"(GIVE ME A) HOME AMONG THE GUM TREES"
Written by W. Johnson/B. Brown (Mushroom Music)
Reprinted by permission
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1 I've been around the world
A couple of times, or maybe more,
I've seen the sights, I've had delights
On ev'ry foreign shore,
But when my friends all ask me
The place that I adore,
I tell them right away.
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Give me a home among the gum trees,
With lots of plum trees,
A sheep or two, a kangaroo.
A clothesline out the back,
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair.
2 You can see me in the kitchen
Cooking up a roast,
Or vegemite on toast,
Just you and me, a cup of tea.
Later on, we'll settle down,
And mull up on the porch
And watch the possums play.
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3. There's a Safeway on the corner
And a Woolworths down the street,
And a New World's just been opened
Where they regulate the heat,
But I'd trade them all tomorrow
For the simple bush retreat
Where the kookaburras call.
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4 Some people like their houses
With fences all around,
Others live in mansions,
And some beneath the ground,
But me, I like the bush, you know,
With rabbits running round
And a pumpkin vine out the back.
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And an old rocking chair.