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so

do

do

so

mcguire

there's anything wrong then i'm worried

to death about dad

i haven't heard a word from him since he

went to sydney well the banks make you

wait these days especially for a big

loan

but there's been three ships in from

sydney and there's not a sign of him yet

he he hasn't been himself for quite some

time now

don't i know it oh then i can't stand it

any longer i'm afraid something's

happened to him

would you like me to trace him yes

yes please len all right i will now look

you go home don't you worry

i'll find him thanks for that

goodbye

and to you mr mcguire i needn't ask how

you are

that's not how we are it's how we're

going to be that matter

i've rather been a cheer for one another

always against the rules

but we'll change them again thank you mr

asheville

midnight's

here

for free drink with everybody i'll tell

all my friends

i come from old ireland my name's

mcmacon

i came to australia in search of good

luck

there was no brighter buckle than me to

be

found when i landed in sydney with 25

pounds singing

singing

who's the old clown comes and goes

always drunk at the lord and pass on the

bottle as free as you please

sing the rest of it give us some more ah

there's the boy that can make the go of

a song

come on son i never could sing without

the music it was a tune up

the baby was sleeping his mother was my

mother was

weeping that's why her husband was far

all the way to agency

they were swirling

the

she fish janice

dennis go away

my son my son

there's no black of sin than abandoning

your own flesh and blood

sin all he ever did was to stick his kid

in some orphanage here in sydney

the boy run off and he's about 10 and

he'd be nerd off since

you call that a sin to get the shakes

over might 500 pounds to any miner who

can bring me

word to me son dennis here i am dad your

own little dentist

let's see the calorie of money dad i own

a cattle station one of the biggest

and what are you doing here it's the

lord's will

that i sink lower and lower well here's

help when you hit the bottom you're

flaming

that's how i didn't sleep

i said leave him alone

come on dad let's have a drink together

and forget all about it

what's your name where are you from

lando he's found his little dentist

again is

dennis is that your name come on man

it's time to go to bed

no but tell me the truth is your name

dennis we'll talk about it tomorrow i

don't want to know for you guys

just tell me where you're from we'll

talk about it tomorrow

now why don't you give us another song

i thought i would have done it that i

will

every song it is and my story is done

and the mouth is as dry as the bleach

sugar gun

the world never flew with one wing so he

said

so we'll just have more and then

we'll go to me keep it for me

i'll be back if my luck's bad you'll be

back if your luck's good

okay hey you played in luck tonight sir

you traveled first well it's not every

night in sydney a man bet two thousand

pounds double or nothing

yeah but some cheer among your

colleagues good luck to you mister

take your money or your life

don't

i reach i'd take your money or your life

now empty your pockets please an

englishman

you positively reek with nostalgia for

me come on come on the money

you behave like an apost forgive me but

i happen to be without money

trust this will help i

beg your pardon

five pounds ten come on come on the rest

how much did you expect that bare little

bodkin to fetch you

four thousand quid you were

eavesdropping friend

had you witnessed my last play you would

have seen my entire fortune go

my pockets were as empty as yours i'll

make sure that if you don't mind

quite desperate for money aren't you

take any chance to get it

any cannot twist a fortune so would i

and i know the way to entice lady luck

to smile on both of us

out of which side of her mouth or the

gold teeth show

fenner you try to rob fenner rob is an

ugly word

money should only be left in the hands

of those who know how to spend it

how do i know you won't lead me into a

trap you don't know

but you said any chance

i knew you were a judge of character no

one have

for which of the cardinal sins gambling

a lady i want to go i wanna go home

i'm sick of knocking around oil feels

gold i wanna go home

nobody goes home you'll chase that

rainbow till the day you die

you always so jolly before a job before

or after

i never feel any regrets

i died years ago cheated the hangman of

his bait

to live one must first die all right

socrates how do we get up

up i've got the course all charted going

the usual way but separately and what's

inside follow me

and don't try anything funny may i uh

borrow my fortune please

i may have to invest it for our mutual

benefit

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when you're ready when you're ready

