Slim Dusty Song About The Pilliga Yowie

[SAB 8]

Hey all, I just by sheer chance stumbled on a song about the Pilliga Yowie by the very famous Slim Dusty! I must admit I never knew this song existed. Thought you guys might be interested. Enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-UjD-m6L9g&NR=1

[The yowie Mrx]

Slim got a song about Min Min light

[topender]

i reckon thats great, that even ol Slim wrote a song about our old mate the yowie...was a bit creepy though

[Dean Harrison]

I was never aware of this song? Oh yes, the Piliga. Been there and had an experience myself.

Really enjoyed it - thanks SAB.

DMH

[Bow Hunter]

slim did knows how to write a song. my worst senario would be either stumbleing accross the pilliga yowie or a pub with no beer!

[rickrocket2010]

Thanks SAB8, top song and very truthfull to boot....

[The yowie Mrx]

I just google map the Pilliga area I don't no Its about 100km from me. Is there any other reseaches in the area.

[deadpool]

Kinda creepy, yeah.. but also if you actually listen to the lyrics.. he pretty much describes an actual yowie encounter. Think he actually had one? or wrote this from second/third hand experience? I'm gonna post the actual lyrics down here.. see what you make of it yourself:

This story was told to me by a mate
and he was still shakin’ after 20 years
Well that’s what he told me anyway

I was drivin’ through the Pilliga gettin’ tired of the road
Pulled over for a breather stretch my legs and check the load
It was gettin’ close to sundown been away near on a week
When I pulled into this campsite on the banks of Toolie creek

Well I walked around the trailer the bush was pretty still
Checkin’ ropes and kickin’ tyres the night air had a chill
I was climbin’ in the cabin when I thought I heard a moan
And I got this sudden feeling that I wasn’t on my own

Oh there’s somethin’ in the Pilliga I’ve heard old timers say
There’s some won’t even camp there some never go that way
And if you listen to their stories they’ll make yer skin just crawl
Some may offer their opinion and some never talk at all

Well I put it down to maybe the wind blowin’ in the trees
Completely disregarding shaky feelings in my knees
I was climbin’ in the camper 40 winks was all I’d take
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When I felt the cabin shakin’ I was really wide awake

Oh I grabbed the tyre lever out from underneath the seat
Hit the lights and threw some roman sandals on my feet
I was creepin’ round the bullbar out roared this awful sound
And my hair was standin’ straight up I was frozen to the ground

Hey there’s somethin’ in the Pilliga I’ve heard old timers say
There’s some won’t even camp there some never go that way
And if you listen to their stories they’ll make yer skin just crawl
Some may offer their opinion and some never talk at all

Then this thing came chargin’ for me it was all of 10 feet high
With hair all covered over murder in its devils eyes
And I must have started screamin’ like a banshee in full flight
For it roared and grunted somethin’ and then vanished in the night

When finally I woke up I was lyin’ on the ground
In an eerie kind of stillness nothin’ moved or made a sound
Both my eyes were big as saucers still seein’ in my mind
That primeval apparition red eyes burning into mine

Oh there’s somethin’ in the Pilliga I’ve it rant and roar
And my nerves were shot to pieces rememberin’ what I saw
It was big and it was hairy its perfume really reeked
Yeah there’s somethin’ in the Pilliga mate on the banks of Toolie creek
Let it stay there in the Pilliga mate on the banks of Toolie creek

[Dean Harrison]

Thanks Alex! Welcome back.

DMH