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Thread #67991   Message #1432837
Posted By: JennyO
12-Mar-05 - 01:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Spring Garden (N. Hemisphere)
Subject: RE: BS: The Spring Garden (N. Hemisphere)
Oops, hit submit too soon. There's more. That song was written by Sonia Bennett and Denis Kevans from the Blue Mountains and is sung by Sonia Bennett. Here is a more complete version, although I suspect there are other verses:

There's a tree that's so rare,
Grows deep in the gorges out there,
Deep in my heart I will sing of the Wollemi Pine,
No preaching words, no angry tones,
The Wollemi stands all alone,
One hundred million years of passing time.

Chorus:
Wollemi, Wollemi, Wollemi - look around you
Keep your eyes open, ah look about you.
Wollemi, Wollemi, Wollemi - look around you.
Keep your eyes open, ah look about you.

The only clue to your tale,
Were some leaf prints in the shale,
And we thought you'd come and gone long years ago,
But suddenly what do I see,
A living Wollemi tree,
Where the mountain waters pure and sweet do flow.

Chorus:
Wollemi, Wollemi, Wollemi - look around you
Keep your eyes open, ah look about you.
Wollemi, Wollemi, Wollemi - look around you.
Keep your eyes open, ah look about you.


I believe you can now get your own Wollemi Pine, and apparently they are quite suitable in gardens. I must admit I haven't got one yet. I tend to go more for fruit and vegetables.

Jenny