Music By Supporters
" Down The Track" © by Phil Magiure mp3 (3MB)
" Cattlemen" © by Kathryn Seckold wma (2MB)
"Take me up Where" © by Michael Watson wma ( 5.3MB)
Poems penned by Joy McAuley
Cattlemen's call
The debate over grazing may have seen all cattle banned
But the legend of the cattleman must live on across this land.
Examine the issues for yourself, for it is then that you can tell
It's due to the cattleman, that over the years the mountains faired so well.
It is they who will be remembered when the truth is revealed at last
Not those who are now the 'carers' of these parks so broad, so vast.
As they tended their cattle, their plot of licensed land
It was cattlemen that checked the spread of weeds, by hand.
It is they who kept the undergrowth in check with the cattle they grazed
Now their huts lost, the mountains scarred and beloved land, blazed.
When at last it is realised what a mistake has been made
Who then will have the knowledge if it is allowed to fade
Ride on cattlemen, reclaim what's yours to uphold
It's a tradition that belongs to our nation that must not be sold.
If you don't continue the fight there is no way you can win
so grit your teeth, take the bit and rein the battle in.
If we all join forces, and help each other out
The country can only benefit, of this I have no doubt.
There are many groups of people this government aims to harm
one way or another, a vendetta against the farm.
All the rules and regulations and troubles by the score
Is it any wonder we're not all headed for the door.
This government may have all our backs up against the wall
But if we stick together, it will be they who fall.
No more politicians out of touch with those in the bush
Long will they rue the day they gave cattle the push.
Come one, come all. Let's show 'em what this fight's about
We'll all join Forces, Form a mob, and united we'll have the clout.
Let our cries echo across the valley and down over the plain
Tis then we will see the cattlemen ride the range again.