bagel two heads

when you're ready when you're ready

there go

one of each no result when you like bend

them up again

tails tails is right

what's the idea i had to wait for you

how could i better spend the time

head for that door

two heads

this ain't your game tonight certainly

isn't i think i'll try the cards

good

call luck

tell brady i'm very disappointed in him

this is the third time tonight i'm

sending him money you needn't bother

shutting the door this gentleman's

leaving

i'll speak up man you said you wanted to

see me well the the truth is i lost 4

000 pounds tonight

everything i had so you tried your luck

and your luck was bad

please mr fenner if you could give me

back just half of it it's my first time

your first time

you've never gambled away anybody else's

money before

never been imprisoned never toyed with

the idea of suicide

my friend you haven't lived i'll never

gamble again i must ask you to excuse me

i'm a very busy man good night

mr penner and um if you do decide on

suicide

be good enough not to do it on the

premises bad for business

now turn

shovel out the money and don't turn

stick em up

what'd you have to kill him for cause

you didn't next time you play with that

little toy put it we'll do the most good

that's mud all right

but it wasn't part of our bargain keep

everybody inside we heard a shot in

fenner's office

oh

yeah i've been lucky buy yourself a

drink there you go

thank you

hey

don't try this nonsense again if we hang

we'll hang together

dennis

wait wait dennis get it

he claims paternity come on let's get

going he's some crazy joker thinks he

owns a big cattle station

mistakes me for a long-lost son well i'm

charmed charmed to meet your father

we are now scheduled to sail into the

morning at 9. that's quite all right i

think our friend here will find

timely use for his birth tonight why

it's mr mcguire isn't it

yes i'm afraid the old gentleman imbibed

one too many i

say does look a bit bashed uh

celebrating a little business

transaction

yeah as a matter of fact we're going to

a station we'd appreciate accommodation

well if you haven't booked them in

advance

well uh i'm sure something could be

arranged uh will you show us to mr

mcguire's cabin

certainly certainly sir this way

well good morning sir delighted to see

you about sleep well hello mac

well you certainly turn on a big one

celebrating our deal deal

what deal i never saw you before in my

life

well you see what drink will go

here we consummate a deal involving 500

head of stock and you paid me in full

right

that's right back a pound ahead yes

drifting back it's drifting back 500 in

cash wasn't across the table

do you remember now yes i remember i

remember all the swindling larikans

whoever tried their little games on me

slippery tongue rascals the pair of you

i beg your partner

your fine manners never wear the mark of

an honest man

i don't understand oh don't you know all

right i'll learn you your own trade

first you spot a man of property who's

under the drink second when he's out of

it

you tell him that you paid him cash for

what was his and part but he can't find

a penny of it

you tell him that he must have spent it

when he was in his cups that swindle's

as safe as a flea on a dog if the dog

doesn't bite back that's enough mac

take my advice don't try to warm your

hands in our pockets in your pockets

who's trying to steal my stuff and who's

already

i'll get the got our clap you and iron

man oppose sir why not look in your

pocket

see it's all this 500 pounds i

i guess i must have had one over me

youtube apologies accepted sir i dare

say one can't be too careful of

strangers in this part of the world

lucky for us we met you in sydney the

banks recommended you well the punch is

a good word for me didn't they know

resounding adjective sir

if there's any advice you can give us on

the purchase of the station we'd be

forever in your debt sir what you want

to buy a station no

the drought on isn't that the time to

start land and cattle are going for

tuppence of course if you're willing to

gamble on the rain coming before your

feet and water come

well we're willing aren't we partner we

came to make our fortune there's no

turning back now

it's dead yeah the droughts hit

everything and everybody

i see the country's turning into a dust

heap over two million cattle and twenty

million people are perished to the

drought so far

good morning we're laying out three

outfits you know my signs you can guess

theirs

29 ways 15 and a half colors 33 weighs

17.

