WE WERE GAMBLERS

We were gamblers, we were fools chasing a star in the night;
droving gamblers, droving fools was the star just a trick of the light?

But we took the chance as gamblers must that this new star was a sign
that would lead us to the Bushman who was foretold in another time.

Were we dreamers, was it wise chasing a light in the sky?
Was there madness in our eyes?
Well you never really know until you try.

So we took the chance ...

And we left our mates by the campfire and we rolled our swags as they laughed: ‘Bet you never make it alive!’ they said. ‘Bet you ten beers we do!’ we replied.

[Instrumental verse; repeat bridge]

How could we have known that the star would lead to a boy born in a country pub,
a boy as poor as any unknown child
lost in the mallee scrub.

30.9.24
 

Back from a Break 

During September, Dorothy and I travelled
to Norway and the UK.

After long flights
- Adelaide to Melbourne,
Melb to Dubai (14 hrs),
Dubai to Oslo (7 hrs) -
we did Norway in a nutshell
from Oslo to Bergen, then
the Hurtigruten Cruise 
up the west coast of Norway
and back again.
Then an 8 day Trafalgar tour
and 4 days in London,
before taking the direct flight
(16 3/4 hrs)
from Heathrow to Perth.
We're a bit tired (!) but we'll still be a part
of the LWA convention and the 
General Convention .

See some of you there.