Dry Weather Wind - Slim Dusty, Shorty Ranger

Over the hills and the valleys,

Over the mountains and plains

The grass is brown and withered,

Everything is crying out for rain

The sunrise is like a big fireball,

And sets in the west just the same

Dry weather wind you keep a blowin',

dry weather wind why don’t you change?

Oh oh oh dry weather wind you keep a blowin',

Dry weather wind you bring me pain

We don’t need you but you’re hangin' around,

When we so badly need the rain

There’s a big cloud of smoke over yonder

And the haze is thick on hill and plain

Dark man called you willy willy,

But I just called you old dry weather wind

The stockman with keen eye is watching,

The storm clouds that might bring up some rain

He knows that his stock will soon be dying,

The waterhole is just a boggy drain

He knows that his hopes are gettin' slimmer;

It seems that he can never win

You’re sure to fan up a bushfire,

why don’t you change old dry weather wind

Oh oh oh dry weather wind you keep a blowin',

Dry weather wind you bring me pain

We don’t need you but you’re hangin' around,

When we so badly need the rain

There’s a big cloud of smoke over yonder

And the haze is thick on hill and plain

Dark man called you willy willy,

But I just called you old dry weather wind

Yes I just called you old dry weather wind