Banjo's Man

The question is still asked today, who is Banjo's man
That man from Snowy River, renowned throughout the land?
Who ran those wild bush horses through that rugged countryside?
Who was the man he wrote of who made that famous ride?

Some say he was Jack Riley from down near Corryong
They say that man could really ride, and the name to him belongs
The Goldbich, Brynes and Penders, they all could lay a claim
But Banjo singled no one out, that's why there was no name

Banjo's man is riding, he's riding with the best
In the ranges where in wintertime it snows
He's riding out a wheelin', he's riding on the wing
In the country where the Snowy River flows, oh yeah

Now Banjo knew this country, he knew its riders well
He spent time in the ranges where the snowy riders dwell
He saw them ride full gallop, swinging stock whips in their hands
And as a tribute to them all, he penned his famous man

Those men who roamed the mountains in search of straying stock
Who spent their lives on horseback in those rugged mountain blocks
They rode the hills and gorges where the Snowy River ran
And each and every one of them could ride like Banjo's man

He saw them running brumbies on the steep and timbered slopes
Catch the brumbies at a gallop with their green hide-catching ropes
He saw that they had whipped the wildest country in this land
And so was born the legend of the famous Banjo's man, hey

Banjo's man is riding, he's riding with the best
In the ranges where in wintertime it snows
He's riding out a wheelin', he's riding on the wing
In the country where the Snowy River flows, oh yeah

The legend is still living and I'd say it always will
As long as there are brumbies and horsemen in the hills
For they run the mountain brumbies, yes, run them till they stand
And there's horsemen in the Snowies yet as good as Banjo's man

Banjo's man is riding, he's riding with the best
In the ranges where in wintertime it snows
He's riding out a wheelin', he's riding on the wing
In the country where the Snowy River flows

Banjo's man is riding, he's riding with the best
In the ranges where in wintertime it snows
Yes, he's riding out a wheelin', he's riding on the wing
In the country where the Snowy River flows