《Peter Anderson & Co(Remaster 1996)》歌词

[00:00:00] Peter Anderson & Co (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty

[00:00:02] Written by：Slim Dusty/Henry Lawson

[00:00:16] He had offices in Sydney many years ago

[00:00:22] And his shingle bore the legend peter anderson and co

[00:00:29] But his real name was careless as the fellows understood

[00:00:34] And his relatives decided that he wasn't any good

[00:00:41] 'Twas their gentle tongues that blasted any character' he had

[00:00:46] He was fond of beer and leisure and the co was just as bad

[00:00:53] It was limited in number to a unit was the co

[00:00:58] 'Twas a bosom chum of Peter and his christian name was Joe

[00:01:05] Oh the office was their haven for they lived there when hard up

[00:01:10] A daily' for a table cloth a jam tin for a cup

[00:01:16] If the chance the landlord's bailiff happened round in times like these

[00:01:22] Just to seize the office fittings well there wasn't much to seize

[00:01:28] And when morning brought the bailiff there'd be nothing to be seen

[00:01:34] Save a piece of bevelled cedar where the tenant's plate had been

[00:01:40] And there'd be no sign of Peter and there'd be no sign of Joe

[00:01:46] But another portal boasted Peter anderson and co

[00:01:52] Peter always met you smiling always seemed to know you well

[00:01:58] Always gay and glad to see you always had a joke to tell

[00:02:04] He could laugh when all was gloomy he could grin when all was blue

[00:02:10] Sing a comic song and act it and appreciate one too

[00:02:16] Glorious drunk and happy till they heard the roosters crow

[00:02:21] And the landlady and neighbours made complaints about the co

[00:02:28] But that life it might be likened to a reckless drinking song

[00:02:33] But it couldn't last for ever and it never lasted long

[00:02:53] Debt collecting ruined peter people talked him round too oft

[00:02:58] For his heart was soft as butter and the co's was just as soft

[00:03:05] But of course it wasn't business only Peter's careless way

[00:03:10] And perhaps it pays in heaven but on earth it doesn't pay

[00:03:17] They got harder up than ever and to make it worse the co

[00:03:22] Went more often round the corner than was good for him to go

[00:03:29] I might live he said to peter but I haven't got the nerve

[00:03:34] I am going Peter going going no reserve

[00:03:42] Peter's fault is very common feeling fitting and bereft

[00:03:47] Paid the undertaker cash and then got drunk on what was left

[00:03:54] Then he shed some tears half maudlin on the grave where lay the co

[00:03:59] And he drifted to a township where the city failures go

[00:04:06] In a town of wrecks and failures they appreciated him

[00:04:11] Men who might have been who had been but who were not in the swim

[00:04:17] They would ask him who the co was that queer company he kept

[00:04:23] And he'd always answer vaguely he would say his partner slept

[00:04:29] That he had a sleeping partner' jesting while his spirit broke

[00:04:34] And they grinned above their glasses for they took it for a joke

[00:04:41] Till at last there came a morning when his smile was seen no more

[00:04:46] He was gone from out the office and his shingle from the door

[00:04:53] And a boundary rider jogging out across the neighb'ring run

[00:04:58] Was attracted by a something that was blazing in the sun

[00:05:05] And he found that it was peter lying peacefully at rest

[00:05:10] With a bottle close beside him and the shingle on his breast

[00:05:17] Yes he had offices in Sydney many years ago

[00:05:23] And his shingle bore the legend Peter anderson and co