Intro
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You may talk of the ringer from Queensland,
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The big shearing gun from the west,
They are men who have proven their value,
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Whenever they're put to the test,
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But if you ever looked to the mountains,
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And the south where it snows and it rains,
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Have you thought of the men from the Snowy,
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And the cattlemen from the high plains.
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From the high plains away above Dargo
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In the alps where the snow daisy grows.
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Where the wild mountain herds are grazin'
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Beneath the shadow of mountains of snow,
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Where the cattlemen search every cranny,
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When they muster at each summer's end,
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In their rain batter hats and their oil skins,
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From the high plains, come real cattlemen,
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They're a part of Australia's history,
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Their heritage all be the same,
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If nobody cares what is happening,
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To the cattlemen from the high plains.
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After one fifty years they can take it,
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All the hardship the mountains can give,
They hand onto each generation,
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Their caring, their live and let live,
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All the steep mountain tracks and the gullies,
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Which one knows like the palm of his hand,
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There's no room here for too many new chums
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In the mountain cattleman's land.
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So I guess that you'll never believe me,
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When you hear what they're plannin' to do,
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Down in town, mate they're writin' the law now,
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That the man from the high plains must go,
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Take his herds from the mountains and ridges,
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Leave the land where his forefathers reigned,
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With the sweep of the pen they want to write out,
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The cattlemen from the high plains,
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They're a part of Australia's history,
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Their heritage all be the same,
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If nobody cares what is happening,
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To the cattlemen from the high plains.
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Just a bit more freedom goes with them,
The cattlemen from the high...
(Outro)
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...plains.