The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover Lyrics - Singles - Paul Kelly

Queenie was born on the banks 

Of the great Ord River, 1930, maybe 

Her mother was black, her daddy white 

Papa was a fine horse-breaker 

Mama sang the songs of the old lawmakers 

She used to hide young Queenie in the bush 

And rub black charcoal all over her hair and her face 

Every time the police came around 

Looking for any blond haired, brown skinned children 

To round 'em up and take 'em on down town 

Shine on, shine on, immortal one, aha 

Shine on, shine on, immortal one, aha 

Rover was born in the desert, he lived out there 'til his mother died 

Then he moved around a lot from place to place 

Bedford Downs, Bow River, Lissadell, Wyndham 

Building fences, working as a stock man 

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Then he had a series of dreams 

He started painting what he'd heard and he'd seen 

Rainbow serpent, Krill Krill, Cyclone Tracy, the killing fields 

Everything that lives and breathes 

Ride on, ride on, immortal one, aha 

Ride on, ride on, immortal one, aha 

Your story will always run 

When Rover and Queenie were young 

They met out on New Texas Down station 

She worked as a cook there for a long, long time 

She said, "Hey, Cowboy" later on she said 

"Nice boy, good worker, top rider, lucky one, that one" 

One day a mean horse ripped the scalp from his head 

She stitched him up with a boiled needle and thread 

Good as any doctor, they were friends ever after 

She said, "I want to paint," he said, "I'll teach ya" 

They died within months of each other 

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Ride on, ride on, immortal ones, aha 

Shine on, shine on, immortal ones 

Ride on, ride on, immortal ones, aha 

Shine on, shine on, immortal ones, aha 

Your story will always run, always run, will always run 

Forever run, forever run, forever run 

Forever young, forever young