WORDS BRUCE SIMPSON/TED
EGAN AND MUSIC TED EGAN
TRACK 11 – I.O.U ALBUM

Tommy Dodd, I recall what the boss had to say
At the Buchanan Camp, as you rode in that day,
“I’ve seen some great horsemen, but honest to God
The horse isn’t foaled that could throw Tommy Dodd
No horse could throw Tommy Dodd’.

I’ve seen some rough horses, seen many good riders,
I knew Nathan, and Cleary, and others besides,
But the horseman who brings the best memories to me,
Is a man named Tommy Dodd, out in the Back Country,
There was a man who could ride.

Tommy Todd you where born in the old tribal way
But you left your own people, I once heard you say
To join the new tribe that now travels this land
The drovers, those nomads with cattle in hand,
Nomads with cattle in hand.

Tommy Dodd, Tommy Dodd , is your spirit still free?
As it was when I first met you, out on the Barkly?
Sittin’ straight in the saddle, packhorse by your side
And the confident air of a man who could ride
The air of a man who could ride.

I’ve seen some rough horses, seen many good riders,
I knew Lewis, and Vitnall, and others besides,
But the horseman who brings the best memories to me,
Is a man named Tommy Dodd, out in the Back Country,
There was a man who could ride.

Yes, there was a man who could ride.