Slim Dusty - Claypan Boogie lyrics

rate me

Well I was drovin cattle on the plains way out

Right in the middle of a blazin drought

I camped one night neath the moon and the stars

But I awoke to the rhythm of a beat guitar

Twas the claypan boogie I couldnt believe my eyes

Claypan boogie under the desert skies

Well in the big claypan neath the light of the stars

Saw the Wallaroo shakin with a beat guitar

And rockin in the circle with a little blue doe

Was a red buck roo shoutin go man go

The claypan boogie I couldnt believe my eyes

Claypan boogie under the desert skies oh yeah

Well I rubbed my eyes and I looked again

Just to make sure that I was seein plain

There was no mistake about the guitar man

Why he was pickin out a rhythm on the big claypan

The claypan boogie I couldnt believe my eyes

Claypan boogie under the desert skies

Well the other drovers climbed out of their swags

All started rockin including their nags

I hear a low beat from the cattle camp

Why the whole mob of cattle were beginning to stamp

The claypan boogie I couldnt believe my eyes

Claypan boogie under the desert skies

Well Im an old cattle drover and a desert lair

I dig hot rhythm and I aint no square

Rhythm is a word you dont understand

Until youve heard it comin from the big claypan

The claypan boogie I couldnt believe my eyes

Claypan boogie under the desert skies

Lets go !!

[From the LP Songs of Australia March, 1964

Barcoo Bill]