Leave Him In The Longyard Song Lyrics and Chords by Slim Dusty
Leave Him In The Longyard
Recorded by Slim Dusty
Written by Kelly Dixon
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Yes he's looking kind of jaded
And his sight is not the best
And the hair around his
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muzzle's turning
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grey
He
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has seen a hundred musters
And I think it's only fair
That we leave him in the longyard here
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He was broken in the sixties
Maybe sixty three or four
Never faltered always
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seemed to be on
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hand
Never
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have I seen him beaten
By a bullock in the bush
And at a night watch he was pick of all the
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land
So leave him out there in the longyard
Do not rush him
Leave him out there with his mate the baldy
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Leave him there till after smoko
And we'll catch him
Pull his tail and turn him out
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Repeat #1
He's entitled to some kindness
In return for all he's been
Now he's failing and his
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step is getting
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slow
Let
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him squander his last summer
By the river with his mates
In the paddock where the sweetest grasses
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grow
So leave him out there in the longyard
Do not rush him
Leave him out there with his mate the baldy
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With his mates that he can graze
And he can laze with
Leave him there and we will turn him out
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Repeat last verse x2
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Leave him there and we will turn him out
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Leave Him In The Longyard?
- The song Leave Him In The Longyard was sang by Slim Dusty.
Who is Slim Dusty?
- Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick 13 June 1927 - 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and producing numerous recordings. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia, particularly of bush life and renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the "bush ballad", a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs.
Slim Dusty "released more than a hundred albums, selling more than seven million records and earning over 70 gold and platinum album certifications". He was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons' "A Pub with No Beer". He received an unequalled 45 Golden Guitar and an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and Australian Roll of Renown. At the time of his death, at the age of 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records. In 2007, his domestic record sales in Australia surpassed seven million. During his lifetime, Dusty was considered an Australian National Treasure. He performed "Waltzing Matilda", a very famous song in Australia, at the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
