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The Ringer & The Princess
Graeme Connors

Verse 1
G		     C				      G
Everybody called him Dingo he didn't seem to mind the name
	       D       				       G
Aboriginal and Asian blood ran fifty fifty through his veins
		      C			             G
With skin like saddle leather an inscrutable kind of smile
			D				  G
Beneath the brim of his Akubra he had the dreaming in his eyes

Verse 2
She had a bloodline back to Europe the bosses daughter Maryanne
Home for Christmas at the station from a boarding school in Cairns
With such a perfect face and figure the boys'd blush when she walked by
Behind her back they called her Princess 'cause she had the distance in her eyes

G		      C		D    	          G    Em
Oh the Ringer and the Princess, the Dingo and the Deer
Em	        C      D	      G
I'll tell you a story, if you want to hear

Verse 3
December rain fell with a vengeance from a cyclone in the Gulf
Bone dry gullies turned to rivers and plains became a sea of mud
So the boss brought everyone together the family and the station hands
To open gates and knock down fences and give the stock a fighting chance

Verse 4
Well the Princess she was out there riding right alongside the men
Leading horses up to safety, tryin' to bring the stragglers in
'Til she heard a wild commotion a little further down the way
A mare was trying to cross a gully and its foal was being washed away

Verse 5
Now the young have always been impulsive the Princess had no second thoughts
She rode her mount into that gully trying to save the drowning horse
But in the midst of the raging waters, her pony lost its step and fell
And with her foot caught in the stirrup the Princess disappeared as well

Verse 6
Dingo saw the whole thing happen and like a man possessed he rode
Straight into the swollen gully, about a hundred yards below
And by the time the others got there all hope of finding her was gone
'Til Dingo staggered from the water, with the Princess in his arms

Oh the Ringer and the Princess, the Dingo and the Deer
I'll tell you a story, if you want to hear

Verse 7
Now the Princess owns the station her Dad the boss has long since died
And although she never married, Dingo's always at her side
And still the gossips talk about them even after all these years
'Bout the Ringer and the Princess, the Dingo and the Deer

Submitted by Ric Raftis.  All comments corrections etc to ric@bushverse.com