Rough Riders - Slim Dusty

You can sing your songs of Spinifex and a horse called Ginger Meggs

An outlaw such as Curio, the meanest on four legs

But when the flags are flyin' at a big time rodeo

It’s the boys who ride the circuit that really make the show

He’s a knight in leather armor, and he sits on a leather throne

He’s a bushman and a battler, and a breed all of his own

So when the gates fly open and he flies out of the chute

You can dip your hats and raise your voice he’s worthy of salute

Yodels

They’re dynamite in high heeled boots, they’re men who’ve learned their trade

In the toughest school of the big outback, the school where men are made

Roughriders and their ropemen and they bulldog for a thrill

They take their chance and bite the dust and never mind the spill

He’s a knight in leather armor, and he sits on a leather throne

He’s a bushman and a battler, and a breed all of his own

So when the gates fly open and he breaks out of the chute

You can dip your hats and raise your voice he’s worthy of salute

Yodels