Bush Anthem For Australia
(As read nightly for the last eighty years at the Mount’n Lagoon pub!)
With just a snatch of light remaining from a perfect autumn day
observe the cloudless sky continuum of red through ginger, then dark grey
which last lights the lofty eucalypt with its cockatoo congregation
reflective sun turns white to red faking a tree born conflagration.
Its a special time and to welcome night catch nature’s form of praise
as a poignant Aussie chorus forms to farewell the best of days;
there’s poor cohesion, lack of harmony, voices laced with some discord
but prize your days in this unique land and accept this aural reward.
To some its just dusk, crickets chirping and cockies ceaseless squawking
but drink it in, its the spirit of our great land that’s really talking
and it only takes a second for the cloak of darkness to descend
and bring the resonance of Australia abruptly to an end.
Keep these idyllic scenes eternal, help our land to long survive
love our people, love our fauna and learn to keep the bush alive,
believe in the spirit of nature, keep faith with natural ways
entrust your god with the power to deliver such perfect days.
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