Songtekst en Videoclip van Slim Dusty - Beat of the Government Stroke

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I never was much at singin,
And I ain't a musical bloke
But I play a mad pick and the Banjo,
To the beat of the government stroke.

To the beat of the government stroke,
I play my form called the tune,
And the rattle of gravel on the banjo blade
Is all I hear till noon

My head's down low, my tail bone high,
Sweat runnin’ down my brow,
And a big yellow sign sayin' "Men at work"
I show all the people how.

A council man he can swing a pick,
Or a shovel the whole day long,
Diggin' up drains, ditches for,
A pittance an' a song,

And what does the local yokel say, hey!
Look at the council man,
He never would work in an iron lung,
Or dirty his little hands.

"Have-a-go ya sulky bloody mug" I say,
But he give me the old thumbs up,
And then tears off like a greasy mug,
To find him another pub.

I'm fed to the teeth, as there I stand
In a typical council pose
Leaning upon my ole banjo
With the sweat running down my nose

[Instrumental]

Oh, I worked all day for an honest quid,
And this is the thanks I get,
"What'll I do, What are my rights?"
I ask of the union rep.

So there we are, with a hole in the road,
Traffic is piling up,
But the Billie boy, he was doin' his bit,
And calling us for a cup

So the ten of us and the foreman too
And the man on the “stop and go”,
Downed our tools and we were joined
By the bloke on the big back hoe.

And while the little old lady was a tooting her horn
And the Truckie was a-jumpin' 'round,
We nibbled our bickies and we sipped our tea,
And we never even heard a sound

Oh Sittin' at ease neath the bird that might fly
Watchin' the world go by,
My mind went back to an earlier day,
When I never would'a thought that I,

Could play the mad mick and the banjo,
To the beat of the government stroke,
But like I said, I never could sing,
And I ain't a musical bloke

Oh,I never was much at singin'
And I ain't a musical bloke,
But I play the mad mick and the banjo,
To the beat of the government, the beat of the government,
The beat of the government stroke,

[From his album: "No.50 The Golden Anniversary Album"
Transcribed: Marten Busstra 2009]

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