Continuing the Nullarbor theme :
Stewie posted Kasey Chambers’ “Nullarbor Song” on Nov 1st last year, but here is a later composition :


NULLARBOR, THE BIGGEST BACKYARD

Kasey Chambers

When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world
It went on for miles and miles as wide as it was high
Down to the horizon all the way up to the sky
And every now and then I heard a Mile Tree cry my name,

When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world
Covered up with red dirt, as far as I could see
I shared it with the railway and the aborigines
Southwest of Ooldea all the way down to the sea - and back,

When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world
The sun would shine until the day I asked for it to rain
Counting down the sleeps until the “Tea and Sugar” train
Ten cents on the track for days before it ever came - and went,

When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world
Sitting 'round the campfire that started from a spark
Rolling down the Gunbarrel Highway in the dark
Making sure that I had all the room here in my heart - for the Nullarbor,

When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world …….

c.2010

Kasey at Tamworth in 2011 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMNdLzYluY0



R-J