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Where's the Water Gone
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Australian Bush Ballad
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Australian Bush Poet and Balladeer
The particular style of music I enjoy playing is The Australian Bush Ballad pick and strum style championed by Slim Dusty and Stan Coster. The ballad style of lyrics shares the culture and the characters of my country. I am a member of the Australian Bush Balladeers. http://bushballadeers.com.au/bushpoet.htm I am also a bush Poet and a member of The Australian Bush Poets Association who define bush poetry as rhyming verse with regular metre and true rhyme about Australia, its people, places, things and way of life. http://www.abpa.org.au/
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Genre
Country • Traditional Country
Charts
Peak #536
Peak in subgenre #69
Author
Merv Webster
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Merv Webster
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April 04, 2008
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MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:14
Story behind the song
Australia has been facing drought for quite a few years now and water usage is becoming a major problem. I guess we have to have a rethink about it all.
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WHERE’S THE WATER GONE There’s a rather sad phenomenon that’s plaguing our great land And just like the wary gambler it’s about to play it’s hand. All the signs have been quite evident and ‘round now for a spell But we’ve fobbed them off, ignored them all, as far as I can tell. From the times of early childhood when my fam’ly drove around All the creeks were full of water and the bores were rather sound, Sure enough the droughts they came and went but mate, I have to say that our Nations running kind of dry, hard times are on the way. Hey I think we’ve done our dash old son ‘cause what is going on. All our dams and bores are getting low and where’s the water gone. We will have to make some changes and mate make them pretty fast, as the water’s disappearing and it sure as hell won’t last. Though we’ve held bad hands in years gone by we’ve always lived in hope, that the rains were some where in the deck and til then we would cope. But the evidence is ominous and looking rather bleak and we’d do well to consider all the havoc it could wreak. We need each and every one of us to play a vital role, as we’re playing for high stakes here and there’s need for self-control. All will have to change the lifestyles that they’ve been accustomed to And we’ll have to play our hands right and seek out an Ace or two. Hey I think we’ve done our dash old son ‘cause what is going on. All our dams are bores are getting low and where’s the water gone. We will have to make some changes and mate make them pretty fast, As the water’s disappearing and it sure as hell won’t last. © Bush Poet and Ballad Writer -Merv Webster
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