Dinkum Bushman's Hands - Slim Dusty
The fingers are cracked and twisted
The nails are black an' torn
The backs are sunburnt to leather
The palms are calloused and worn
They're bent to the shape of an old horse shoe
They're rope burned scarred and tanned
But there's true strength in the hand shake
Of a dinkum bushman's hands
You'll see them curled 'round a glass
Or swingin' in the midst of a fight
Or frozen blue on the night watch
On a long cold winter's night
But don't think they are unfeeling
They're not only rough and hard
Oh just watch the gentle way they work
Handling a colt in the yard
They'll grip like a blue heeler's jaws
Impossible almost to shake free
But I've seen them pick up a tiger snake
And crack it against a tree
And they can hang on through the hard times
To life in the back barren land
Oh but money has a way of slippin' through
A dinkum bushman's hands
The fingers are cracked and twisted
The nails are black an' torn
The backs are sunburnt to leather
The palms are calloused and worn
They're bent to the shape of an old horse shoe
They're rope burned scarred and tanned
But there's true strength in the hand shake
Of a dinkum bushman's hands
Have you noticed the hands of a desk man
They're more like a woman's to me
Sheltered from wind and the blazing sun
In an office down by the sea
I don't think they'll leave a big imprint
In the shapin' of this old land
I Like to think that more will be done
By our dinkum bushman's hands
The fingers are cracked and twisted
The nails are black an' torn
The backs are sunburnt to leather
The palms are calloused and worn
They're bent to the shape of an old horse shoe
They're rope burned scarred and tanned
But there's true strength in the hand shake
Of a dinkum bushman's hands
Dinkum bushman's hands
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