Ringer From The Top End - Slim Dusty
I'm a ringer from the top end
Where ya gotta know your job
And what you're doing each day
On two million acres you
Bet ya have to earn your pay
If ya wanna take it on
There's one thing that shouldn't be forgotten
Nobody else can do the job
Like a ringer from the top end
Out on the fence line swallowing dust
Blood on my hands from the barb
Hoping that rogue bull won't see the hole
Before they get him in the yard
But I get a funny feeling
In the middle of my back
Sure enough he's coming
Like a train down the track
That's when nobody else moves faster
Than the ringer from the top end
Reg now
Oie
I'm a ringer from the top end
Where ya gotta muster
Three thousand head in a day
Move em to the yards
And water them at end of day
It's not the sort of job you'd take
If you're looking for a soft one
But ya take a kinda pride in saying
I'm a ringer from the top end
Well I roll out my swag neath the boab tree
And then I'm out like a light
Dreaming about those girls in town
Next thing it's broad daylight
No time to dream of what might have been
I'm in a dirty bull catcher
With the mustering team
I better keep my mind on the job
Cause I'm a ringer from the top end
Hey
And nobody does the job better
Than a ringer from the top end
That's right
Oh yeah