Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Drover's Prayer (A E Brumley)
From:
Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 28 May 12 - 07:09 PM
There is another Aussie song which I got from a Lionel Long album:
The Drovers Dream
One night while droving sheep, my companions lay asleep,
There was no star to illuminate the sky,
I was dreaming I suppose, for my eyes were partly closed,
When a very strange procession passed me by,
First there came a kangaroo with a swag of blankets blue,
A Dingo ran beside him as his mate,
They were travelling mighty fast, but they shouted as they passed,
We'll have to run along, it's getting late.
The Pelican and the Crane had come in from off the plain,
To amuse the company with a Highland Fling,
The dear old Bandicoot played a tune upon his flute,
While the Koala bears sat round him in a ring,
The Drongo and the crow sang us songs of long ago,
While the flute necked lizard listened with a smile,
And the Emu standing near, with a claw up to his ear,
Said, "The funniest thing I've heard for quite a while".
Three frogs from out the swamp, where the atmosphere is damp,
Came bounding in and sat upon some stones,
They each unrolled their swags, and produced from little bags,
The violin, the banjo, and the bones,
The field mouse and the snake, and the Bunyip, wide awake,
With an alligator danced the Soldiers Joy,
In the spreading silky oak, the old Jackass cracked a joke,
While the Magpie sang the Wild Colonial Boy.
Some Bolders darted out from the te tree all about,
And performed a set of Lancers very well,
Then the parrot green and blue, gave the orchestra its cue,
To strike up The Old Cabin In The Dell,
I was dreaming I suppose, of these entertaining shows,
For it never crossed my mind I was asleep,
Till the boss beneath the cart, woke me up with such a start,
Shouting "Drover where the hell are all the sheep"?
Don T.
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