we're going over the gyms bring them

over there jim's out of business

you don't tell me that's right the first

and last is the only pub left

let's go to the first and last

enchanting bucolic paradise

ideal retreat from the maddening herd

they'll say one is in trouble with too

much company out here sir

comfortably enough tingles grows flies

rabbits and centipedes bigger than a man

here that lives inside of it

look closely i can see all mine the work

of my life

i lived on possum and pigment dropped

ten thousand square mile out of the bush

i did

i i had the world

that i have time to take to think of the

wrong i'd done with some

he's asleep

what's funny drunk the old gentleman

believe me to be his son

with what i know it would be simple to

convince him when he's sober

that would make you the heir apparent

and give you a chance to blackmail me

ah but you've been dealt from the bottom

of the deck again

i've been down i have a chance to steal

a station

but it is 10 000 square miles of dust

half is yours

you grow too soon it doesn't rain for

three years the odds grow better every

day

when it rains this sewer will flow with

gold

then what's yours will also be mine

home at last

oh dad dad

oh thank heavens you're home i was

worried to death about you

thank you for at least bringing him home

no no no

these gentlemen are my guests mr gamble

mr connor we understand your anger mr

mcguire but you're quite mistaken about

your father

he's overcome with fatigue heat and he

should be in bed

i'm sorry please come in and make

yourselves at home

i couldn't hold the stockman without

money to pay them

i tried to keep things going with the

help of our black fellows but

it's impossible

i couldn't borrow a penny the droughts

hit the banks too

did you even try all of them all of them

everything you've worked for your whole

life

i just can't stand by and see it burn up

hey i did get some money

500 pound i sold 500 head

who'd buy stock now my two guests

they're out here to look for a station

you sold stuff for future delivery

why you know that they won't even live

through the month if it doesn't rain

how could you do such a thing

oh dad what's happened to you

you gave my father 500 pounds yes

well i'm sorry but we cannot guarantee

delivery

we couldn't help hearing what you said

to your father

please use the money anyway you see fit

it's very kind of you but it's

impossible

we're gambling against the rain we'll

double our purchase

but you don't know the odds what we lose

we'll win an experience

you'd be throwing your money away

i'm sorry i'll

instruct kathleen to repair your rooms

right away

well there goes our hideout and our

fortune unless we change your mind

not you i don't want simple loss and he

turned into a greek tragedy she

is your sister unfortunately

but if i know my muslim you will fail

well i'd better put father back to work

um

there you are mac this will shrink your

head thank you lad

and not your insults just a bit too much

sun

liquid sun you mean a bit of trouble

getting home was i

no i've seen worse you always blow off

when it starts feeding on you

well what starts feeding well i never

met a man yet who swore for pleasure

rambled with the heat today i bet what

did i say

i don't remember

well we'll be pushing on soon yes but

where i thought you were staying till i

found your station

no mac no you're not the right man to do

it look at the way you run your own

but what's that got to do with my powers

of judgment through the droughts gods it

isn't the drought ruining you mac

your daughter said the stock could be

saved if you had a mind to do it

as it is she won't go through with our

deal can't guarantee delivery

nothing can be saved that bears the mark

of maguire

don't tell me it's the law's will for

you to lie on your back and do nothing

now look i won't have any tongue wagging

at me guest or no guest i know you're

kind

always wallowing in your own trough and

never mind who you drag in with you who

are you to judge me

young well and who can judge you better

my father gave me the same hand you're

dealing your daughter

i know what it means to be left alone

made to shift for myself

your your father deserted you i don't

want to talk about it

you started something blaster no

finishing all right i know what your

daughter's feeling i felt it all my life

and if there's any way i can help her

i'll stay

and as for any man who deserves his own

wait connor

who are you what do you mean who am i

dennis connor what of it dennis dennis

did you say

yes dennis

baker mcguinness ford

thompson carl uh

randall clark campbell stanley

kahn lobby collins o'malley

well that's all the men i can use till

