Slim Dusty was Australia's premier Country singer. He expressed the spirit and heart of Australia.
A cocky who is like the bird and settles on the land.

Here's to Slim

Slim Dusty was our prime balladeer,
He drew crowds to listen from both far and near,
The heart of Australia was found in his songs,
And to all Australians his ballads belong.

He sang of this country's joys and fears,
Songs about droughts songs about beers,
The cockies struggles, The truckies game,
Around the bush, his songs were famed.

True storie told of Ozzie life,
The battling farmer and the farmer's wife
'Telling the stories of life on the land,
Expressing our spirit of the true Aussie man.

Vale dear Slim your a part of us gone,
And for the rest of us life will gone on,
You touched every life in your own unique way,
Making our lives richer with tunes sung and played.

John W 20/9/03