Slim is no doubt, the KING of Australian country music. He's an Australian icon

I'm 58 and can still recite this,among many other Aussie poems.Just something we learned in the 60s & 70s at school!!RIP Slim Dusty-legend!!

@goldenhawk952

2 жыл бұрын

Far out that would be cool to learn that. When I was at school they sang the second verse to the anthem but then I went to another school and they only done one anthem verse

@EarlJohn61

Жыл бұрын

@@goldenhawk952 I'm wondering if you know that there are at least 5 verses! [The 3 least mentioned are full of praise for England (aka Albion), Scotland (aka Scotia) & Ireland (aka Erin)]

What an incredible poem.....last week it was recited off by heart and to perfection at my Grandpa's funeral by his brother. My Grandpa loved to catch brumbies and once "borrowed" the neighbours racehorse to catch the brumbies....to which he lost and went on an adventure to find the horse, and so became the Man from Snowy River. RIP Papa.

@chieffirefigherplays

Жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss.

@tyrandolph5465

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a bold faced lie to me

This is a timeless Aussie poem and sung brilliantly by our greatest ever.

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Only Slim could do this and nail it.

This was one of my late father's favourite poems. He would have loved this.

this song gives me goose bumps, I close my eyes and see it happening, awesome

@brianreid5294

Жыл бұрын

Brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it .

@jem30six

11 ай бұрын

I watched this on the movie last night. The footage of him riding down the slope is amazing. I still don't know how they filmed that all these years later. Id be devastated if I found out it was CGI like Star Wars... back in the day.

Yank here. True Yank too. My great grandpa fought at Corinth and Vicksburg with the Illinois cavalry and spent time in Andersonville prison camp as a POW. I found Slim Dusty last year. Australia has a real treasure in his contribution to country music.

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@addamr2052

3 жыл бұрын

Very heart wrenching words but very heart warming to . Well chosen words .

@happytoday333

9 ай бұрын

Tell me what you think of The Biggest Disappointment in the Family by Slim. I love that song.

I know this song from the first bar to the last- its bloody awesome!! Slim will never be replaced....he is the very best

Ridiculous Yank here, tipping a hat to this gent. Wish I had discovered him sooner.

@bradshore4893

4 жыл бұрын

Mate I lived in the U S. 20 years ago introduced a lot of blockes to Slim.

Banjo Paterson and Slim Dusty - what a combination!!!

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the other way round in country music. I don’t think they should be compared. Is that an oxymoron? Both Legends! Cheers

I’m a hip hop head but honestly slims music makes me feel so home and Australian. He will never be replaced. He’s an icon

I listen to him when I was 5 years old and now im 51 and still listening he's the best I'm half Ozzie

You are greatly missed but your music lives on forever!

at the age of 14yrs old i was listening to slim dusty love his songs i am now 60yrs old and still love his music ,he is a legend

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

Never a truer statement! Cheers

@ababigail3725

2 жыл бұрын

same here except I'm 66- this man was one of a kind and still yet no one has come forward to fill his shoes !! a great bush poem sung wonderfully by this man

@carmelquor5233

Жыл бұрын

I was 3 when I heard his songs and now I'm 53

I love Slim dusty I come through to listen to his music as often as I can.

When you're 16 and up at 2am listening to classic Aussie Country- Slim, John Williamson and you just listen singing along, so proud of the these amazing men, yet sad that hardly anyone my age would even know who they are or listen to country music. Truly proud to know of these songs to pass to future generations.

@lukecourtney7047

7 жыл бұрын

@MichaelJohnson-nj6pc

7 жыл бұрын

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@DrJackJeckyl

7 жыл бұрын

props chick

@bunjameyers9553

7 жыл бұрын

Cass Hamilton that's the way mate keep the dream alive

@kurtrindermann7701

7 жыл бұрын

Cass Hamilton i couldnt agree more the youth theses days have no idea what there missing out on!!! 100% legand

Can honestly say that slim dusty was my first ever concert..I was 6, 1982,Blackwater...still smile about it.

i am a 13 year old and i love slim dusty been listening him since i was like 2 with my dad my mum hates his music cause she's heard it since she was young

I have been a fan of Slim for 65 years.

