Cattle and Cane
Lyrics
I recall a schoolboy coming home
through fields of cane
to a house of tin and timber
and in the sky
a rain of falling cinders
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rm508 wrote:
Oh yes. This is where the good times lie.
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victorg wrote:
i love this song. and a hypnotic acoustic guitar ...
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I love it.
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HendrixFan42 wrote:
great fucking tune
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Magic_Alex wrote:
Probably his best song... Grant, we miss you...
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cruaux wrote:
I can't deny this is one of the best songs about Australia ever written. It very accurately captures the mood of the early '70s in Queensland when the sugar cane was burnt before harvest. Another song that really captures Australia for me, albeit coming from a more urban/suburban environment, is GANGajang's Sounds of Then. To lie in sweat, of familiar sheets indeed...
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bobearth wrote:
Undoubtedly the best Australian song ever written. Try deny it, you know you can't.
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Nobodylikesyou wrote:
One of the best songs ever.
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