the rains come

ah come on pick your faces off the floor

of the lottie you'll i'll be working

soon sure the weather will be changing

lads

give them a drop of the wet stuff walter

did i hear you right

you heard on

you judge me righteous but now i'm back

at work

to save all i can for those that follow

me

he's himself again and you brought it on

i'll never be able to thank you enough

never

what's wrong it said that a man's eyes

are the mirrors of his soul

with you the blacker the deed the more

angelic you look

hello beaglebeak oh you're in bad

company matt

and how's the roses and have you heard

the news

it's himself back at work again sure

it's the eighth wonder of the world

hello me hello mark hello lamb

wait up at the house we've got a bit

more work to finish here i'm glad to see

somebody's getting a day's work around

these parts

i'll wait

cover right kelly your codes will muster

the stuff from the eastern end of the

run

martin you'll move the stock from the

two holes in the western paddock

i must have from up there in the north

what about water on the way back you

won't train danny

well in their condition they won't last

more than four days without it

then you make it back in three we've got

enough feed for a month and if it rains

within the month we'll have enough stock

left to build a herd again

if it rains it'll rain god willing it'll

rain this month

now come on come on to the storeroom and

get your tucker oh dad

len's waiting to see you ah you've seen

my dear tell him i've seen work to do

all right

i see you're busy we'll see you later

all right

hello matt dad's busy lan can i help

we'll do

let's go into dad's study right

let's run for it and invite the news

he's taking our measure now

maybe but we wouldn't get far running

are we all right not with a black

tracker on our heels

those devils can trail an end crawling

on a stone we've got to face it

brazen it out

well matt what have you done according

butchering one of your stocks i was just

trying to get some tucker from a people

you're a thief and a liar he said you'd

let him work off the cost of the beast

does the law say my young brothers and

sisters have got to starve and there's

plenty of tucker around

that cow is about gone anyway the crows

would have picked it clean by tomorrow

the law it's on the side of the crows

you've had enough dill i'll take him in

no no lane i

i did say that he could work off the

cost

in fact he's he's about to start now

you're letting me off and giving me a

job

you'll come along on the master in our

team

gentlemen i'd like you to meet trooper

leonard

i was engaged to him when i was six and

i've been in love with her ever since

gamble how are you oh this is mr

dennis connor hello dennis and i've

always wanted to meet a real bobby of

the bush

i'll get you a match thank you tell me

is it true that you can trail a man by

the smell of the tobacco he uses

that's easy my tracker can trail a man

by the impression his shadow leaves on a

rock

a week after he's bastard

you might as well give up you'll never

match tall stories with len

he was born in the bush oh you behaving

with us mr leonard

said a place kathleen don't bother joe

i'm doing my rounds oh what a pity

i was looking forward to hearing about

all those dangerous criminals you

tracked i'm brought to rope

try to give you the pleasure soon what

did you say your name was

gamble john w gamble

well cheerio don't bother seeing me

adele

you've got to get ready for lunch bye

now i won't be long

he heard your name why do you ask it

again copper's trick

make you think they've seen you before

so if the shoe fits well does it

there you have me i told you i traveled

extensively

man

well you're in the clear thanks to miss

mcguire see that you give our mac a fair

crack at the whip and you'll be all

right

jack

who's that he brought him here guess

what he's telling him

it's too far to hear and i hate to guess

once we cross the creek we'll split into

three teams

each team will spread out and muster any

strays that are fit to travel

and bring them on kelly get going with

your black horses off you go chiller

let's go

i told you no guess about him no guess

at all he's a copper

i know it slips your mind easily but no

more murders

and shin up the family tree the sooner

the old man proclaims you his son the

safer for both of us

i got invaded you'll bite pain we went

so

dennis you said your father left

do you remember him at all i don't want

to talk about it

jealous jealous i don't know what you

mean

well dennis seems to claim all your

father's attention

kindred spirits i had a brother by that

name

i'm sorry oh no it's not that we we just

