I'm a ringer from the top end
Where ya gotta know your job
And what you're doin' each day
Ya have to earn your pay
If ya wanna take it on
There's one thing that shouldn't be forgotten
Nobody can do the job
Like a ringer from the top end
Out on the fence line swallowing dust
Blood on my hands from the barb
Hoping that rogue bull won't see the hole
Before they get him in the yard
But I get a funny feeling in the middle of my back
Sure enough he's coming like a train down the track
That's when nobody else moves faster
Than the springer from the top end
I'm a ringer from the top end
Where ya gotta muster 3 thousand head in a day
Move 'em to the yards and water them at end of day
It's not the sort of job you'd take
If you're looking for a soft one
But ya take a kinda pride in saying
I'm a ringer from the top end
Well I roll out my swag 'neath the boab tree
And then I'm out like a light
Dreaming about those girls in town
Next thing it's broad daylight
No time to dream of what might have been
I'm in a dirty bull catcher with the mustering team
I better keep my mind on the job
'Cause I'm a ringer from the top end
And nobody does the job better
Than a ringer from the top end