Lyrics
Well, I was drovin' cattle on the plains way out
Right in the middle of a blazin' drought
Camped one night 'neath the moon and the stars
When I awoke to the rhythm of a beat guitar
It was the clay pan boogie
I couldn't believe my eyes
Clay pan boogie
Under the desert skies
Mm-hmm
Mm-hmm
In the big clay pan neath the light o' the stars
Was a wallaroo shakin' with a big guitar
And rockin' in the circle with a little blue doe
With a red buck roo shoutin', "Go man, go." The clay pan boogie
I couldn't believe my eyes
Clay pan boogie
Under the desert skies
Go
Whoo!
Mm-hmm
Well, I rubbed my eyes and I looked again
Just to make sure that I was seein' plain
There was no mistake about the guitar man
While he was pickin' out a rhythm on the big clay pan
The clay pan boogie
I couldn't believe my eyes
Clay pan boogie
Under the desert skies
Mm-hmm
Mm-hmm
Well, the other drovers climbed out of their swags
All started rockin', includin' their nags
I heard a low beat from the cattle camp
Why the whole of the cattle were beginnin' to stamp
The clay pan boogie
I couldn't believe my eyes
Clay pan boogie
Under the desert skies
Hey
Whoo
Mm-hmm
Well, I'm an old cattle drover in a desert lair
I dig hot rhythm and I ain't no square
Rhythm is a word you don't understand
Until you've heard it comin' with a big clay pan
The clay pan boogie
Clay pan boogie
I couldn't believe my eyes
Clay pan boogie
Clay pan boogie
Under the desert skies
Let's go
Go
Whoo
Everybody up
Look at those people dancin'