Lyr Add: By a Fire of Gidgee Coal (Slim Dusty)

Subject: Lyr Add: BY A FIRE OF GIDGEE COAL (Slim Dusty)
From: MMario
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 09:05 PM

BY A FIRE OF GIDGEE COAL
(Stan Coster and Slim Dusty)

By a warm electric heater, in a softly padded chair,
In a lounge room brightly lighted by a glowing chandelier:
Since my early days of drovin' the years have taken toll,
But I somehow miss my swag-wrap by a fire of gidgee coal

When I wake from sleep each morning and I ring the bedside bell,
The maid brings in my breakfast and she fills my pipe as well;
There are cakes and sweetened coffee and a tray of sparkling gold,
But I miss black tea and damper by a fire of gidgee coal.

I am driven out each evening by a chauffeur spruce and neat,
Through the flowered parks and gardens and the crowded city streets;
But I drift back through the ages, while the big car softly rolls,
To a stock route and a wagonette and a fire of gidgee coal.

I attend all social parties in the rich parts of the town,
Dinking wine from fancy glasses as the waiters go their rounds;
But I'd rather share a bottle with those drovin' mates of old;
In a pair of dusty moleskins, by a fire of gidgee coal.

…in a pair of dusty moleskins, by a fire of gidgee coal.

from a gif sent by John in Brisbane. midi to alan and NWC file to DickG.

Subject: RE: Tune Add: BY A FIRE OF GIDGEE COAL
From: Alan of Australia
Date: 20 Nov 00 - 08:16 AM

G'day,
Thanks to John in Brisbane the tune for "By A Fire Of Gidgee Coal" can be found here at the Mudcat MIDI site.

Cheers,
Alan

Subject: RE: Tune Add: BY A FIRE OF GIDGEE COAL
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 12:24 AM

Thanks for the words and tune. We get far too little of Dusty and Coster in the States.