@K9_Mate

9 жыл бұрын

William McWHIRTER Me about a year now but he is gone :(.

@JamesRossiter57

9 жыл бұрын

William McWHIRTER It reminds me of when I lived in WA 1966 - 1980ish and our family friend was Clancy! A real Aussie stockman! RIP Clancy!

@williammcwhirter8391

8 жыл бұрын

Slim and Clancy would have been a good relationship.tis a pity we all have to grow old an die.

@douglasnakamura6753

6 жыл бұрын

A man of good taste.

@andrewskinner8560

5 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that he's a fair dinkum Aussie, a true gentleman, mentor, humble and just everyday sort of guy.

Traveling west from Timber Creek we found a nice peaceful creek spot to park our caravan for the nite .Shortly after setting we were interrupted by fleet of trucks & caravans also moved in. A guy in a large hat come up to introduce himself ,my son who was about 8 knew him immediately from my record covers.. That nite we all sat around a camp fire while Slim , Joy & band gave us a free concert .The highlight of the nite was my son Kym sang every word from The Man from Snowy River which stunned them . He traveled with them next day to Kununurra for their next show . Some time later when traveling in N.E in N.S.W on the radio we heard Slim had a show in Lismore , A quick detour was demanded from my son to see the show . When we arrived Kym walked straight to Slim ,Slim still remembered his name ,after all time . R.I.P Slim one great Aussie

@douglasnakamura6753

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, what a privilege!

@stewartgrainger7525

6 жыл бұрын

you were very lucky family to have them play for you.i have met him on three occasions at concerts now last one being in maree SA

@silentdragon1555

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky man.

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

This proves good things do happen! Cheers

@rufusdog9612

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is a family memory..lucky buggas. 🙂

God bless him .I'm a southerner, Alabama, USA. He is to me,An Australia Hank Williams. Some of his songs put smoke in my eyes.

My father could recite this word by word, I miss you dad

Rest in peace slim, your a true blue Aussie legend and you'll always be remembered...

The ''GREATEST RENDITION EVER'' by none better than Slim with great feel and respect of Banjo's magnificent Australiana poetry. Although Banjo and Slim may have passed they are always here in my home and for long after I'm gone....... I've instilled this in my kids.

@scratchers7916

8 жыл бұрын

+David Aitken Great stuff ,David! Banjo, Banjo, Banjo...and Slim, Slim Slim...two Aussie immortals, and so good that you are passing them on to your kids. I love it that "Clancy of the Overflow,' is interwoven into this. As a student, and then as a teacher, I loved, "Mulga Bill's Bicycle," ... "The grinning shop assistant said, "Excuse me, can you ride?"...and "The Man From Ironbark,"...."Murder, Bloody murder," cried the man from Ironbark!" There used to be books that had illustrations that matched the poems. All you had to do was sit the kids on the floor, read the poems and show the pictures. So good were the "yarns" that all these many years later, the kids would be spellbound.

@kevinbeinke4186

8 жыл бұрын

+David Aitken Beautiful. It always puts a lump in my throat. Truly Australian

@davidaitken4157

8 жыл бұрын

scratcher s Thanks mate for your reply, yes I am glad to have grown up with these [ born in 51 ]...and Slim was one of the greatest at conveying great stories in verse and song wether they be true or not.....None of us can live forever but shit I miss him and his live performances.....regards Dave

@davidaitken4157

8 жыл бұрын

Kevin Beinke Hello Kevin, I'm from the bush as a kid and have travelled the high country, now in my 60's as I sit back, close my eyes and still listen to this I can almost feel myself there in the real time. Imagine this in real time nowdays with Slim as the ''live tv reporter'' working from the station site up to the channel 7 chopper following chase and backdown......jeez the mind boggles

@kevinbeinke4186

8 жыл бұрын

+David Aitken You are 4 years ahead of me. I have been kicking myself for sometime because I was at Pt Broughton in the mid 1980's and Slim performed at Pt Pirie. I put off going and promised next time but it never happened. He was my favourite country singer.

