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Thread #97418 Message #1924518
Posted By: GUEST,Cockie Bell by Val Hastings
02-Jan-07 - 12:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cockie Bell / Cocky Bell (Val Hastings)
Subject: Lyr Add: COCKIE BELL (Val Hastings)
Well this is what I have come up with -a bit of tampering on some of the verses but seems to work ok will now work out chords and send thru when ready I know the tune clearly just need to learn how to put it to abc
This song was sung in memory of those farmers out on the WA wheatfields who in days gone by, used their tractor with a rope slung over to fell trees but often the tractor would flip and they would be trapped underneath -often stuck out in the isolated paddock maybe for days and if they were lucky somebody found them.........
Cockie Bell by Val Hastings Perth WA (the Caller and front woman for the Mucky Duck Bush Band.) '1976 ish' originally sung by Syd De Burg WA
Cockie Bell you were a tough man one of our pioneers You were a wheat belt cocky for only 40 years You were A cockie thru and thru But it was the death of you Cockie Bell
You ploughed the land and you fenced it in The seasons treat you well You set about clearing the trees off the land And all was going well
Cockie Bell you were a tough man one of our pioneers You were a wheat belt cocky for only 40 years You were A cockie thru and thru But it was the death of you Cockie Bell
You set your tractor to fell a tree but something went real wrong in an instant you were pinned underneath you couldn't move at all
Cockie Bell you were a tough man one of our pioneers You were a wheat belt cocky for only 40 years You were A cockie thru and thru But it was the death of you Cockie Bell
For 3 long days and weary nights you lay out on the ground But you faithful team of horses never moved on made a sound
Cockie Bell you were a tough man one of our pioneers You were a wheat belt cocky for only 40 years You were A cockie thru and thru But it was the death of you Cockie Bell
And when they finally found you –you couldn't even cry 'cause the blasted ants had eaten you theyd eaten out your eyes
Cockie Bell you were a tough man one of our pioneers You were a wheat belt cocky for only 40 years You were A cockie thru and thru But it was the death of you Cockie Bell, Cockie Bell