She walks like her old man, over active and thin She laughs at all the same things, that makes her father grin She's only 15, no brothers in her clan And her father calls her Cydi, his right hand man
She can drive a tractor, or curse a useless dog Shear a sheep, strain a fence or cut a nine foot log She was meant to be a boy, it didn't go to plan But her father loves his Cydi, his right hand man
But the boys in the town today are turning their heads Is that really Cydi, that tomboy kid of Ted's? She used to kick the footy, win every race we ran Ted knew the world was changing, for his right hand man
You won't find her in the kitchen, she won't make her bed She'd rather make a sheep grate with a welder in the shed Or just be out there in the bush doing what she can Just being with her father, his right hand man
And her mother takes her shopping, it's time she bought a dress Looking in the mirror, "Not bad" she must confess But I'd rather have that pair of jeans and boots if I can She's still her father's Cydi, his right hand man
And the boys in the town today are turning their heads Is that really Cydi, that tomboy kid of Ted's? She used to kick the footy, win every race we ran Ted knew the world was changing, for his right hand man Yet her father loved his Cydi, his right hand man.