don't know what happened to him

deserting dingo stuck me away in a hole

when i was a kid

but outreach wasn't but i ran off

if i ever find him

dad it's time we sent matt ahead how

about camping at the nine mile

yes matt

we're going to camp at the nine mile you

go straight ahead right

good thing i found you i lost the others

want a drink

thanks

uh

uh

what happened snake got him

what are those marks on his ankle i

don't know

answer me leg on marks

that's better keep at it

there are copper's narc you're working

for the trooper no i'm not he came to

the house together

i didn't he brought me under arrest

mrs mcguire gave me a chance i'm here

working off the price of a car i stole

he'd kill you if you knew you saw that

mark

now you know how easy it is to get into

trouble

give him a chance

don't worry about me good boy take my

horse and get his

i'll bind it up

wow

uh

wow

oh

then look after mr gabriel

i'll leave them why they're crawl bait

they'll crack up within a mile how can

you tell they all look alike to me

well this one by his ears see how they

droop

is that dragony's toes believing that

kind of track forget them

that one's got a gut full of mud where

brown

summer and death have made it oh it

isn't always like this

a little rain the land gives back more

than it takes away

wow

oh

so

um

mac why don't you give them a rest

before they all drop

why not jet lag at 10 o'clock we'll

count them through the heat of the day

till fall

we've got to keep poking along if we're

going to get them to water in time

um

look there

oh well here's hoping and praying that

kelly and barton didn't fare worse

stampede look out

stop that hit the ball

they'll run themselves to death

we'll drive them towards the fire

hmm

oh

is

sleep song

my lord

god

oh

i'd feel better if i had a drink

i thought you swore off that i have

it's against the bite of snakes carrying

that now

ah it's blessed about could be the two

children like that

moonlight night and romance springs to

life

thanks

sleep well

oh listen to them how can you stand it

you get used to the dingos oh it's not

only the dingos

i mean this loneliness is isolation this

big awful emptiness

i've never felt lonely here never

well you can feel lonely anywhere it

isn't the place that makes you lonely

i don't belong here never will

do you know where you belong where

there's life

any street in london any boulevard in

paris

then why did you come here make a pile

so i can get back

others have thought that and like them

you'll be trapped by your own breed

you'll never think you have enough oh

you'll make a pile and then you'll stay

another year to make a little more

and then a drought or a bushfire a flood

will come and ruin you and you'll start

all over again

the story of the australian damned

broken men whose hearts are in england

or the continent and whose

feet are stuck here

that's a great future you predict

it can be great but only if you forget

your other world

and give this one the love it

needs and wants

dale

good night good night

dad i i got something to tell you no

it couldn't wait you're drinking again

and i thought it was all over

why why what made you start again

i couldn't stand the thought of bringing

harm to me own child

harm what i brought two strangers home

i lied when i said to one my friends but

they are your friends

they've done wonders for you true but

it's it's you i'm worried about

you know nothing of them who he is

so that's it you saw me with dennis

oh dad

do you think i could love someone before

i really knew him

his heart isn't where mine is or yours

and he hates it here

oh darling if i could only be speaking

what's in my heart

you don't have to i know

so

will keep them from watering

battery

he promises to make rain in return for a

drink dad you must let them drink

it's not only this drink they'll wait

till it rains what else can the poor

people do

dora foreign

yeah many an old timer here swears that

a corroboree like this

can bring on rain do you ever see it now

no but i won't say it can't happen

there's no telling the way of the

aborigines

i've seen one of them point a bone at a

man and wish him dead and that he was in

a few days

i'll call it magic or witchcraft but i

tell you there's a lot about them that

no white man will ever know

his friend's all right too even if he is

a even if he's fight

fire i can't tell you

that's the likes of you never a tidbit

of news for the poor slave of the stone

who's good to be filling your stomach

all right but never hear anything of

what goes on around her oh

nothing she wants to know mind you but a

gossiping tongue is the devil's own

helper

can you uh can you keep a secret if you

