Moore, Christy - The Diamantina Drover Lyrics
The faces in the photographs are fading
I can't believe he looks so much like me
For it's been ten long years today since I left for old Cork Station
And I won't be back till the drove is done
The drover finds it hard to change his mind
For the years have surely gone like the drays from old Cork Station
And I won't be back till the drove is done
It seems like the sun comes up each morning
Sets me up then takes it all away
Dreaming by the light of the campfire at night
Ends with the early light of the day
I sometimes think I'll settle back in Sydney
For the cattle trail rolls on and on, the fences last forever
And I won't be back when the drove is done
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Moore, Christy The Diamantina Drover Comments
Beautiful song about a river in Australia called the DIAMANTINA
A great Hugh McDonald song, recorded by Redgum, the band McDonald was part of. They did some great other songs too, like "I was Only 19" which was about young Australians conscripted to fight in Vietnam.
SHITE, ye fucked a great Aussie song ye GOBSHITE
It's the Diamantina ffs. Please spell it right.
Love this shit !!
The original record cost Christy the guts of a quarter of million pounds in legal costs and damages - a huge amount of money in 1985. He wrote and sang a song about the Stardust Nightclub fire in Dublin in 1981 and had the audacity to mention that the fire exits were chained shut - costing 51 youngsters their lives. The courts upheld the nighclub owner's complaint. What a bent legal system we have in Ireland? This is a beautiful song about beautiful Oz though - thanks for posting.
that river is in outback Queensland actually mate ! it rarely rains. The Irish are not as lucky as legend would have people believe. Australia's hard and oppressive colonial history is all the proof you could ever need of that. Te irish were treaed as always,...abysmally by their English masters in Australia. Us natives with Irish ancestry feel that more keenly than people in the rest of he world realise...will ever realise it sees now ! Christi Moore is a real man, amongst ANY real men.
He has such a lovely soft voice, an incredible song, love it !
Christy Moore is one of my favourite Irish singers, so very talented !
This is a great song. We have loved Christy Moore since seeing him live in Grimsby. They don't come much better. Hear the reference in an intro to Ordinary Man.
Hugh McDonald wrote this song and I love Redgum's version but I'm also an Irish Music fan and Christy Moore is one of my favorites.
Interesting to see how many Australian folk songs are being covered by overseas artists.Good on ya mate
I wont say that "REDGUM" is the original writer or singer of this song but all please listen.....Christy luv you mate greatest song ever connected to my passion and heart "Ordinary Man" Stand up for what you believe and have a happy life all...Cheers