Lyrics The Brass Well - Slim Dusty

The Brass Well - Slim Dusty
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Brass Well, artist - Slim Dusty.
Date of issue: 10.06.2021
Song language: English

The Brass Well

'Tis a legend of the bushmen from the days of Cunningham,
When he opened up the country and the early squatters came.
«Tis the old tale of a fortune missed by men who did not seek,
And, perhaps, you haven’t heard it, The Brass Well on Myall Creek.
They were north of running rivers, they were south of Queensland rains,
And a blazing drought was scorching every grass-blade from the plains;
So the stockmen drove the cattle to the range where there was grass,
And a couple sunk a well and found what they believed was brass.
«Here's some bloomin' brass!»
they muttered when they found it in the clay,
And they thought no more about it and in time they went away;
But they heard of gold, and saw it, somewhere down by Inverell,
And they felt and weighed it, crying: «Hell!
we found it in the well!»
And they worked about the station and at times they took the track,
Always meaning to save money, always meaning to go back,
Always meanin, like the bushmen, who go drifting round like wrecks,
And they’d get half way to Myall, strike a pub and blow their cheques.
Then they told two more about it and those other two grew old,
And they never found the brass well and they never found the gold.
For the scrub grows dense and quickly and, though many went to seek,
No one ever struck the lost track to the Well on Myall Creek.
And the story is forgotten and I’m sitting here, alas!
With a woeful load of trouble and a woeful lack of brass;
But I dream at times that I might find what many went to seek,
That my luck might lead my footsteps to the Well on Myall Creek.
'Tis a legend of the bushmen from the days of Cunningham,
When he opened up the country and the early squatters came.
'Tis the old tale of a fortune missed by men who did not seek,
And, perhaps, you haven’t heard it, The Brass Well on Myall Creek.
And, perhaps, you haven’t heard it, The Brass Well on Myall Creek.

Share lyrics:

Write what you think about the lyrics!

Other songs of the artist:

NameYear
Waltzing Matilda 2021
Whiskey Blues 1991
Down The Track 1991
Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister 1991
After All 1992
I'Ve Been, Seen And Done That 1992
Shanty On The Rise 1992
Charleville 1992
Georgina's Son 1992
Bunda Waterhole 2021
Ringer From The Top End 1992
Down At The Woolshed 1992
Old Bush Mates Of Mine 1991
In My Hour Of Darkness 1991
A Letter From Arrabury 1991
42 Tyres 2008
From Here To There And Back 1983
Trucks Tarps And Trailers 2006
Fill 'Er Up 1983
Home Cookin' 1983

Artist lyrics: Slim Dusty