A Home Among the Gum Trees

Home Among The Gum Trees

I've been around the world

a coupleof times

or maybe more

I've seen the sights, I've had delights

On every foreign shore

But when my friends all ask me the place

that I adore I tell them right away

(Chorus)

Give me a home among the gum trees

With lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a kangaroo

A clothes-line out the back

Verandah out the front

And an old rocking chair

You can see me in the kitchen

Cookin' 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

(Chorus)

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

(Chorus Twice)