Lyrics Charley Gray's Barn Dance - Slim Dusty, His Bushlanders

Charley Gray's Barn Dance

Now we always went to dances down at dear old Charley Grays
Everyone was singin, everyone was gay
Now the place has come alive
Everybody’s learned to jive, way down
Way down that way
And now fiddler Joe has tossed away his rosin and his bow
Blowin' on a saxophone, you ought to hear him go
Everybody starts to move when Joseph gets into the groove and they
Oh they really go, Yeah Man
Now we play our country music like it’s never been played before
Kept up Swanee River and ol' Dan Murphy’s door
The ol' folk say for goodness sake
For the country kids can really shake and they, all yell for more
Now I can play in country music both the bitter and the sweet
Telling of the places and the people that you meet
Everything was goin' stale until one day we hit the nail and played
That boogie beat Here we go now
Now when Saturday comes round and we’re all ready for a ball
Everybody gathers, answering the call
Music flowin' thru' the trees, guitars rockin' 'round our knees, way down
At the old dance hall
'Cause we play our country music like it’s never been played before
Kept up Swanee River and ol' Dan Murphy’s door
The old folk say for goodness sake
For the country kids can really shake and they, all yell for more