself to shame

[00:01:54] And the myall blacks looked on with awe as the white men died in fights

[00:02:00] For a bag of gold or the favours of a woman for the night

[00:02:06] And big bill met his death that way out in that muddy street

[00:02:13] He traded lead for a bag of gold and big bill smith was beat

[00:02:20] Oh they buried bill there in the scrub and they drank his hotel dry

[00:02:27] Was the grandest wake they'd ever had the day that big bill died

[00:02:33] Yes big bill died and his town

[00:02:34] Did too in the face of old man flood

[00:02:39] For the barron river it took the lot and buried it deep in mud

[00:02:49] Oh there's nought to see of the old town now for they never rebuilt it there

[00:02:55] But I'll bet the ghost of big bill smith is still around somewhere

[00:03:01] And if you see that sign on that northern road and you're thinking about this tale

[00:03:07] Well spare a thought for big bill smith and the men who blazed the trail