Family Reunion - Joy McKean & The Slim Dusty Family

Ladies and gentlemen, here I come again I consider every one of you folks my friends Been gone for awhile, but I'm back again To host a mother-lovin' party that never ends You've been beside me through all my ups and downs You've seen me fall and you've seen me stand up so proud You've seen me draw everyone one of you in to a crowd So raise your hands up and shout it out loud! Go, go, go, go, go, go, come on, come on Go, go, go, go, go, go, come on, come on Cause here we come again Everybody get all your friends And forget the world's confusion It's a family reunion We can make you feel alright If you open up your eyes And forget the world's confusion It's a family... Hear the crowd go BOOM! BOOM! Hear the crowd go, hear the crowd go BOOM! BOOM! Hear the crowd go, hear the crowd go... Now that you can feel the music deep inside Listen to the lyrics, open up your mind Feel the power of the beat between your thighs, You're damn right, we came to take you on a ride Everything that you heard in the past is gone Let it all fade away cause you can't hold on Sit back as I wrestle this microphone And raise your hands up and shout it out loud! Go, go, go, go, go, go, come on, come on Go, go, go, go, go, go, come on, come on Cause here we come again Everybody get all your friends And forget the world's confusion It's a family reunion We can make you feel alright If you open up your eyes And forget the world's confusion It's a family... Hear the crowd go BOOM! BOOM! Hear the crowd go, hear the crowd go BOOM! BOOM! Hear the crowd go, hear the crowd go... Cause here we come again Everybody get all your friends And forget the world's confusion It's a family reunion We can make you feel alright If you open up your eyes And forget the world's confusion It's a family... Hear the crowd go BOOM! BOOM! Hear the crowd go, hear the crowd go BOOM! BOOM! Hear the crowd go, hear the crowd go...

Let me wander north to the ho-omestead Way out further on there to roam By a gully in flood, let me linger When the summery sunshine has flown Where the logs tangle up on the creek beds And clouds fill the old northern sky And the cattle move back from the lowlands When the rain tumbles down in July The settlers with sad hearts are watching The rise of the stream from the dawn Their best crops are always in flood reach If it rises much more they'll be gone The cattle string out along the fences The wind from the south races by And the limbs from the old gums are fallen When the rain tumbles down in July The sleeping gums on the hillside Awaken to herds strayin' by Here on the flats where the fences have vanished As the storm clouds gather on high The wheels of the wagons stop turning The stock horse is turned out to stray The old station dogs are a-dozin' On the husks in the barn through the day The drover draws rein by the river And it's years since he's seen it so high Yes and that's just a story of homeward When the rain tumbles down in July

Ohh there's gonna be dancing and singing At the old homestead tonight Gonna be carols ringing Through the warm Australian night Dance on the homestead verandah To an old time fiddle tune There's gonna be an old time party With Christmas coming soon Ohh we wont have no sleigh ride We'll go swimming in the creek With all the kids and relations Who are staying for a week The campfire's blazing brightly Steak on the barbecue Welcome all the neighbors in Were putting on a do There's gonna be dancing and singing At the old homestead tonight Gonna be carols ringing Through the warm Australian night Dance on the homestead verandah To an old time fiddle tune There's gonna be an old time party With Christmas coming soon Ohh the kids are hanging stockings And there's one for me and you Santa's wearing moleskins And a shirt of faded blue The kitchen table's loaded With ham and chicken too Welcome all the neighbors in Were putting on a do Ohh there's gonna be dancing and singing At the old homestead tonight Gonna be carols ringing Through the warm Australian night Dance on the homestead verandah To an old time fiddle tune There's gonna be an old time party With Christmas coming soon Ohh there's gonna be an old time party With Christmas coming soon