This should be played in schools all around Australia

Being a 12 yr old This is just OEHEHEHEH SO AWESOME rip slim all respect 🧡

Love you Slim , you're a fair dinkum Aussie . One of a kind . Have so much admiration for you & Joy , True blue Aussies . Miss you mate xx

Love the poem and Slim's singing. Love Australia my motherland.

I miss him ... Australia needs him ..

@andrewskinner8560

6 жыл бұрын

Stuart Sheil too right mate. Slim Dusty is Mr Australia for a reason.

@b8rosebud

5 жыл бұрын

Stuart Sheil I am 11 I want to see him😭😭😭😭😭

@Animal_Mother

5 жыл бұрын

I turn 45 tomorrow, I'm a country boy who thinks he's spent too much time in the big smoke.

@jpvoxdawg

3 жыл бұрын

He has a museum in Kempsey

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

Pass it on!

Wow!! I just ran across this epic poem...sung with such beauty by Slim Dusty. You could feel the ground quiver and hear the pounding of the hooves as he sang this. Bravo Slim Dusty!!!

@ababigail3725

2 жыл бұрын

wonderful song

@ronaldcorrie1238

Ай бұрын

​@@ababigail3725vu by

From knee high in the old Commer van with mum at the wheel, used to sing the old 1957 Columbia Label: pub with no beer, winter winds, once when I was mustering and the answer to a pub with no beer, from a man who I never saw but who's music was rich and brought joy to a young boy singing on his way to school, long may the sound live.

@kdobbinhale

8 жыл бұрын

haaa ..love it mate.

R.I.P. true blue cobber. Makes me proud to be an aussie.

@bolge7777

2 жыл бұрын

100%

What a poet banjo was, what a story, I grew up listening to this, I know this song/poem pretty well 💙 ya slim

The moment you sit up all night remembering the men who built the great musical foundation of Australia. I grew up on it since I was a baby, father was a truck driver and always put slim dusty on when he came home. The lyrics of "trucks on the track" "married to my bulldog mack" and "waltzing matilda" are burned into my head. I only hope to learn these classics and teach any children in future about this great man. Hell even Waltzing matilda was played at my school assembly throughout my youth. Slim, wherever you are, you will never be forgotten. A true Australian through and through. Hopefully you and Clancy are having a good time. Maybe say hi to good old Ned.

Every Song Slim Dusty Sings makes Australian's Proud

I wish I had lived in those fairdinkum days

Even tho I'm 16 I listen to Slim Dusty's music.I'll always wish to meet Slim Dusty himself.

love music from Australia

A timeless tune by a great artist, who will keep Australia in the for-front of this basic music, An asset that cannot be forgotten, We will all miss you Slim..Thanks....

Hi slimdustymusic! I am 7 and my teachers favourite movie is "the man from snowy river" and she is going to the place where the movie took place and her tour guide is the man from snowy river the actor!

Went to a B-B-Q he was at when I was a kid. When I got introduced to him, I shook his hand and said "you're not Slim Dusty". He said "why not" and I said "because you're not wearing a hat". He went and put it on to prove to me it was him.

@stellabuckland7938

6 жыл бұрын

Kade King

@southaussiegarbo2054

6 жыл бұрын

Slim is a leg

@rogerhector8323

5 жыл бұрын

you would know by his nose and beer in hand

@rosscollingwood5189

5 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@williamlee6927

3 жыл бұрын

Learn some things every day! You need to wear a hat to be recognised

This is so good I'm a Aussie

Best Slim Dusty Song by a Country Mile. And it is a cover of a poem.

My father and mother were on holidays here in Australia in Darwin northern territory in a caravan park....next to them unbeknown to my dad as hes the biggest slim dusty fan there is was Slims wife Joy Mckeen in a huge mobile home on wheels on her own and her dog...well she asked dad would he know how to fix her aircon in her mobile home, he fixed it and they became close friends...dad gose to the slim dusty tribute every year in kempsey..Which was tonight in kempsey ...he just got home.!

A fantastic rendition good on ya Slim you will be sadly missed you are a true legend.

brilliantly done by Australias greatest in the music industry no one will ever be as good as Slim was

i'm scottish,that song makes me weep,,last words of the song..what are we fightin for...................terrible,i would love to come to your fantastic country

My brother was a sailor, and he came home in 1959 carried a single with Slim Dusty. And since Slim Dusty had a huge fan in Norway. .

