Slim Dusty - Catchin Yellow Belly (in the Old Barcoo) lyrics

rate me

In my little old tin humpy, on a half acre of ground

Beside the Barcoo river, about a mile or so from town

And at dawn I boil the billy and I tell yer what I do

I go catchin yellow belly in the muddy old Barcoo

Now I draw the old age pension and I grow a bit of stuff

I never have much money, but I always have enough

And Ive had all kinds of pleasure in my younger days thats true

Now its catchin yellow belly in the muddy old Barcoo

Oh I have a handy sheepdog so were never short of meat

A .22 for wood ducks if I want a special treat

And I meet my mates on pension day and sick a beer or two

Then its catchin yellow belly in the muddy old Barcoo

Now this mad old world is headed for disaster this I feel

Like a car out on the highway with a madman at the wheel

But theres no way I can change it, and neither friend can you

So Ill go on catchin yellow belly in the muddy old Barcoo

In my little old tin humpy, on a half acre of ground

Beside the Barcoo river, about a mile or so from town

And at dawn I boil the billy and I tell yer what I do

I go catchin yellow belly in the muddy old Barcoo

What a Life!

[From the CD Live Across Australia Feb 1998

Barcoo Bill]