Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eric Bogle
Vocals
Chris Nicholson
Guitar
Graham Lee
Guitar
Doug Balmanno
Bass Guitar
Lorraine Cook
Cello
George Walpole
Recorder
Don Lebler
Percussion
Peter Wragg
Keyboards
John Munro
Acoustic Guitar
Brent Miller
Bass Guitar
Phil Cunneen
Keyboards
Dean Biebeck
Drums
Trev Warner
Fiddle
Dennis Siddall
Pedal Steel Guitar
Dean Bland
Harmonica
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Eric Bogle
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chris Nicholson
Producer
Peter Brook
Recording Engineer
Roger Seibel
Mastering Engineer
Songteksten
"NOW I'M EASY"
- Eric Bogle
For nearly sixty years, I've been a Cockie
Of droughts and fires and floods I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
I married a fine girl when I was twenty
But she died in giving birth when she was thirty
No flying doctor then, just a gentle old black 'gin
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
She left me with two sons and a daughter
On a bone-dry farm whose soil cried out for water
So my care was rough and ready, but they grew up fine and steady
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
My daughter married young, and went her own way
My sons lie buried by the Burma Railway
So on this land I've made me home, I've carried on alone
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
City folks these days despise the Cockie
Say with subsidies and dole, we've had it easy
But there's no drought or starving stock on a sewered suburban block
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
For nearly sixty years, I've been a Cockie
Of droughts and fires and floods, I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and mud, have seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
And now I'm easy
Cockie: Australian small-scale family farmer
'Gin ("Jen"): an Australian aboriginal woman
(The term is nowadays considered to be derogatory)
Writer(s): Eric Bogle
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