@scottlang7271

8 жыл бұрын

+Gudmund Auland - That's great to hear, mate. Thank you for sharing that information :)

@kdobbinhale

8 жыл бұрын

here here.

@shanekonarson

5 жыл бұрын

Gudmund Auland that’s amazing ! Great stuff Tusen Takk Gudmund ,-)

And here I am this Australia Day, remembering how much I love this song.

Oh that did my soul good!

Proud to be an Aussie, here , there, anywhere :)

Thanks "SlimDustyMusic" i used to have this on record. Wish i still had it..........good to hear it again.

im glad and proud to be an aussie miss ya slim

@K9_Mate

9 жыл бұрын

xcking falcon Great Tunes.

@margatelad Sadly Slim died in 2003, But he's still singing (every time you listen to one of his songs)

This is a 10/10 ballad

smiles

miss you so bad slim......its NOT Oz without you.....luvya mate

I love this song great Australian singing it thanks Slim

I was bought up with this song and I still listen to it is one of the best song

Banjo, although I never met you, I'm honoured to be able to call you my great and so on grandfather.

Being a proud Australian myself i thanku for that lovely comment fellow aussies thanku as well..!!

Nobody has ever sung so many songs about our fantastic Australian country, the towns, the bush and the people.

Had not heard till now true aussie spirit miss it

There's a reason this song/poem is as iconic as it is.

Great poem, great song. Aussies know how to write a verse and sing a song, that's for sure.

Tip of the hat to you, sir. I'm sure Slim would be glad that his music is bringing joy around the world

yes definatley one of the better poems and coupled with a great singer makes it as good as it can ever be RIP Slim Dusty thanks for the songs.

i love this song even tho i am British do not hold that aghast me !!!!!!!!!!

Super Slim - what a legend!

Thanx a bunch, that's ever so great.

The greatest song-bard of Australia singing the greateat Australian poem that has yet existed.

Greetings from, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

I bought the Pub with no Beer as a 45 in the '50s. I have been barred from about a dozen pubs since 'cos if there is no decent beer I will sing it word for word (but no where as good). Group didn't turn up one night in a local pub so I played Slim from my phone and made many converts. As Cook found Oz I always think of Oz as the fifth section of Yorkshire. And therefore mates. Except for cricket!!!!!

R.I.P slim:(

How good was this man? Respect from SA.

Great interpretation of a very LONG song from Slim. I love it!

this song is amazing love it there is no better aussie song

A great story and told so well by Slim

r.i.p slim dusty mate! always in our hearts

Slim began the romance my mind endeavored to seek out the land of Aus. I loved his work, his strine and even his inside jokes...

This is one of Slim Dusty's best songs. Meeting Slim Dusty when he came to New Zealand was a privilege.

my.father.is.he's.biggest.idol.he.just.playes.he's.songs.over.and.over.dad.when.you.see.him.in.heaven.shake.he's.hand.and.a.big.hug.

@Chris_Cross

5 жыл бұрын

Just three full stops will suffice.

Its 2020 and this still gives me goosebumps.. Miss you Slim

Its hard not to read Banjo in the tune of this song.

I first heard Slim Duisty singing The Pub With No Beer whilst doing National Service at 17 Battalion RAOC Bicester back in 1958 and it's still great to be able to find him singing on this You Tube phenominon. Isn't technology wonderful !! So is Slim Dusty . Mary Anne Catford ; Where are you now ?

To Legend

rip slim

Rip slim

we will remember you slim

a legend. for all country people. any song any day

A realy good assie song

TOOTALEY LOVE THIS SONG !!!!

Slim is superb

Such a great song

i love this song and the move, the finial ride his great!!!!!

Now this is cowboy music!

@EarlJohn61

Жыл бұрын

Nope, no cows mentioned in the entire song... Boys!? Yes. Horses!? Yes. But not cows.

I have an original CD of this Album signed by Slim, a tresured part of my collection of Country Music.

love this song, and Slim was the best ever perfect diction

A.b.patterson the master poet