Bells In A Bushman's Ear - John Williamson

Don’t knock the old hillbillies

People love 'em out in the bush

A simple tune with words that you can hear

Y' don’t need complications where hearts are kind and true

Just words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear

Maybe you need to stroll down a little dirt track

Slow down and walk in time with a drover

Hear the wind play a tune on the cypress pine

Y' don’t need beer and y' don’t need wine

Just words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear

Like the hovering kite that whistles

Telephone wires that hum

Thunderstorms that rumble loud and clear

He smells the rain that’s coming

Hear the cockies screech and yell

Words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear

Maybe you need to stroll down a little dirt track

Slow down and walk in time with a drover

Rattle an enamel mug with a spoon

Talk to y' dog, or talk to the moon

With words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear

Yeah rattle an enamel mug with a spoon

Throw him a bone and make him swoon

Words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear

No don’t knock the old hillbillies

People love 'em out in the bush

A campfire is no place for rock n' roll

The proof is in the pudding, they don’t come and go

Images embedded in your soul

Maybe you need to stroll down a little dirt track

Slow down and walk in time with a drover

And when it rains y' run amuck

Dance on the back of a cattle truck

Yeah words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear

Peaches swimmin' inside a tin

Mutton chops that grease y' chin

Yeah words that ring like Bells In A Bushman’s Ear