Charley Gray's Barn Dance - Slim Dusty, His Bushlanders

Now we always went to dances down at dear old Charley Grays

Everyone was singin, everyone was gay

Now the place has come alive

Everybody’s learned to jive, way down

Way down that way

And now fiddler Joe has tossed away his rosin and his bow

Blowin' on a saxophone, you ought to hear him go

Everybody starts to move when Joseph gets into the groove and they

Oh they really go, Yeah Man

Now we play our country music like it’s never been played before

Kept up Swanee River and ol' Dan Murphy’s door

The ol' folk say for goodness sake

For the country kids can really shake and they, all yell for more

Now I can play in country music both the bitter and the sweet

Telling of the places and the people that you meet

Everything was goin' stale until one day we hit the nail and played

That boogie beat Here we go now

Now when Saturday comes round and we’re all ready for a ball

Everybody gathers, answering the call

Music flowin' thru' the trees, guitars rockin' 'round our knees, way down

At the old dance hall

'Cause we play our country music like it’s never been played before

Kept up Swanee River and ol' Dan Murphy’s door

The old folk say for goodness sake

For the country kids can really shake and they, all yell for more