009 FLOW ON SWEET MITTA, words & music composed by Mrs D. Pendergast, coll. by Folk Lore Society of Victoria.

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Flow on, sweet Mitta, so close to my door,
Caressing the willows that grow by your shore,
Reflecting the shadows and dancing with rain,
Those golden leaves passing will ne'er pass again.

2. You come from the mountains of ice, wind and snow,
And cascade down valleys, to green fields below.
It's there that you linger, it's there that you stay,
Sporting with fishes, by night and by day.

3. Oft' when I'm weary, as evening draws nigh,
I sit by my window to watch you flow by,
You haunt and you charm me like the sweet scented air,
hat drifts o'er the mountains, and dwells with me here.

4. You're a soul-soothing river, so deep and so calm,
When storm waters gather, you do me no harm,
Do you flow on for ever, or like man must die,
When my soul is resting, I know you'll pass by.

NLA has sheet music for this song, publ. by Allens Music, 1966