don't tell me at once i'll let you have

the back of my hand

well mr gamble was bitten by a snake

when i took off his boot and slit his

leggings i hello matt

i sure and it would be you me darling

have you got a fresh cup of tea

now watch this each group represents one

of the creatures they live on

bull roarers their sound scares their

women away

an aboriginal woman is forbidden to

attend all rituals

and these are gowanus lizards the great

delicacy of the bush

these are cockatoos

won't you sit down lin and no thanks

nilla won't be stopping long

well mr leonard what's new in the world

of crime my channel's empty

well i must be lonely for you i don't

mind

look look at the sky

is it rain rain clouds

is it possible will the apples really

make it rain

rain i can hardly believe it

they've convinced me well it's a long

ride in the wet

cheerio everybody

and that's what comes with putting stuck

in hands they pray for rain and get a

dust storm

it's the devil himself and answers their

prayers

but will you look at this dude

fit for a camel now

mcguire has got to talk to your father

he's in the house

what's wrong it's the windmill

mr mcguire the windmill cable snapped if

it doesn't fix right away the wind will

knock the whole thing apart

our only source of water the man reckons

it's worth their life to try to fix it

in this blur

dad you've got to talk to them i'll deal

with it drive down with me i came up on

the buggy

my

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thank you well here's our chance to get

in solid

that windmill's their life let's save it

what you really mean is you want me to

do it well if the windmill blows to

pieces there goes your hideout it's your

life as well as theirs

convenient way to get rid of me

self-preservation you bring out the same

instinct and made

i'd gladly take my life to get rid of

you

fair enough

call for a bet this size i'd like you to

call mine

yes

so be it

remember this about me nipper i hold one

thing sacred

a game of chance

after all i paid to see your hand

you can't ask anybody to go up there

again it's the end for sure

somebody tell me how to try and fix it

hey

that conscience of yours will be the end

of you

the men told you how do you fix it

you're that chain use this rope

slide down the rope don't wait to stop

the wheel

are you alright

you don't have to eavesdrop you think

maguire didn't see the pure

noble light of love shining in your eyes

when you took that girl in your arms or

something

what do you think he's telling her in

there marry you and live happily ever

after

he's telling her she is your sister

what are you going to do about it don't

tell me

every time i go into business with a

partner sooner or later he develops a

conscience

go ahead

go ahead i'm sick of watching you

wrestle with your pious little soul

i'm not your brother and i'm not your

son

i said i'm not your brother you're not

my brother

oh dead

dog dennis lyon won't improve matters

i knew he was my son knew the day he

came here

i should have told you

what are you saying

is this true who are you my name is

richard connor

among other things i wanted for the

shooting of that gambler in sydney

that every word you said made me believe

a man believes what he wants to believe

rot your lion soul if it's the truth

you're telling me i'll kill you yes

you'd kill him

but not because of what he's done to me

even now you only think of yourself

of what it means to you that he's not

your son of what it means that the ghost

you thought yourself rid of is back

again to plague you

don't point the gun at him his deception

is no worse than yours

goodbye mack

i'm sure you'll ride lighter now with

that load off your chest

you're under arrest for armed robbery

wow

so

ah

yeah hey

so

i ask then see you

before

so

sorry oh you're not i can't blame you

dale may i say something to you

don't worry i'm not gonna make any

excuses

it was a dirty business rotten right

from the very beginning to the end

i'm not gonna tell you i didn't know

what i was doing

but for what it's worth you were never a

part of it

you've got to believe that the rest of

it was a masquerade

and where you were concerned

it was real stop it didn't stop

that's the truth i swear it

if it weren't i wouldn't be here

lynn went for the doctor he thinks

you're badly hurt no such luck

i'll live to stand trial what happened

to him

he said it you'll stand your trial no

question of that

but you did save the life of a constable

and let him not forget it

he'll stand beside you and he'll tell it

to the judge too

you've got a chance boy thanks meg

you didn't have to say that ah that's

all right

dennis

so

you