The Answer To The Pub With No Beer-Slim Dusty

[ti:Answer To The Pub With No Beer] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Pubs, Trucks & Plains] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Answer To The Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty [00:02.27]Written by：Slim Dusty/Whittaker [00:03.52] [00:05.35]Where the hills roll away [00:06.97] [00:07.50]From a small country town [00:09.66] [00:10.31]There are hearts filled with sorrow [00:12.72]As the word spread around [00:14.63] [00:15.30]And the jackass won't laugh [00:17.48]Cause there's no jokes to hear [00:19.59] [00:20.15]So let me tell you [00:21.36]The reason for the pub with no beer [00:25.11] [00:29.15]Broken down on the track [00:30.68] [00:31.43]Cos he stripped out the gear [00:33.26] [00:33.91]There's the old grey blitz wagon [00:36.38]The one with the beer [00:38.29] [00:38.90]And the driver's near mad [00:40.86] [00:41.44]Standing scratching his ear [00:43.27] [00:43.92]He knows just what they're thinking [00:46.43]At the pub with no beer [00:48.30] [00:50.25]When the drover rides out [00:51.98] [00:52.56]And draws straight by the truck [00:54.51] [00:55.07]He joins in with the driver [00:57.01] [00:57.53]And curses their luck [00:59.51] [01:00.07]Where's billy the blacksmith [01:02.60]We could do with him here [01:04.35] [01:04.95]But Bill's moved on to grafton [01:06.90] [01:07.46]Where the brewery stands near [01:09.56] [01:13.50]So the drover rides back [01:15.87]With a brilliant idea [01:17.75] [01:18.43]He rides hard in the saddle [01:20.43] [01:20.96]Till the town's drawing near [01:22.86] [01:23.48]He dismounts in the lane [01:25.73]And the dog cringes near [01:28.31]And the swaggie's [01:29.58]Just leaving the pub with no beer [01:33.16] [01:34.78]There's exitement all round [01:37.04]As the drover tells where [01:39.05] [01:39.90]The old blitzen bus is [01:42.27]On the plain way out there [01:44.01] [01:44.73]Every man that can ride [01:46.90]Says the drover to all [01:49.00] [01:49.59]Saddle up let's get moving [01:51.43] [01:52.04]And bring back the haul [01:54.18] [01:58.44]When the boys rode back in [02:00.55]What a strange sight they made [02:02.61] [02:03.14]They charged into the pound [02:05.01]Like the old light brigade [02:07.61] [02:08.26]With tow ropes and tackle [02:10.20] [02:10.86]They all pulled as one [02:13.01]And the old blitz moved faster [02:15.60]Than she ever had done [02:17.45] [02:19.22]Soon the kegs were rolled in [02:21.44]One was placed on the bar [02:23.57] [02:24.45]It filled all the glasses [02:26.17] [02:26.77]Every jug and each jar [02:28.72] [02:29.23]Then the word passed around [02:31.41]And they all gave a cheer [02:34.02]And there was laughter once more [02:36.26]In the pub with no beer