Slim Dusty - Three Rivers Hotel Lyrics
We curse at the things that go wrong through the day
And vow that we'll snatch it, go far away
But when day is done and we're soon feeling well
And laughter rings out from Three Rivers Hotel
Serving the booze and collecting the dough
What a stir they would cause if they ever should tell
All the secrets they've learned in Three Rivers Hotel
On the night after payday there's fun and romance
It's a night for the fam'lies to sing and to dance
You can let down your hair and come out of your shell
And do your own thing in Three Rivers Hotel
And if you listen to the bosses when the night's gettin' late
They'd be finished this line and this maint'nance as well
If they worked like they bragged in Three Rivers Hotel
And if you think you can drink we've got money to back
On stayers like Cass and old grader Jack
And they tell me old Coster gives everyone hell
When he gets on the booze in three Rivers Hotel
[Spoken:]
Yeah, he's a whopper
When this job is finished we'll pack up and go
To another construction still chasing big dough
But wherever I wander my memory will dwell
On those happy days in Three Rivers Hotel
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Slim Dusty Three Rivers Hotel Comments
takes me back to shearing days
Rest in Peace Slim
the better class of music
We are stuck in Greenvale at present because of the floods and the hotel is a short walk away. Great song, conjuring up memories of what it must have been like.
Yeeah he's a whooper haha
miss you HEAPS??
KING OF COUNTRY
REST IN PEACE
SLIM DUSTY
KING OF COUNTRY
IM STILL LISTINGS TO
THE KING OF COUNTRY
FROM ANTHONY DOOLER
CARNARVON
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6701 GREY PLANS
such a awesome love you slim
back in the day when i was a kid . my uncle in the hd holden , arm on the window sill . RIP uncle malcom .
I really liked the job that the band did with this song. To me the subsequent recording lacked the extra punch that the first had.
Great song penned by the great Stan Coster.... Sadly the line is now gone, but there is a modern version of the Three Rivers Hotel still operating there.... They have a tribute plaque to Slim and Stan out the front of the pub...
The line and tunnels are still there, there's talks of opening it up for tourism. You can still spot them on google maps.
played this at my grandfathers funeral, R.I.P
@MrLisamichelle My father was also at Green Vale were this song comes from. My father was on the final trim grader team. lived from camp 1 through to camp 6.. Stan was an operator as well on this job
To Garth , Pete , and all the blokes that worked the pipeline through to the Hawksbury river , .Great memories , by Christ we put some grog away . ray
Love Slim all the time, thanks for posting!
Takes me back to the days in the early 70s when I followed construction through the north. Never worked on the greenvale railway, was at the other end, Yabulu the treatment plant near townsville, loved slim then and love him now
@colindominy and guess who wrote the song (NO NOT SLIM)
Stan Coster
" .... and they tell me Old Coster gives everyone hell .. when he gets on the booze at Three Rivers Hotel .. YEAH, He's a WHOPPER !! Come on, Coster !! ". Uniquely Australian & uniquely Slim Dusty, that line; I can't think, even for a moment, of anything resembling that line being embodied in a country song, anywhere else in the world. So good !!
Great Slim dusty Track! God bless Slim.
RIP Mate and Thankyou!