Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song A Prouder Man Than You, artist - Slim Dusty. Album song Henry Lawson and 'Banjo' Paterson, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 31.12.1995
Record label: EMI Recorded Music Australia
Song language: English
A Prouder Man Than You |
If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine, |
If you hint that higher breeding by a word or by a sign, |
If you’re proud because of fortune or the clever things you do -- |
Then I’ll play no second fiddle: I’m a prouder man than you! |
If you think that your profession has the more gentility, |
And that you are condescending to be seen along with me; |
If you notice that I’m shabby while your clothes are spruce and new -- |
You have only got to hint it: I’m a prouder man than you! |
If you have a swell companion when you see me on the street, |
And you think that I’m too common for your toney friend to meet, |
So that I, in passing closely, fail to come within your view -- |
Then be blind to me for ever: I’m a prouder man than you! |
If your character be blameless, if your outward past be clean, |
While 'tis known my antecedents are not what they should have been, |
Do not risk contamination, save your name whate’er you do -- |
'Birds o' feather fly together': I’m a prouder bird than you! |
If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine, |
If you hint that higher breeding by a word or by a sign, |
If you’re proud because of fortune or the clever things you do -- |
Then I’ll play no second fiddle: I’m a prouder man than you! |
If you think that your profession has the more gentility, |
And that you are condescending to be seen along with me; |
If you notice that I’m shabby while your clothes are spruce and new -- |
You have only got to hint it: I’m a prouder man than you! |