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Thread #14311 Message #124086
Posted By: Chris in Darwin
14-Oct-99 - 11:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Sundry Aussie Culture
Subject: Lyr Add: ROAD TO GUNDAGAI
Diamantina Drover was written by Hugh McDonald of Redgum. I have the words if anyone is interested.
There is another version of "Road to Gundagai" that I heard years ago -
There's a car that lingers in my memory Of running boards and things that used to be. One day I'm returning to the smell of rubber burning Along the road to Gundagai.
CHORUS: There's an old-fashioned Ford made of rubber, tin and board Along the road to Gundagai. Its spark plugs are missing. Its cylinders are hissing Beneath the summer sky.
There is water in the petrol and sand all in the gears And she hasn't seen a garage for over forty years. That's the old-fashioned Ford made of rubber, tin and board Along the road to Gundagai.
When I find that car, I'll be a kid again. I'll have no thought of bruises or of pain. As I crank the handle, I couldn't blow a candle Along the road to Gundagai.