Red Sand — текст песни (cold chisel)

Way out back of the Coolgardie
Round the turn of the century
Two riders came out of the west
They were lookin` for the colour of gold
Trading on an old red blanket
Took `em in a young boy
Passed him on to a pearl lugger
That was Java bound outa Roebuck Bay
The crew were mainly Manila men
And the young boy must have known
He`d never be back now
Down in the red sand
Manila-man got the machete
Manila-man cut him down cold
Die with the Balander boss on a lugger
Could not have been more
Than twelve years old
Looking out on a clear sky
As the sun beats down on her head
A mother alone
Fails to understand
And as the long years go by
Just an old red blanket to dry
The tears for the son
Who`ll never be home
Down in the red sand